[EricH]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

Everybody got 10 matches at Championships in 2014 with 4@100.

In one of the fastest-cycle-time games FIRST has ever put out there...

If my math is right, the difference between a 6-minute (AA) and an 8-minute (Stronghold) cycle time over a full 10-match event is roughly the difference between starting quals at 3 PM Thursday and starting quals at 9 AM on Thursday assuming ending quals at noon on Saturday--or some really long run times on Friday. Not saying it can't be done, though. For a 50-team event, it's more like the difference between ending at 5 and ending at 8 from a 9 AM start--running only on Friday! (Both schedule estimates ignore lunch, BTW--don't ever do that when you're scheduling matches, please, your volunteers really want to eat!)