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Re: ONLY AT THE MICHIGAN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Ok, I probably don't even rate an opinion in this discussion -- seeing that Adam and Paul have already weighed in. So, before Jim brings that data to the party, I will sneak in my humble observation:
I was at MSC, and six other district/regional events last year. And I volunteered at the Championship, resetting the Archimedes field. I saw a lot of matches. From what I saw, MSC quarterfinals are the most competitive of any event except IRI. But, beginning in the semis and most especially in the finals, Championship divisions have the edge over MSC.
IRI still beats every other event for raw competition. This year I expect to see discs overflowing from the center goal, three robots at the top of the pyramid, skid marks and smoke from fullback robots -- in Paul's words, borderline insanity. Maybe a little over that line.
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Richard Wallace
Mentor since 2011 for FRC 3620 Average Joes (St. Joseph, Michigan)
Mentor 2002-10 for FRC 931 Perpetual Chaos (St. Louis, Missouri)
 since 2003
I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.
(Cosmic Religion : With Other Opinions and Aphorisms (1931) by Albert Einstein, p. 97)
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I don't care if students, engineers, my aging grandmother, or a pack of monkeys builds the robot...as long as at least one student walks away inspired then the goal of FIRST has been reached. - Andy Grady [more] 
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