Top 5 Teams In Your State/Area before CHAMPS

[Max Boord]

Florida:

1. 180: 2 regional wins, very hard to defend high goal shooting.

2. 179: 1 regional win and 1 finalist, highest point output but somewhat inconsistent. best climb in the state.

3. 233: 2 regional wins and 1 finalist, the best low goal robot in Florida also added a climb at there 3rd regional.

4. 1065: 1 regional win, high goal auto, high goals if possible but prefers to low goal if defended.

5. 79: fast low goals with a climb.

[Wert3141]

Originally Posted by The other Gabe

I don't know why, but I'm a huge sucker for this sorta thing

WA (there were a lot of great teams this year - these lists are getting harder to make ):
1-1983: now that they've got that shooter working, they can do every part of the game well
2- 2046: despite losing a week of improvement time due to the theft of their robot, they still have one of the most accurate high goal shooters, and probably the most consistent high goal auto
3- 2471: I'm a sucker for a good tall robot
4- 4469: if you don't defend against this team, they will make every single high goal they shoot. and they're good at winning events
5- 5803: they might not deal with the high goal, but they have mastered every other aspect of the game

OR:
1-1425: excessively consistent
2-1540: probably their best robot. consistent high goal, good at crossing. what not to like?
3- 4488: they've struggled to be as good as they were in previous years. it's still a good robot, but their shooter accuracy leaves something to be desired
4- 2990: they climb, they traverse defenses, they low goal, they defend. solid robot
5- 955: I'm really hoping they can get their shooter more accurate - they could become quite a threat if they do

PNW:
1- 1983
2- 1425
3- 2046
4- 2471
5- 4469

Although they struggled with consistency I think 1318 is at the very least an honorable mention for the Washington list. Also although 1983 did have a high goal shooter they rarely used it successfully due to consistency issues. Nonetheless they have a great robot this year

[Ken Streeter]

Originally Posted by Jay O'Donnell

NH:
1-1519
2-1058
3-319
4-238
5-5813

The interesting thing this year is that there are a lot of "top-tier" robots that have slightly different qualities, meaning that the "best" robots can vary a fair bit depending upon what features are most valued by the beholder.

The corollary to this is what might be the #1 pick for Team X may be lower on the "pick list" of Team Y, and different than Team Z, etc.

Another way to think about it in practical terms is that if 1058 were the #1 seed, they might have a different first pick than if 319 were the #1 seed or 238 were the #1 seed, or ....

In any case, recusing our own team (1519) from the list above, the team I would choose to replace us is 166, who has an excellent high goal shooter when their vision targeting is working correctly -- their #2 seeding at Pine Tree was a result of good consistent shooting in qualification rounds.

So, in numerical order (since it is hard to rank within the teams below, depending upon what one favors for robot qualities...)

NH:
166
238
319
1058
5813

[Jay O'Donnell]

Originally Posted by Ken Streeter

The interesting thing this year is that there are a lot of "top-tier" robots that have slightly different qualities, meaning that the "best" robots can vary a fair bit depending upon what features are most valued by the beholder.

The corollary to this is what might be the #1 pick for Team X may be lower on the "pick list" of Team Y, and different than Team Z, etc.

Another way to think about it in practical terms is that if 1058 were the #1 seed, they might have a different first pick than if 319 were the #1 seed or 238 were the #1 seed, or ....

In any case, recusing our own team (1519) from the list above, the team I would choose to replace us is 166, who has an excellent high goal shooter when their vision targeting is working correctly -- their #2 seeding at Pine Tree was a result of good consistent shooting in qualification rounds.

So, in numerical order (since it is hard to rank within the teams below, depending upon what one favors for robot qualities...)

NH:
166
238
319
1058
5813

Agreed that 166 is right there with my top 5, and could easily move in after DCMP and CMP. My order was purely based off of competition results, since as you said it's hard to rank teams with very different skill sets.

[The other Gabe]

Originally Posted by Wert3141

Although they struggled with consistency I think 1318 is at the very least an honorable mention for the Washington list.

