Are Divisions Out Yet? Website

[dellagd]

Will the guys from 148 be updating this site for 2015? I always thought it was kinda fun in waiting for the release.

[Alex Webber]

http://championship-notifier.evanforbes.net:3000/ - It can even send you a text message!

They are not out yet. Should be out by the 16th. Maybe even tomorrow!

Archimedes - http://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2015arc
Carson - http://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2015cars
Carver - http://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2015carv
Curie - http://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2015cur
Galileo - http://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2015gal
Hopper - http://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2015hop
Newton - http://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2015new
Telsa - http://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2015tes
Einstein - http://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2015cmp

[forbes]

Here is a site I made for 2015 that serves the same purpose: http://championship.evanforbes.net

[MrTechCenter]

Originally Posted by forbes

Here is a site I made for 2015 that serves the same purpose: http://championship.evanforbes.net

Is there really not a single FRC team in Nebraska? Even Alaska has a team!

[Alex Webber]

Originally Posted by MrTechCenter

Is there really not a single FRC team in Nebraska? Even Alaska has a team!

I was just about to mention that! That is suprising!!

[forbes]

Originally Posted by MrTechCenter

Is there really not a single FRC team in Nebraska? Even Alaska has a team!

It looks like there was a single team in 2007 and 2008 that is no longer around: http://www.thebluealliance.com/team/2044/history

[billbo911]

Originally Posted by MrTechCenter

Is there really not a single FRC team in Nebraska? Even Alaska has a team!

Another surprising geographical oddity; the most over-represented and under-represented states are right next to each other!

[faust1706]

Originally Posted by MrTechCenter

Is there really not a single FRC team in Nebraska? Even Alaska has a team!

It's largely due to Nebraska being so heavily involved in 4H, which essentially accomplishes the same thing as FIRST.

I like to believe that nebraska hasn't adopted FRC is because of the cost. 4H costs next to nothing for groups. The only money that groups need are for their projects, which can be as big or as small as they like. If you were to suddenly make an FRC team, you'd need to raise thousands of dollar simply to be allowed to compete. There's no need to throw a system out that is already a great success.

[dcarr]

Originally Posted by faust1706

It's largely due to Nebraska being so heavily involved in 4H, which essentially accomplishes the same thing as FIRST.

I briefly looked at their website, and did not come to the same conclusion.

I do know that a good number of FRC teams utilize 4H as a way to obtain 501(c)(3) status with less legwork.

[forbes]

This thread has gotten a bit off topic, but anyway I added another map to better visualize the distributions of USA teams.

[tindleroot]

Minnesota is REALLY underrepresented.

I'm sure many people are already thinking this, but Minnesota should really consider going to districts, that way the proper proportion of teams there are able to attend Champs (Detroit edition).

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Alex Webber

They are not out yet. Should be out by the 16th. Maybe even tomorrow!

In 2002 through 2004 the divisions were released the Tuesday 9 days before the beginning of the championship. That ended up ranging anywhere from before the last regional ended (2003) to 10 days after the last regional ended (2002).

In 2005, the divisions were released on a Monday, 10 days before the beginning of the championship (9 days after the end of the last regionals).

In 2006, the divisions were released on a Friday, 13 days before the beginning of the championship (13 days after the end of the last regionals).

In 2007-2009, the divisions were released on a Wednesday, 8 days before the beginning of the championship (3-4 days after the end of the last regionals).

In 2010, the divisions were released on a Thursday, 7 days before the beginning of the championship (4 days after the end of the last regionals)

In 2011, the divisions were released on a Friday, 13 days before the beginning of the championship (6 days after the end of the last regionals)

In 2012-2014, the divisions were released on a Wednesday, 8 days before the beginning of the championship (4 days after the end of the district championships).

[Mr.Paulson]

Originally Posted by tindleroot

Minnesota is REALLY underrepresented.

I'm sure many people are already thinking this, but Minnesota should really consider going to districts, that way the proper proportion of teams there are able to attend Champs (Detroit edition).

I think most MN teams would agree but we need about triple the number of volunteers to make it happen. Many of the state's teams would love to see a district model...ours included!

[PayneTrain]

Anyone else notice there are 609 teams registered for champs? Did I miss something?

[forbes]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

Anyone else notice there are 609 teams registered for champs? Did I miss something?

Teams are set as registered as soon as they are pulled off the wait list. If they decline the spot, another team is added as registered, but the team that declined sticks around for a while for some reason.