[Racer26]

I can remember back in 2006 when 1114, 1503, and 1680 all had identical robots, 1114 chose 1503 every single time (becoming the 2nd and 3rd teams in history to win 3 regionals in the same year). After that, 1114 went their own way, and 1503/1680 built identical robots in 2007, before going separate ways in 2008, and 1680's demise in 2009. Since 2007, at the Canadian regionals, 1114 has chosen 2056 (with the exception of 2009 WAT [1114 didn't attend, 2056 seeded #1 and chose 2609], and 2007 GTR when 2056 seeded #1 and chose 1114.) How much of that is because they were objectively the best choice, and how much stems from their NiagaraFIRST relationships, I'm not sure. The 1114/2056 pair seems to have preferentially chosen other NiagaraFIRST bots for their 3rd partner when opportunity arises and other factors are more or less equal (2166 at GTR 2008 comes to mind), but they've also chosen partners they've won with before (2185 at WAT+GTR 2009).