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Originally Posted by TheFish
So people here in general seem to think that it takes 4-5 years for teams to become relatively stable and have their age not matter.
Let me point out the last Einstein Finals alliances:
67 111 971 217 68 247 (2009)
1114 217 148 67 16 348 (2008)
190 177 987 179 71 233 (2007)
296 217 522 25 968 195 (2006)
56 254 64 330 67 503 (2005)
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This isn't any of those team's first year being in their stride. Many of them hit the ground running.
Also, not every team can be on Einstein. There are so many amazing robots that don't make it every year that you can't use "Einstein" as a synonym for "the team is successful".
A decent, but no means universal metric for a team's strength is having a robot consistently "in the hunt". I honestly would not say there is a specific number of years for this to happen. Pick any strong team and the year they entered the hunt consistently could vary widely. I'll grab some teams and analyze data to prove my point later.