ONLY AT THE MICHIGAN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

[XaulZan11]

I think the Championship probably has the better top 24 robots, but the nature of the competition can lead to watered down elimination matches. With such a large field and thus so few qualification matches, the chances of a below average robot seeding in the top 8 is pretty good. Additionally, I suspect the average team only really knows a handful of the 100 teams in their division coming into the event, making scouting and learning all 100 teams a huge challenge (there always seems to be some very odd picks at the CMP). MSC has 12 qualification matches and the average team already knows the majority of the teams coming into the event, making the 24 teams in the elminations very close to the best 24 robots.

[AndyW]

There were quite a lot of matches where the score difference was less than 5 points, especially on Saturday afternoon.