FRC Championship Size Sustainability

[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/