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Originally Posted by scott.smith
Also 148, the robot with the highest opr at champs, had the highest opr. Catapults are good.
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Those are two examples. They certainly don't constitute a proof, especially if you're basing it solely on OPR.
Why don't we do something similar and look at all the captain and first selections that made Einstein- not necessarily representative of the best, but pretty close.
- Newton 217, 3476
- Curie 694, 3339
- Archimedes 1501, 1986
- Galileo 195, 987
- Carson 2122, 2052
- Tesla 2056, 1690
- Carver 330, 2481
- Hopper 148, 1678
Hooded Single Flywheel Shooters:
- 217, 3476, 694, 3339, 1501, 2056, 2481, 1678
Catapults:
- 1986, 195, 2122, 2052, 148
Double Flywheel:
- 987 (horizontal), 1690 (vertical)
Linear Punch:
This data could be the way it is for multiple reasons.
- These are the best kinds of shooters
- These are the most common types of shooters
- These are the shooters that happened to make Einstein
But if you look closer at how they got there, you'll start to notice trends.
9/16 of these teams had inarguably high release points. 5/16 couldn't go under the low bar as a result of that.
These teams prioritized certain objectives, and met them 100%. It's obvious when looking at 1678 and 1690's designs that they anticipated needed a high release point, but also needed to be able to get a solo breach. They have the resources to execute that at 100%, so they did.
Other awesome teams on Einstein had other priorities above high release point.
2122 showed up at their first regional just making low goals. They then improved by adding a climber and then eventually their extremely accurate high goal shot. They did, however, shoot from almost the ground.
1986 had a catapult, which allowed for a relatively high release point that would get over most blockers while still going under the low bar.
217, 3476, and 1501 eschewed the low bar in favor of a harder to block shot and a climber.
The type of shooter you choose isn't about which is objectively "the best", but rather which one fits your priorities and resources the best.