Top 5 robots in each state

[Rachel Lim]

This is really, really hard...I'm doing just northern CA because it's hard enough as it is:

1. 254 - they won CVR and SVR, and seeded first on Carson with a robot capable of 4 full stacks and 200+ points on its own; that did landfill, HP, and coop; with a 20pt auto; and with a max OPR of 157.

2. 1678 - focusing on the center containers and stacks of 5 from the HP station, they finished a 5 banner season, winning CVR, Sac, SVR, Newton, and Einstein.

3. 971 - despite being eliminated in semis at Sac they made finals at SVR and were the first seed on Carver, grabbing two containers in auto and doing cycles of 6 from the HP station.

4. 1671 - made semis at CVR and Sac as captain of the 4th and 2nd alliances, they somehow made it to 2nd pick of 118/1678 on Newton, where they did 6 stack cycles from the HP.

5. 701 - capping their HP stacks with center containers picked off in teleop, they were finalists at CVR, Sac, and Lone Star.

Other teams: 2085, finalists at Sac and SVR with another HP stacker, and 846, who made semis at SVR and is one the best teams from northern CA to not make it to champs. I'm not entirely sure if 973 is considered northern or southern CA, since they're basically halfway between San Jose and LA, so I didn't include them (the list was also hard enough as it is...)

I just realized that out of these 7 teams, 6 stacked only from the HP station as far as I know.

[AllenGregoryIV]

Texas
1. 118 - World Champs, 5 Banners, fast can grab, clears the landfill, reliable auto stack
2. 148 - The best of Team Tether, reliable auto, 3+ stacks a match, consistent
3. 624 - Texas' best robot at the chute door that didn't use a tether. Had an awesome season and should do very well at a number of their off-season events including IRI.
4/5. 4587/1296 - Consistency issues plagued both these robots at championships but when they are on it's hard to beat their stack output. Not getting consistent tote stacks in auto and the inability of tether bots to grab cans moves them down the list.

2468, 3310, 1817, and many others had great robots this year as well.

[Anupam Goli]

let me take a stab at Georgia.
1. 2974. Very simple robot that could do 2 fully capped stacks of 5 from the HP. Won Orlando
2. 4188. Reliable 5 stacks fully capped from the feeder station, but sometimes were only able to do 1. Won Peachtree.
3. 1746. Did 2 reliable 5 stacks with cans from the HP station, but not as versatile as 4188 or 2974. Semifinalists at both regional competitions they attended
4. 4468. Decent landfill machine that specialized in landfill stacking. They could only stack totes, but paired with a good capping robot, their strategies were deadly. Finalists at peachtree

5.1648. Similar robot to 4468, made mad stacks out of the landfill and could clear it of totes. Didn't add RC abilities until it was too late, and they couldn't refine their can stacking. Their tote stacking was unparalleled though.

[BariSaxGuy]

From Missouri, based on State Championship Results:

1: 1730: 3 capped 6 stacks from HP, auto stack
2: 1986: Stacks of 3 from landfill, then 3 more totes and RC, caps with this stack for 6.
3: 4522: Stacks of 5 with RC from HP, Unique belt clamp mechanism to hold stacks
4: 1806: Stacks of 6 with RC from HP, auto stack, competitive with 1730
5: 1987: Conveyor system, ~ 5 stacks of 3-6 without RC. Works best with a partner who can cap stacks.

[jspatz1]

Originally Posted by BariSaxGuy

From Missouri, based on State Championship Results:

1: 1730: 3 capped 6 stacks from HP, auto stack
2: 1986: Stacks of 3 from landfill, then 3 more totes and RC, caps with this stack for 6.
3: 4522: Stacks of 5 with RC from HP, Unique belt clamp mechanism to hold stacks
4: 1806: Stacks of 6 with RC from HP, auto stack, competitive with 1730
5: 1987: Conveyor system, ~ 5 stacks of 3-6 without RC. Works best with a partner who can cap stacks.

If I remember right 1986 does an auto tote stack also, but instead stole 2 cans in auto at the state champs.

[jajabinx124]

Originally Posted by jspatz1

If I remember right 1986 does an auto tote stack also, but instead stole 2 cans in auto at the state champs.

Cause 1986 was paired up with 1730. They did the 3 tote stack for them. 1986 had a good can burglar.

[BJT]

NORTH DAKOTA

1) 876 - 2 capped and noodled stacks in most matches. averaged 74 points per elimination match in Galelio. ranked 6th, Quarterfinalist

2) 4818 - Won first regional, inconsistent in regionals but running good at worlds ranked 19th in Carson, Quarterfinalist

3) 877 - They try hard

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2 out of the 3 robots in the state were really solid and made eliminations in their division at worlds, not too bad

[Electronica1]

I'm not from this area, but what the heck, why not.

