Missouri and Kansas rankings

[Jaxom]

15 MO & KS teams competed at Crossroads and Razorback in week 6; 13 of those were in eliminations. Up Next! (3528) won EI at Razorback and RAVEN Robotics (1288) got a wild-card slot at Crossroads, adding 2 teams to the list of CMP-eligible teams.

MO:

Rank    Team  Points   Max    Average
1	1986	149	78	74.5
2	1806	126	66	63.0
3	1939	106	58	53.0
4	1288	104	63	52.0
5	1985	103	58	51.5
6	3284	96	64	48.0
7	3528	75	41	37.5
8	1730	71	42	35.5
9	1706	66	45	33.0
10	1775	61	42	30.5
11	4256	59	34	29.5
12	1987	52	28	26.0
13	1094	45	27	22.5
14	1658	45	45	45.0
15	2408	42	42	42.0
16	931	41	28	20.5
17	2457	37	37	37.0
18	1329	37	37	37.0
19	3784	36	19	18.0
20	3885	35	35	35.0
21	4330	32	24	16.0
22	1444	31	31	31.0
23	1764	27	15	13.5
24	1825	24	24	24.0
25	2164	24	14	12.0
26	2357	24	24	24.0
27	2346	23	23	23.0
28	2978	22	22	22.0
29	2345	22	22	22.0
30	3862	21	21	21.0
31	1763	21	21	21.0
32	3792	20	20	20.0
33	4329	16	16	16.0
34	1723	16	10	8.0
35	1182	15	15	15.0
36	4500	14	14	14.0
37	4455	14	14	14.0
38	1785	14	8	7.0
39	2353	14	14	14.0
40	4356	12	12	12.0
41	1737	12	12	12.0
42	4402	12	12	12.0
43	3330	12	12	12.0
44	4809	12	12	12.0
45	4231	10	10	10.0
46	4331	10	10	10.0
47	4522	8	8	8.0
48	2001	8	8	8.0
49	4600	8	8	8.0
50	2560	8	8	8.0
51	3397	8	8	8.0
52	2838	6	6	6.0
53	1178	6	6	6.0
54	4154	6	6	6.0
55	2167	6	6	6.0
56	1827	6	6	6.0
57	3764	4	4	4.0
58	2874	4	4	4.0
59	3973	4	4	4.0
60	4404	2	2	2.0
61	2902	2	2	2.0

KS:

Rank    Team  Points   Max    Average
1	935	60	33	30.0
2	1108	42	42	42.0
3	2410	36	26	18.0
4	938	27	19	13.5
5	3172	26	26	26.0
6	1982	23	23	23.0
7	1810	23	23	23.0
8	1448	20	20	20.0
9	1710	18	18	18.0
10	2335	12	12	12.0
11	3485	10	10	10.0
12	1984	8	8	8.0
13	1847	6	6	6.0
14	3798	6	6	6.0
15	1769	6	6	6.0
16	1997	6	6	6.0
17	937	6	6	6.0
18	1777	6	6	6.0
19	1994	4	4	4.0
20	1802	2	2	2.0

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WOHOO 3RD RANKED ROBOT IN KANSAS!

[Tommy F.]

Originally Posted by Jaxom

Up Next! (3528) won EI at Crossroads

3528 won EI at Razorback last weekend, not Crossroads.

Thanks for doing these rankings. I realize they're a lot of work and are time consuming, so for that, you are awesome.

[Jaxom]

Originally Posted by 7h0m54

3528 won EI at Razorback last weekend, not Crossroads.

Thanks. I messed up adding 1288's wildcard. Fixed

Originally Posted by 7h0m54

Thanks for doing these rankings. I realize they're a lot of work and are time consuming, so for that, you are awesome.

It was fun, and really wasn't that hard. Unfortunately, a side effect was pointing out to me just how far we are from being able to go to Districts. There's just too much space between the teams, and not enough of us.

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Jaxom

It was fun, and really wasn't that hard. Unfortunately, a side effect was pointing out to me just how far we are from being able to go to Districts. There's just too much space between the teams, and not enough of us.

80 teams in Kansas and Missouri should be enough. Assuming growth next year, you'd want 5 events. Looking at Where in the World is FIRST, you'd want 2 in the Kansas City area, 2 in the St Louis area and 1 somewhere in between (Maybe Jefferson City).There's be a lot of duplicates between the Kansas City events and the St Louis events, but some teams will want to travel, and provide mixing of the regions.

[holygrail]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

80 teams in Kansas and Missouri should be enough. Assuming growth next year, you'd want 5 events. Looking at Where in the World is FIRST, you'd want 2 in the Kansas City area, 2 in the St Louis area and 1 somewhere in between (Maybe Jefferson City).There's be a lot of duplicates between the Kansas City events and the St Louis events, but some teams will want to travel, and provide mixing of the regions.

Columbia or Lawrence would probably be a better bet than Jefferson City. That way you have MU and KU to offer up space and volunteers. Plus, college towns are fun.

[vhcook]

Originally Posted by holygrail

Columbia or Lawrence would probably be a better bet than Jefferson City. That way you have MU and KU to offer up space and volunteers. Plus, college towns are fun.

Or Springfield might be kinder to the teams in the southern part of the state. Also a college town...

[Jaxom]

Originally Posted by vhcook

Or Springfield might be kinder to the teams in the southern part of the state. Also a college town...

Or even Rolla, which has the Missouri University of Science & Technology. Hopefully between students & an Army base they could come up with enough volunteers.

What do we do with the Illinois teams that traditionally come to STL? We'd also miss the periodic visits of the Iowa, Arkansas, and Oklahoma teams that come to GKC. Something else to address.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Jaxom

What do we do with the Illinois teams that traditionally come to STL?

We'd also miss the periodic visits of the Iowa, Arkansas, and Oklahoma teams that come to GKC. Something else to address.

Add southern Illinois to the KSMO district system! Say all the teams from Springfield IL on down.

Also include Iowa and Arkansas. Not sure about OK, they might want to join a Southwestern district system (i.e., Texas, Louisiana, etc.) instead.

All this speculation highlights your main point -- the teams are spread thin geographically. A strong district system should have at least five events, but more would be better. One event per twenty teams fits the FiM model, which is working well up here and in MAR right now.

All this speculation makes me miss my old team, and my old planning committee, back in St. Louis. Fun times ahead for you folks, I wish I could be there.