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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

Not keeping up with who? Most teams at the regionals I've been to don't build two robots. Some do, but most (more than half) do not. My team has won in two separate years, as alliance captain, without ever building a second robot. Is winning a regional occasionally not keeping up?

There are different definitions on how individuals describe success. Regionals and districts are very dependent on other teams in the area and how they perform compared to other regions.

For example, if you go to a NorCal Regional there are lot of well performing teams there with tons of experience from their 2 robots, hence teams who do not build 2 robots are at a disadvantage and that is shown through rankings and who ends up winning events.

When you take a look at your regionals the caliber is much lower, hence game play is lower and one robot can make it to the top.

A great fair threshold is how these teams perform at champs and who ends up in the top of their division and on Einstein. A large majority of those teams build 2nd robots and do not "stop" their build season once 6 weeks are over. Iterative design is how you become the best.

So I'd have to agree with Adam. You are not keeping up if you want to be the best of the best at a worldwide scale unless you do not stop working until comp with 2 robots (or more).