"Most Improved" Award 2015

[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.

[tindleroot]

As far as Indiana goes I have to nominate Cyber Blue 234. In their first event (Indy week 1), they struggled to make stacks consistently even though they ended up rank 2 (their noodle thrower has been great all season). By Indiana State Championships, they could make two 6 stacks + bin and noodle from the HP station, and also had a 20 point auto routine.

[indubitably]

1625 went from a -5.3 OPR to a 52.1 OPR in just one event.

I wouldn't be the least bit shocked to see that trend continue into champs as well.

[Dominick Ferone]

As Much as I'd like to say we improved, yea we started getting consistent 6 stacks with 2 a match but our lead screw broke and never gave us time to test out the new ramp that would rotate totes and allow faster loading. We also on dropped stacks when the lead screw broke, everyone always thought when placing we would but it wasn't possible with out backstop.

5254 I would have to say immensely improved. We worked with them Saturday at tech valley and after helping with a ramp they learned their grove in the eliminations and then also learned a strategy that worked for them. I was happy to see how much they improved with a simple fix.

[3a11]

I'd have to go with Bedford Express. They went from a 53.00 Qualification Average in their first event to a 187.75 at MSC (which they won).

[Bryce Paputa]

Our first match our robot was fully functional, yet our alliance scored 0 points. Throughout that competition, our QA was 32. At MSC we had a QA of 146 and we were the 7th pick. We plan on doing much better at worlds.

548, another MSC winner, improved from 35 QA to MSC third seed and 172 QA.

[Joe Ross]

3309's OPR improved by over 30 at each event they attended, from 31 to 64 to 96. Can't wait to see what they have in store for Championships.