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Re: pic: MAR Team Distribution (2016)

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Originally Posted by MailmanDelivers View Post
Interesting to see how the championship seems to be farthest away from the higher-populated team centers. Is there any data on travel distance for these events?
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Originally Posted by bkahl View Post
Preaching to the MAR choir with that observation
Bailey is quoted for truth.

Don't quote me on this, but I believe part of the motivation to put it there was to encourage team growth in that region. Considering it's four years later and the map looks like that, it does not appear to have been especially effective.

I don't have any aggregate data, but I know about 1257's travel times. We're in Union County, the small county with 3 teams in northeast NJ. We typically attend Bridgewater-Raritan (30 minutes away) and Mount Olive (45 minutes away), and MAR Champs is around an hour and fifteen minutes away. It isn't too bad for us, but it's a bit of a hike, and that seems to be a recurring theme with MAR teams.
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2016-present, Mentor, FRC 2791 - Shaker Robotics
2016: Tech Valley SF (5236, 2791, 3624) and Quality Award, Finger Lakes SF (5254, 2791, 2383), Battlecry@WPI Winner (195, 2791, 501), Robot Rumble Winner (2791, 195, 6463)

2016-present, Mentor, FRC 1257 - Parallel Universe
2016: Mount Olive Winner (1257, 5624, 1676), Bridgewater-Raritan Finalist (1257, 25, 3340, 555) and Gracious Professionalism Award, MAR CMP Winner (225, 341, 1257), Archimedes SF (4003, 4564, 5842, 1257), IRI Invite

2012-2015, Student, FRC 1257 - Parallel Universe
2015: Mount Olive QF (1257, 1811, 1923) and Industrial Safety Award, North Brunswick Finalist (11, 193, 1257) and Team Spirit and Industrial Safety Awards
2014: Clifton Winner (1626, 869, 1257), MAR CMP QF (1257, 293, 303)
2013: TCNJ Industrial Safety Award
2012: Mount Olive QF (204, 303, 1257)
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