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Re: Open Challenge: Make a better FRC ranking algorithm

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Originally Posted by Cory
This may be true. But the reverse happens all the time. Teams who do end up in a good position who aren't good enough.
That's life?
Yeah, sure it would be great if we could have some greater being rank and order teams in magnitude of "how good they really are," but when was the last time a national championship was won by someone who didn't deserve it? Remember, strategy and luck are part of the game just as robot design is.

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