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Originally Posted by Natchez
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One-regional versus multi-regional statistics from the 2004 season.
Of the top 8 in the Championship Divisions (32 teams)
19% went to 1 regional
72% went to 2 regionals
9% went to 3 regionals
Of the teams playing in the Championship elimination rounds (quarterfinals - 96 teams)
30% went to 1 regional
63% went to 2 regionals
7% went to 3 regionals
Therefore, only 18% of the teams that attended one regional made it to the quarters while over 50% of the teams that attended two regionals made it.
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Quickly... I'll offer something to think about.
You're proposing that robots who compete in two regionals have more practice time and more time to fine tune, which results in better performance.
I guess I'm proposing that older, more established teams might have more money for travel, which tends to allow them to attend more than one event, and because they're more established, they tend to build more competive machines, which tend to perform better at nationals.
I would bet that you'd also find a very similar breakdown in terms of teams numbers (age of team existance) and competitiveness.
<kidding>Should FIRST mandate that teams with numbers less than 500 not participate for 3 years to allow the newer teams time to gain experience to level the field?</kidding>
Matt