2014 MAR Standings

[Wenbin Li]

So, if 7 team goes to an outside regional and they all win, that means that the spots will go from 10 to 3 at MAR on teams who go to worlds just on ranking?

[scottandme]

Originally Posted by Wenbin Li

So, if 7 team goes to an outside regional and they all win, that means that the spots will go from 10 to 3 at MAR on teams who go to worlds just on ranking?

Yes.

[Jscout11]

Congratulations to Team 2607 on winning the Virginia Regional.

This means that 2607 will consume the first "points" spot from MAR, leaving 9 spots left.

[Hallry]

Another question. Let's say the three teams that win at Lehigh also qualify for STL outside of MAR. Are the three winning spots converted to become additional ranking-point spots for the next top ranked teams?

[scottandme]

Originally Posted by Hallry

Another question. Let's say the three teams that win at Lehigh also qualify for STL outside of MAR. Are the three winning spots converted to become additional ranking-point spots for the next top ranked teams?

Based on the old MAR/FiM rules (2012+2013), the MARCMP winner (and other "award") slots couldn't be passed down or inherited. So when 341 won in 2012, that slot was lost (qualified via HoF and via winning Boston Regional). Same applied to the CA/EI/RAS awards, though we never saw a team double qualify that way (or decline). Only the points based slots would pass over a team that was already qualified.

So assuming that stays the same, the question would be if winning an award slot at MAR CMP would trump a slot earned at a previous outside regional, and move the team from eating a "points" slot to the corresponding "award" slot. I would hope the answer is yes - "point" slots are awarded from top to bottom skipping over the MARCMP winners and award winners as they trickle down.