2015 World Championship Predictions

[The_ShamWOW88]

On the eve of starting this year's Championship and with 4 new divisions, a couple hundred additional teams, and the excitement building, I thought I would give my quick predictions for each division and Einstein.

What do you think will happen? Who do you see taking home Einstein's banner?

Disclaimer: Obviously this is of my own opinion and I didn't build a data crunching machine in my basement to determine these. I just did some simple sleuthing on TBA, guessed a final ranking, and observed team averages and their overall performance this season.

Archimedes - 234, 2338, 2619, 108
Curie - 1114, 148, 3937, 56
Galileo - 2056, 1619, 5460, 219
Newton - 118, 1678, 5012, 3015
Carson - 254, 67, 973, 2471
Carver - 368, 971, 2767, 3536
Hopper - 2826, 987, 2016, 2169
Tesla - 2122, 2137, 3476, 1323

Einstein
Quarterfinals

1114, 148, 3937, 56
2056, 1619, 5460, 219
118, 1678, 5012, 3015
254, 67, 973, 2471
2826, 987, 2016, 2169
2122, 2137, 3476, 1323
368, 971, 2767, 3536
234, 2338, 2619, 108

Semifinals

1114, 148, 3937, 56
118, 1678, 5012, 3015
2056, 1619, 5460, 219
254, 67, 973, 2471

Finals

1114, 148, 3937, 56
118, 1678, 5012, 3015

1114 has shown a level of dominance unlike anything I've seen, both in robotics and competition in general, but this year they've found that spark they had in 2008, which is why I feel it's their year again. Every team and robot at Worlds has their chance but it's going to take something special to upset the Simbotics this year. 148 has again marveled the FIRST community with another efficient and downright beautiful machine that unless they have other plans, should be able to ally with the Simbotics to form a rock-solid alliance for eliminations.

Miscellaneous Opinions
- The divisions that are the most wide open and almost any team has a shot should be Archimedes, Carver, Hopper, and Tesla. There are an assortment of teams that have all performed well this season and will vie for a spot on Einstein. Some of the most competitive and nail-biting matches, I predict, will come from these.

- The two most top-heavy divisions are obvious with both Canadian juggernauts leading their respective divisions: 1114 on Curie, 2056 on Galileo. There are teams in each that have the chance to play David against Canada's Goliaths but there's a lot of work ahead of them to do so.

- The remaining two divisions (Newton and Carson) aren't quite as open as the four above but it will be interesting to watch as 254 and 1678 could see each other again on Einstein in a possible rematch. They're going to have to hold off a number of great teams to do so.

[Mike Marandola]

Unless something goes wrong, I don't see how 973 would be the 24th pick.

[themccannman]

Originally Posted by Mike Marandola

Unless something goes wrong, I don't see how 973 would be the 24th pick.

And somehow it keeps happening to them. They'd be an unbelievable steal if they made it that deep again.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Mike Marandola

Unless something goes wrong, I don't see how 973 would be the 24th pick.

LOL see 2011 Championships

[Wes Mantooth]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

LOL see 2011 Championships

Reports indicate that 973 was NOT the 24th pick in 2011.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Wes Mantooth

Reports indicate that 973 was NOT the 24th pick in 2011.

Not 24th, but it was also predicted back then that they wouldn't last late into the draft. 23rd is close enough.

Point was that literally anything can happen.

[JohnSchneider]

Not that I don't like talking about bags of sand but isn't this thread the same as http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=136654

[DampRobot]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

LOL see 2011 Championships

LOL see 2014 Chezy Champs.

Of course their blocker worked the only time it really had to...

[artK]

Originally Posted by Mike Marandola

Unless something goes wrong, I don't see how 973 would be the 24th pick.

Same goes for 3476, 2471, 2169, and 2016 (Maybe one of them will get picked, but not all of them). And with the hype 5012 has gotten from winning Vegas, I doubt they'll be around for team Cheesecake to pick.

[Rypsnort]

Being a little bias because of the state I live in, but I feel that 2826 Wave Robotics has not gotten enough love in all of these predictions. At Wisconsin they were untouchable and they stepped up their game at North Star, not to mention the modifications they have made coming into CMP. I think they stand a good chance of making at least the semifinals of Einstein.

[The_ShamWOW88]

Originally Posted by The_ShamWOW88

Finals

1114, 148, 3937, 56
118, 1678, 5012, 3015

I was a little off but I still see 1114, 148 v. 118, 1678 for Gold with 1114, 148 taking it home.