Best Teams Not at Champs-2013

[indubitably]

I definitely think 2451 (Pwnage) and 1625 (Winnovation) had great showings this year at Midwest. 2451 had very fast cycles and 1625 had a dangerous ground collector.

[Lightfoot26]

I'm sad to see 3928 not make it.... really great bot! Also sad to see 1625 not make it... for obvious reasons.... haha

[ice.berg]

Originally Posted by indubitably

I definitely think 2451 (Pwnage) and 1625 (Winnovation) had great showings this year at Midwest. 2451 had very fast cycles and 1625 had a dangerous ground collector.

100% agree Both teams were top notch and and I really wish we could play with them at worlds since they both had such high quality robots.

[Racer26]

Heh nice to see we're not the only ones disappointed we didn't earn a seat. We went on quite the mission just to get to play at GTRWest.

It really is a shame about 188. They seem to have been one of the only casualties (and certainly the highest profile casualty) of the teacher strife going on at the start of build.

[Nemo]

As stated above, 3928 neutrino has a good 7 disc auto, cycles quickly, good drive + drivers, fairly difficult to defend, fast human loading, fast 10 point hang.

Their partners at NorthStar (2574, RoboHuskies, from Wisconsin) were the fastest cyclers at North Star, and they'd be a great addition to championship.

I'm curious to hear which robots out of Michigan are on this list. After seeing the Michigan State Championship live stream, I'm sure there are some terrific robots that unfortunately didn't quite make the point cutoff.

[JohnFogarty]

624 Team Kryptonite at Peachtree was the basically the best team there.

[Nemo]

Here's a spreadsheet listing the top teams not at champs according to the world rankings that Joe Ross put together using Ed Law's data. I'm using a list of 390 teams going to champs that I pulled from the US FIRST website this morning, so a few of the teams on my spreadsheet should end up going. The spreadsheet goes down to rank #408, just because that's one guess of how many teams will be going to champs.

The top team... 3928.

Top Non Champs Teams.xlsx

[Xavbro]

Originally Posted by John_1102

624 Team Kryptonite at Peachtree was the basically the best team there.

Second this. 624 started slow at LSR but got better by Saturday and definitely was one of the best bots at both Peachtree and Alamo.

[MooreteP]

At the Suffield Shakedown, 2067 Apple Pi clearly had the most effective Robot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN9IUKN0PBs
You can also see 177 Bobcats briefly in this video too.
It is interesting to see some hints of game issues, such as effective loading from the feeder station.
Even more fun is the frisbee blizzard that was proscribed after week 0 events.

2067 Apple Pi, and 228 GUS at Connecticut together in a match.
Match 57, they won 118 - 72
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U0_VraKR-8

I'm going to miss all three of these teams being at the CMP, but this is the new era of growth for FIRST, and EPCOT Center, is a distant memory.

[karomata]

340 should definantly be on this list, they were the first team of the season to climb to the 3rd level, and they additionally were able to score colored discs and could shoot into the top and middle goals.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

If folks could post good match videos of each bot mentioned, that would be nice. Or even pictures of each.

Here's 612 (blue alliance) in the DC semi-finals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkzV7PjhUfw

Originally Posted by karomata

340 should definantly be on this list, they were the first team of the season to climb to the 3rd level, and they additionally were able to score colored discs and could shoot into the top and middle goals.

836 did it in match 1 at the Palmetto regional (also an east coast week 1 event). Did 340 climb in match 2 at FLR? What were the respective times for each match?

[Austin2046]

there are a number of great WA teams that unfortunately won't be at champs this year. 360, 1318 and 2557 all had stellar machines and performed great.

1318
360 and 2557

[smistthegreat]

Decent video of one of 1507's qualification matches at Buckeye.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDwBcTa-w2g
Although the camera focuses on 2252, you can get a good look at 1507's autonomous.

[Alan2338]

Originally Posted by indubitably

I definitely think 2451 (Pwnage) and 1625 (Winnovation) had great showings this year at Midwest. 2451 had very fast cycles and 1625 had a dangerous ground collector.

I second that. I wish they were both coming...