FRC Championship Size Sustainability

[Basel A]

I've spent the past few days compiling the data on how each team attended the Championship qualified to get there. I did so to take a look at how well teams of each qualification method did at the Championship, but I noticed that the data tells a story of its own. You can see the full data in the CD-Media paper, but the below graph summarizes it all quite well.



Even though the Championship has been growing larger, the number of open spots is growing smaller and smaller. Note the dive of the % of registered teams. With new regionals each year, FRC is going to have to make difficult choices on who gets to go to the Championship and who doesn't.