Minneapolis Regional Discussion 2016

[Chief Hedgehog]

Originally Posted by Ginger Power

Infer what you will about the competitiveness of each event.

And I will - but I will not speak to 10,000 Lakes in this post. NS is stacked with great teams with robots that will be ready to compete come April 8 & 9. Here is what I see from the teams that have already competed and made it to Elims:

167 - Iowa Regional (Qual Rank 12, finished in QF in 3 matches)
2169 - Central Illinois (Rank 12, QF in 3)
2194 - Wisconsin (Rank 11, Semis in 3)
2574 - Wisconsin (Rank 33, QF in 3)
2826 - Wisconsin (Rank 25, Semis in 3)
3026 - Iowa (Rank 38, QF in 3)
3042 - Northern Lights (Rank 19, Semis in 2)
3130 - Iowa (Rank 9, QF in 3)
3277 - Lake Superior (Rank 5, Semis in 2)
3928 - Iowa (Rank 33, QF in 3)
4607 - Lake Superior (Rank 48, QF in 3)

So 12 of the teams that have competed prior have reached elims and all have either made it into the Semifinals or pushed the QF to 3 matches. This does say a lot about the strength of the field just based on these soft stats.

There are 8 others that have previously competed so they know what they are up against. I will say that teams such as 967, 2175, 2177, 2472, 2491, 5576 and others that have competed will have their 'A' game (and bots) ready to battle for NS.

And yes, seeing what 4778 can do, I would put them near the top after Quals end on Saturday.

This will be a fun Regional as the Central MN Robotics Hub has 4 of our teams competing at this event - 3023, 3026, 4607, and 4632.