"Most Improved" Award 2015

[Insanity000]

My question is simple, Which robots do you feel have improved the most since their first regional? Feel free to include stats like ranking at first regional opposed to second regional, or qual avg. percentage increase from regional to regional.

[boxerbaby30]

Originally Posted by Insanity000

My question is simple, Which robots do you feel have improved the most since their first regional? Feel free to include stats like ranking at first regional opposed to second regional, or qual avg. percentage increase from regional to regional.

Team 4188 went from being ranked 42 out of 42 at Georgia Southern to ranked 2nd at Peachtree and winning.

Thanks to 4188 for picking us and 343 for being great alliance partners.

[Amo10]

4188
At GSRC Team 4188 was Rank 42 out of 42 (DEAD LAST) with an average qual score of 21.55.
At Peachtree Team 4188 was Rank 2 with an average qual score of 90.38 and an average playoff score of 145.00 and ended up WINNING the regional!
It was a great turn around to watch even though they beat our alliance in the finals.
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2015/...team.html?rh=1

[Abhishek R]

254. They went from making 2 stacks a match to 4, and are probably the best team right now.

I have to agree with the others about 195.

[TCMJ1816]

My vote goes for 2502, Talon Robotics. At their first regional they sat in 36th place with a quals average below 40 and were picked in the third round.At the Ten Thousand Lakes Regional they were seated second with an average over 105 and ended up winning the Regional. Their improvement was astounding, they have totally earned their spot at champs.

EDIT: 2502's average at their first regional was 43.22

[jajabinx124]

2502 went from being ranked 36th at northern lights to being ranked 2nd and winning the 10,000 lakes regional(Where they usually ended a match with 2 capped and noodled 6 stacks).

2169 went from being ranked 30th at northern lights to being ranked 6th at a very competitive Wisconsin regional(Awesome landfill bot by Wisconsin). They were nearly finalists as they encountered one bad match in their semi-final matches that cut them off from advancing to the finals.

967 the Iron Lions went from being picked last at Wisconsin to ranking 4th at North star where they were finalists(They had a awesome chute bot by North star and deserved a wildcard entry to champs).

Probably a ton more I can think of.

EDIT: TCMJ1816 beat me to it for 2502.

[Boe]

I'd also like to give a shout out to 2502, it was awesome competing with them week 1 and then practicing with them leading up to their second regional and seeing them improving.

[BrendanB]

This list starts and ends with 195.

[LeelandS]

Gotta throw my vote in for 1126. They started the year at Pittsburgh with a QA of 42.33, barely able to make a stack, let alone score it. And forget RCs all together. Some of their scores included numbers such as 11, 12 and 0.

At FLR, they were easily one of the best robots on the field, with a QA of 116.64. Consistently putting up 15-18 totes every match, complete with RCs, and helping to set the regional high score in their very last match.

[IndySam]

With out a doubt it has to be Truck Town Thunder 68.

At their first event in Kokomo they were simply awful, I mean bad, but then they won in Lancing and were a force to be reckoned with at MSC seeding 11th in a crazy deep field.

Just an amazing turnaround.


I might add that at Kokomo even when they were having big problems they were a lot a fun to be around and added a lot to the event.

[Jacob.B]

Originally Posted by IndySam

With out a doubt it has to be Truck Town Thunder 68.

At their first event in Kokomo they were simply awful, I mean bad, but then they won in Lancing and were a force to be reckoned with at MSC seeding 11th in a crazy deep field.

Just an amazing turnaround.


I might add that at Kokomo even when they were having big problems they were a lot a fun to be around and added a lot to the event.

I would like to show this to all rookie teams or teams that are struggling. Never give up! We came into Kokomo expecting to do very well, but we were terrible. We went back to the drawing board, redesigning our lift and intake. By MSC we could make 3 full stacks of 6 cans and noodles, a vast improvement from scoring no points at Kokomo. Thanks for the post! See ya at champs

Team 68 also always tries to have a positive attitude, as we are always having fun!

[RonnieS]

Originally Posted by IndySam

With out a doubt it has to be Truck Town Thunder 68.

At their first event in Kokomo they were simply awful, I mean bad, but then they won in Lancing and were a force to be reckoned with at MSC seeding 11th in a crazy deep field.

Just an amazing turnaround.


I might add that at Kokomo even when they were having big problems they were a lot a fun to be around and added a lot to the event.

I have to second this! As I looked at our events pre-season, I thought that we would for sure win Lansing with Truck town...and then I seen them preform and was scared....nothing near what I expected. They had a huge turn around and consistently got way better. They ended up being out first pick at Lansing and contributed a lot to us winning.
-Ronnie

[jajabinx124]

Originally Posted by Boe

I'd also like to give a shout out to 2502, it was awesome competing with them week 1 and then practicing with them leading up to their second regional and seeing them improving.

I'm a bit disappointed 2502 won't be at state. Imagine 3130 and 2502 in an alliance. Minnesota's best this year for sure!

After watching some videos of you guys(2175) I think you guys improved as well. I loved your capping method for your stacks. Champs and state won't be the same without you guys! We'll miss you for sure!

[saikiranra]

Teams 195 and 399 greatly improved from their first events. It was awesome seeing both teams keep making changes and fine tuning their robots at each event.

195
Event OPR Rank
1 ---- 07.1 26
2 ---- 56.5 3
3 ---- 63.1 1
4 ---- 88.0 2

399
Event OPR Rank
1 ---- 21.7 11
2 ---- 40.9 6
3 ---- 73.7 3

[cjl2625]

Without hesitation, I'd give the award to 195.
Their season started somewhat disastrously at Waterbury, but now, I see them as undoubtedly the best team in New England.