2016 IRI Application Listing

[PLAN-COM]

Field Side in the Couch Division

[Shipyahd Tahm]

Originally Posted by PLAN-COM

Field Side in the Couch Division

Do those pull out?

Was really hoping I didn't have to find a hotel room.

[lpickett]

Just need the mini-fridge and microwave.

[Basel A]

I'm more interested in the Pat Fairbank-sponsored cupcake division

[Ari423]

Does anyone know around when the list of accepted teams will be released?

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by Ari423

Does anyone know around when the list of accepted teams will be released?

According to their website, invitations will be sent out on May 16th (Monday).

[Ari423]

Originally Posted by Hallry

According to their website, invitations will be sent out on May 16th (Monday).

Thanks, I don't know how I missed that

[mdituri]

Originally Posted by lpickett

Just need the mini-fridge and microwave.

We were lucky enough to get a minifridge donated to us, so if a FIRST Mid-Atlantic truck is driving out with our pit stuff, we will happily supply it. [Assuming of course we are extended an invitation by the gracious IRI committee]

MiniFridge DonorsChoose.org Project

Although the rule is only Mountain Dew and Gatorade are allowed inside of it.

[Ben Martin]

I made a spreadsheet of all the IRI team applicants' season stats to guess ours and other teams' chances (though selection could subjectively include many measures, so I tried to include most objective measures). I thought others might be interested. Most content was mined from the 2834 scouting database or TBA.

There is always the chance that I fat-fingered a letter or number when typing. Message me and I'll fix it.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Ben Martin

I made a spreadsheet of all the IRI team applicants' season stats to guess ours and other teams' chances (though selection could subjectively include many measures, so I tried to include most objective measures). I thought others might be interested. Most content was mined from the 2834 scouting database or TBA.

Thanks for showing this. I had thought about doing something similar.

The IRI Planning Committee always has a tough job selecting invitees. If you were one of them, how would you sort teams based on this data?

OPR alone is not good, because it leaves out too many multiple event winners. Winner/finalist count alone has a similar problem -- too many high scoring teams left out. Maybe something like District Points?

[Ben Martin]

Originally Posted by Richard Wallace

Thanks for showing this. I had thought about doing something similar.

The IRI Planning Committee always has a tough job selecting invitees. If you were one of them, how would you sort teams based on this data?

OPR alone is not good, because it leaves out too many multiple event winners. Winner/finalist count alone has a similar problem -- too many high scoring teams left out. Maybe something like District Points?

Or location diversity? Or where someone's picked? Or event competitiveness?
It's harder this year than it has ever been given this field. There are more strong teams every year.

[Meredith Novak]

Originally Posted by Ben Martin

Or location diversity?

Then that Alaska team would be a shoo-in.

[lpickett]

I was wondering if someone would catch that earlier. I thought it would be unlikely for a team from Alaska to come when it would be too hot for them.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Shipyahd Tahm

Do those pull out?

Was really hoping I didn't have to find a hotel room.

I think Ed has dibs.

[MitchellJoe]

Here is a spreadsheet based on the one Ben Martin shared earlier. I have added SPO to the Divisions portion. The sheet is currently sorted to have the teams with the highest SPO score at the top.