World Rankings 2014

[Citrus Dad]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

I calculated the rankings of all teams using the FRC District Standard Points Ranking System as shown below. Since everyone does not have a standardized 2 events per team or 12 matches per event, I made the following modifications: Win points are normalized based on 12 matches per event. The first two events are counted. If a team has participated in less then 2 events, their first event is doubled (as a result, every team has their points doubled this week).

Since this system may be instituted for all District events in the future, it's worth discussing this calculation. Several thoughts:

- Since this is a World Ranking (which has no real consequence) vs District qualifying (which needs to have clear, fair and balanced rules), I think you should use the LAST 2 events to reflect how a team evolves during the season and best reflects how they are doing going into the Champs. (I understand why Districts uses the first 2 events and agree with that.)
- Losses in elimination rounds should count against a team, say -1.
- Also, later wins should gain more wait, beyond simply 5 more points. This will give a bigger distinction for teams that make it to the finals, more than just 5 more points. Winning an overall event should be worth much more than winning 100% of the matches (e.g. 24 points for going 12-0 vs 30 points for winning the Regional.) Probably should aim for winning the regional to be worth 48 points instead (double winning the qualifying rounds). Scoring 6 points for quarters, 8 points for semis and 10 points for finals would do that.
- Finally, you should normalize on a non-integer basis as a percentage. It's more difficult to win more matches in a longer tourney because of the abuse of the robots, but the current scaling doesn't give full credit for that.