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Originally Posted by Mark McLeod
I just checked our database and there are 216 team numbers (from 1 to 2680) that have never been assigned (from the era of permanent team numbers in 1998 onwards).
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2681 is the highest team number assigned.
As you probably know, FIRST started rookies at 2330 this year, skipping numbers 2288-2329. Does the 216 missing numbers you noted include those 42?
Missing from the FIRST "what's in my area" page for current year (rookie) teams are 2331, 2350, 2351, 2356, 2357. 2379, 2384, 2392, 2416, 2426, 2442, 2451, 2452, 2482, 2492, 2494, 2507, 2516, 2519, 2527, 2541, 2548, 2552, 2578, 2610, 2615, 2616, 2631, 2636, 2639, 2646, 2651, 2666, 2671 and 2677. I suspect most of these are teams that registered, but then could not come up with funds to compete. Many can be found if you type the number into the "myarea" "teaminfo" page; they have no regionals assigned.
At least some of them are listed in TBA with regionals attached.
2331 was the original number given to 1025 when we registered. Later it was decided that we were not a rookie team, and were reassigned as number 1025. We appear in TBA as both 1025 and 2331. I heard that there were 5 such teams that were determined not to be rookies. (When registering in TIMS it doesn't give you the option to state rookie status, just returning or new team.)