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Re: Best in your State/Region

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Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard View Post
Summer CD is boring, and these threads are less boring.

Who are the top 5 teams in your state/region:
  • this year by OPR?
  • based on this year's results at various levels?
  • this year overall?
  • during the past 5 years by OPR?
  • during the past 5 years by results at various levels?
  • during the past 5 years overall?
  • in terms of culture(both culture awards and your experience with the teams)?

I'll comment in a little bit with some data on NY, unless someone else wants to do it.
I'm basing the South Carolina OPR data off of Palmetto; 1293 and 1319 weren't there, but neither got above .500 at any event during the season.

OPR:
1) 4451
2) 1876
3) 1102
4) 3490
5) 343

Results at various levels/overall:
1) 4451 (won Palmetto, Palmetto EI, Orlando Innovation in Control and QF, Carver Imagery Award and QF)
2) 3490 (won Rocket City with Robonauts and Bomb Squad--but hey, they did enable 100% capture along the way)
3) 343 (Palmetto finalists, Rocket City QFs)
4) 1876 (Palmetto QFs and 8 seed, Orlando semis and 7 seed)
5) 1758 (Palmetto #3 seed and QFs)

Truth be told, that list is pretty close for all the other ones too. 343 has a Championship subdivision finalist in 2015 that would push them up a bit more (fourth robot, never played, but scoreboard), but they were also off the pace for a few years going back. 4451's been on a hot streak where they've been head and shoulders above everyone else in the state--one of three teams to win Palmetto back to back, WFFA, EI, RAS literally everywhere they went--and with them helping to start a team the next county over I'm on the lookout for them. 3490 is always a threat in the state, especially at SCRIW, but just now broke through by winning the last-pick lottery (which I have absolutely zero room to hate on). 1876 never gets any press or buzz, but somehow they pull a rabbit out of their hats and gets in contention even at overstuffed events like Palmetto and Orlando.
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