[George A.]

I have to say, I think that teams that can't hurdle won't be of much use to alliances in the elimination rounds.

That's not to say that the speed demons won't be picked, but they won't do much.

My reasoning for that, is if a team hurdles then goes under the over pass that's 10 points. A lap bot needs 5 laps to accomplish the same thing. (The most in a match at NJ was 9.)

If i were picking an alliance, I'd take 2 really good hurdlers, and 1 somewhat speedy bot with hurdling capability, but not as efficient as the other two. That way in the heat of a match, if one of the main hurdlers' arm breaks, they can do laps while hurdle bot 3 takes over.