World Rankings

[Hallry]

Are week 7 events (specifically MAR and FiM Championships) included in this?

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Hallry

Are week 7 events included in this?

The Chesapeake regional is included. The Michigan and MAR championships are not. Since each team at the championships were already involved in 2 events, it wouldn't have impacted the rankings.

[Bob Steele]

I am assuming that no points were given for Engineering Inspiration or Chairman's Awards? I don't see them on the charts...just the other awards like spirit and safety, etc
i guess this is an artifact of using the FiM system. They don't give ranking points for these awards because they qualify directly for the State Championship... Normally teams that win one of these bigger awards don't receive any of the other awards that ARE given points under the FiM rules..

[Navid Shafa]

Originally Posted by Bob Steele

i guess this is an artifact of using the FiM system.

Correct:

Originally Posted by Jim Zondag

Q18: “Why are there no ranking points associated with the Chairman’s Award, Engineering Inspiration Award, and Rookie All Star Award?”
A18: This decision for this was made by FIRST NH, not FiM. FIRST considers these 3 awards to be “Culture Changing Awards” and wishes them to remain apart from the rest of the competition awards.
FiM disagrees with this position, and we feel that the decision not to award points for these items actually degrades the prestige of these awards relative to the others by making them worth nothing in our system.

Taken from Jim Zondag's FAQ's:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/2804?