Netherlands
1. 4481
2. 5412
3. 4. (and possibly 5.) 4481's other robots

[The other Gabe]

Originally Posted by Electronica1

I'm not from this area, but what the heck, why not.

Netherlands
1. 4481
2. 5412
3. 4. (and possibly 5.) 4481's other robots

that looks like it was a very tough list to assemble

[Electronica1]

Originally Posted by The other Gabe

that looks like it was a very tough list to assemble

Here is another tough one

Nebraska
1..... did anyone travel with their robot through Nebraska this year?

[Munchskull]

Originally Posted by Electronica1

Here is another tough one

Nebraska
1..... did anyone travel with their robot through Nebraska this year?

Ohhhhh, Shots fired. In all seriousness Nebraska needs to step up there game. WHY NO FRC? It makes me sad.

[Edxu]

Gonna throw out the Ontario list here:

1114- Undisputed king of landfill. 3, sometimes 4 stacks of 6 capped noodled, super-fast 2bin grabber and harpoons. Just harpoons.

865- Incredibly fast HP stacker, builds a stack of 6 almost as fast as 254 at the HP station.

2056- Not quite as strong as 1114 in the landfill, but had their cangrabber ready for action much earlier. Another extremely flexible robot, doing HP and landfill equally.

1325- In my opinion, Oskar showed the greatest improvement I've ever seen over a season without major robot component changes. They went from a mid-tier robot at GTC to beasting their way through Waterloo and Carson.

188- One of the most adaptive robots that I've seen, they started as the original HP load specialist, eventually going through several iterations of their cangrabber and arriving at a great result just in time for St. Louis.

[Ryan_Todd]

Since "best" is a fairly subjective term, Imma go ahead and present my results for Michigan using a few different sets of criteria.

Commence the research!


First, here's the rankings based on FIRST in Michigan's own proprietary system:

1. 1023
2. 548
3. 2137
4. 33
5. 68

Next, here they are by "score" just at the Michigan State Championship, as defined by FIM:

1. 548
2. 1023
3. 573
4. 27
5. 1711

And by average qualification score at MSC:

1. 1023
2. 3641
3. 548
4. 70
5. 33

And by cross-referencing all teams' qual averages from the World Championship against a list of Michigan teams that attended CMP:

1. 85
2. 1023
3. 107
4. 548
5. 2137

And by doing the same for each team's playoff averages at CMP:

1. 2137
2. 548
3. 33
4. 85
5. 1023

And finally, a ranking based on each team's highest playoff average across any of the events they attended (2nd picks excluded):

1. 1023
2. 548
3. 2137
4. 33
5. 85

Do with this what you will.
...or don't.
Whatever.

[Citrus Dad]

Originally Posted by Rachel Lim

This is really, really hard...I'm doing just northern CA because it's hard enough as it is:

1. 254 - they won CVR and SVR, and seeded first on Carson with a robot capable of 4 full stacks and 200+ points on its own; that did landfill, HP, and coop; with a 20pt auto; and with a max OPR of 157.

2. 1678 - focusing on the center containers and stacks of 5 from the HP station, they finished a 5 banner season, winning CVR, Sac, SVR, Newton, and Einstein.

3. 971 - despite being eliminated in semis at Sac they made finals at SVR and were the first seed on Carver, grabbing two containers in auto and doing cycles of 6 from the HP station.

4. 1671 - made semis at CVR and Sac as captain of the 4th and 2nd alliances, they somehow made it to 2nd pick of 118/1678 on Newton, where they did 6 stack cycles from the HP.

5. 701 - capping their HP stacks with center containers picked off in teleop, they were finalists at CVR, Sac, and Lone Star.

Other teams: 2085, finalists at Sac and SVR with another HP stacker, and 846, who made semis at SVR and is one the best teams from northern CA to not make it to champs. I'm not entirely sure if 973 is considered northern or southern CA, since they're basically halfway between San Jose and LA, so I didn't include them (the list was also hard enough as it is...)

I just realized that out of these 7 teams, 6 stacked only from the HP station as far as I know.

For California as a whole this year, I would put 1671 above 971 because they were better at Sacramento, and they returned to that level in eliminations at Champs. I also would put 2085 above 701, but barely, again because of their Sacramento and SVR performances.

Interestingly, the only Southern California team that I would slot into this group is 330 as they made Einstein. 973 looked to be just below this group this year. This seemed to be a down year for Southern California, especially compared to the standout year they had in 2014.

[Samps]

Definitely 955 should be in the top 5 in Oregon. Amazingly compact, well built, and a PNW district champs winner.