Most Dominant Robots By Year

[Chris Hibner]

Here's my list of the most dominant robots every year that I've been involved with FIRST:

1997: 71 (They were a different number back then, but I recall them losing maybe one or two matches all year).
1998: 47 (they won 2 or 3 regionals)
1999: No dominant robot all year. My vote is 71 (2 out of 2 in their regionals)
2000: 47 (maybe the best robot of all (in relation to the rest of the competition)
2001: 71
2002: 71
2003: 111
2004: No teams were dominant.
2005: No team dominated.
2006: 1114 (three regional wins I believe, #1 seed at each regional)
2007: no dominant teams, but 1114 comes close
2008: 1114
2009: 67
2010: 469 (let's be real, their partner getting stuck in their own goal is why they lost, and they almost won despite that. Sorry to my friends on the winning alliance.)
2011: No dominant teams (too many teams that were top tier)
2012: Similar to 2011.

[Dan_Karol]

Originally Posted by Chris Hibner

Here's my list of the most dominant robots every year that I've been involved with FIRST:

1997: 71 (They were a different number back then, but I recall them losing maybe one or two matches all year).
1998: 47 (they won 2 or 3 regionals)
1999: No dominant robot all year. My vote is 71 (2 out of 2 in their regionals)
2000: 47 (maybe the best robot of all (in relation to the rest of the competition)
2001: 71
2002: 71
2003: 111
2004: No teams were dominant.
2005: No team dominated.
2006: 1114 (three regional wins I believe, #1 seed at each regional)
2007: no dominant teams, but 1114 comes close
2008: 1114
2009: 67
2010: 469 (let's be real, their partner getting stuck in their own goal is why they lost, and they almost won despite that. Sorry to my friends on the winning alliance.)
2011: No dominant teams (too many teams that were top tier)
2012: Similar to 2011.

I would say 126 earns the 2004 spot and the 1992 spot.

Alliance picks held them back in 2004, but they quite possibly had one of the most capable robots in a game where you could not do everything. Their hang was also jaw-dropping. It was the equivalent of watching 1114's or 254's this year. That said, this was my rookie year so my knowledge is not nearly as complete as it could have been.

They won 1992

I agree with the cool factor of HOT in '05 but having the rules of the game changed on you doesn't mean that you where dominating necessarily. 190 likes to take claim to several of them (some mid season) but not every robot they produced during those times dominated the competition.


Does anyone have a memory that reaches back far enough to grasp the 90s first scene?

[Donut]

Originally Posted by Chris Hibner

Here's my list of the most dominant robots every year that I've been involved with FIRST:

2000: 47 (maybe the best robot of all (in relation to the rest of the competition)
2001: 71
2002: 71
2003: 111
2004: No teams were dominant.
2005: No team dominated.
2006: 1114 (three regional wins I believe, #1 seed at each regional)
2007: no dominant teams, but 1114 comes close
2008: 1114
2009: 67
2010: 469 (let's be real, their partner getting stuck in their own goal is why they lost, and they almost won despite that. Sorry to my friends on the winning alliance.)
2011: No dominant teams (too many teams that were top tier)
2012: Similar to 2011.

I agree with Chris' list with the exception of 2006, which I think goes to team 25. That year they only lost 2 matches prior to making Einstein and both were at the Championship. I can only comment on games after 2000, I've seen hardly any match footage or robots from years prior to that.

I know the 2 teams that seemed to have the most hype coming into Champs in 2007 were 330 and 1114, but I don't think anyone truly dominated that year.