FRC Championship Size Sustainability

[Basel A]

Today, I updated the data in the paper referenced above. The trends shown make it abundantly clear that FIRST didn't have much of a choice in their recent decision to expand the CMP. The new graph is attached to this post.

I attached a second graph (qualification methods grouped) because it shows another interesting trend. Up until two years ago, there were about as many culture-changing teams as teams that qualified using their robot. In the past two years, the % of "robot teams" at the CMP has quickly outpaced "culture teams." The causes for this are obvious, but the effect is quite dramatic.

[M. Lillis]

Originally Posted by Basel A

I attached a second graph (qualification methods grouped) because it shows another interesting trend. Up until two years ago, there were about as many culture-changing teams as teams that qualified using their robot. In the past two years, the % of "robot teams" at the CMP has quickly outpaced "culture teams." The causes for this are obvious, but the effect is quite dramatic.

Culture teams are those who got in off of EI, RAS, and Chairman's, correct?

[Basel A]

Originally Posted by M. Lillis

Culture teams are those who got in off of EI, RAS, and Chairman's, correct?

Yeah. They're grouped pretty logically. The only real judgement call was putting HoF teams in History rather than Culture.

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by Basel A

Today, I updated the data in the paper referenced above. The trends shown make it abundantly clear that FIRST didn't have much of a choice in their recent decision to expand the CMP. The new graph is attached to this post.

I attached a second graph (qualification methods grouped) because it shows another interesting trend. Up until two years ago, there were about as many culture-changing teams as teams that qualified using their robot. In the past two years, the % of "robot teams" at the CMP has quickly outpaced "culture teams." The causes for this are obvious, but the effect is quite dramatic.

Are you counting teams that qualified on total district points among the "robot" camp? Points come from both on- and off-field sources.

[Basel A]

Originally Posted by Jared Russell

Are you counting teams that qualified on total district points among the "robot" camp? Points come from both on- and off-field sources.

It's mostly robot. I'm calling it robot.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Basel A

Today, I updated the data in the paper referenced above. The trends shown make it abundantly clear that FIRST didn't have much of a choice in their recent decision to expand the CMP. The new graph is attached to this post.

I attached a second graph (qualification methods grouped) because it shows another interesting trend. Up until two years ago, there were about as many culture-changing teams as teams that qualified using their robot. In the past two years, the % of "robot teams" at the CMP has quickly outpaced "culture teams." The causes for this are obvious, but the effect is quite dramatic.

And, because I was playing with a new toy and needed a data source, I created an interactive version of this. I wanted to see how much of CMP got in solely on culture awards. But clicking on the various methods toggles them on or off.

http://bl.ocks.org/schreiaj/raw/3ddda18edcd4044c1c6e/