I would have loved to have listed them, as well as 360, 3238, 3663, 4911, 2522, 4061, 4450, and probably others I'm not thinking of. that's why I said that list was hard to make lots of great robots this year

[Wert3141]

Originally Posted by The other Gabe

I would have loved to have listed them, as well as 360, 3238, 3663, 4911, 2522, 4061, 4450, and probably others I'm not thinking of. that's why I said that list was hard to make lots of great robots this year

Very true. I always forgot how many amazing Washington teams there are If we are just listing off great Washington teams though don't forget 948, and 3574

[Billfred]

South Carolina:

1) 4451. Won Palmetto as the first pick, quarters in Orlando after a freak drivetrain failure, Palmetto EI, Orlando Innovation in Control.
2) 3490. They're the only other team in South Carolina with a banner this year, winning Rocket City. Sure, they were the last pick of the draft and played alongside Bomb Squad and Robonauts...but hey, I've been there and the banner is just as blue. Scoreboard. (Oh, and they were first-round picks at Palmetto, losing in the quarters to the eventual champs.)
3) 343. Finalists at Palmetto (for the third time in five years), quarters at Rocket City.
4) 1876. Third pick of the draft at both Palmetto (quarters) and Orlando (semis).
3) 2815. They were criminally overlooked at Palmetto by everyone except Frank's Blog, and rightfully a first-round selection at Rocket City where they made semis before running into the 118/16/3490 buzzsaw.

[Dan Petrovic]

Originally Posted by Jay O'Donnell

Agreed that 166 is right there with my top 5, and could easily move in after DCMP and CMP. My order was purely based off of competition results, since as you said it's hard to rank teams with very different skill sets.

Admittedly, we bloomed very late. Between mechanical and network connectivity issues at UNH and just some really bizarre coding errors that I couldn't begin to explain, we didn't really start consistently performing until Saturday. We were very fortunate to finish with the ranking we did such that we could pick such a quality teammate in 125.

Personally, I think we proved that we belonged in the finals, but we'll be the first to say that we have plenty to improve upon for NE Champs.

As far as New Hampshire rankings go, we may have to wait until Mayhem in Merrimack to truly find out where we stand!

[bijan311]

This is pretty hard for Wisconsin because there are so many good teams, but I'll try my best based on what I saw at the Wisconsin regional.

1) 706
2) 1675
3) 1732
4) 2202 (I also just noticed they've been to the finals at Wisconsin for the past 3 years in a row, which speaks to the consistency of this team)
5) 1259-1306-2062-2826-3418 (Sorry, I couldn't pick just 1)

[Jim Schaddelee]

In Michigan it to hard to pick 5 so I picked 5 from the East and 5 from the west side of the state. In no particular order.

East side
1.33
2.67
3.27
4.1023
5.2834

West side
1.2771
2.3357
3.107
4.1918
5.3620

Good luck to all the teams competing at MSC

[JackFisher]

Originally Posted by Liam Fay

As far as Southern California goes, in no particular order,

Robot:
3476
3309
1197
294
330
As well as 3255, who unfortunately did not qualify.

Awards:
1622
3309
3476

Forgot 1538

[Liam Fay]

Originally Posted by JackFisher

Forgot 1538

1538's performance IN Southern California doesn't merit a spot on this list in my opinion. But yes, they are a stellar team in both awards and engineering.

[M217]

My ranking of the New York State bots:

1) 5254
2) 20
3) 3419
4) 2791
5) 1796/3044

Honorable Mentions: 694, 329, 1511

[jajabinx124]

List of top 5 robots for MN:

1) 5172
2) 2052
3) 3130
4) 2175
5) 2502

Honorable mentions: 2512, 2883, 4009, 5434

[Dunngeon]

Originally Posted by DarkRune

For California (At least the regionals I've been to):
1)254
2)971
3)330
4)1678
5)1323

The only reason I put 1678 below 330 is consistency. When 1678 is making shots they sink them like there's no tomorrow, but there have been quite a few times where they bounce off the edges.


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330 wasn't at any of your events.