What teams have improved the most in the shortest amount of time?

[Nathan Streeter]

Originally Posted by frcguy

In CA (or pretty much anywhere): 1678, hands down. They went from an OK team (rank 30 in SAC 2009, 11 at SAC 2010) to winning regionals and Championship quarterfinalists in 2011 and 2012 (winner SAC and Curie QF both years), to winning SAC, Curie, and appearing on Einstein (all as an alliance captain) for their first year in 2013. This started an Einstein appearance streak that stands to this day, 3 seasons later. In 2014, they won IE and SAC, were finalists at SVR, and were alliance captains on Newton, going all the way to Einstein finals. We know what happened last year: wins at CVR, SAC, and SVR, captain of the winning alliance on Newton, and winning the FIRST championship. This year was no different in terms of incredible performance, with a record of 59-4-2. That encompassed regional wins at CVR, SAC, SVR, winning Hopper, and Einstein semifinalists. They are truly on top of the FRC world. The most amazing part is they are incredibly open and want to help as many teams as they can achieve the levels of success they can. I encourage anyone reading this to ask them about how they do what they do, I guarantee they would love to tell you.

1678 has to be the correct answer to this thread's question... "who has improved the most in the shortest amount of time?".

Until 2011 they had never made it out of the quarter-finals... at any event. In 2013 they won their division as the #1 seed with a 7-disc auto and 148 as their first pick. They lost on Einstein, but they've returned every year since, including their 2015 win.

[Cash4587]

Originally Posted by Nathan Streeter

1678 has to be the correct answer to this thread's question... "who has improved the most in the shortest amount of time?".

Until 2011 they had never made it out of the quarter-finals... at any event. In 2013 they won their division as the #1 seed with a 7-disc auto and 148 as their first pick. They lost on Einstein, but they've returned every year since, including their 2015 win.

1678 did not have a 7 disc auto at champs in 2013. They did however have a solid 5 disc auto.

[Kyle Reese]

A team I'm surprised hasn't been mentioned yet is 5254, HYPE.

In their rookie year, they did fairly ok, seeding 14th out of 49 at their only event, got picked as the third robot on the 5th alliance, and lost in the quarterfinals. I can't talk as well about their 2014 year as others, but it wasn't a year in which they were a standout sensation.

At the Tech Valley Regional in 2015, they seeded 15th out of 36, then were picked by us as the 5th seeded captain. We pointed out to them that their robot could benefit from a ramp when stacking. Their output went from maybe half a stack in quals to 2-ish stacks in playoffs. They kept it up in quals at the Finger Lakes Regional and seeded 1st, unfortunately falling in finals. Through a wildcard, they got to champs where they were the first pick on the 6th alliance in the Carson Division. They then went on to get invited to IRI, and got selected to be on an alliance with the best of the best, as they started putting up 3 stacks per match, either hp or landfill. They won both Rah Cha Cha Ruckus and the Tech Valley Robot Rumble offseason events as they continued to improve throughout their entire season. That was really the season when they went from mediocre to great.

And they continued this year, releasing a reveal video week three, seeding second and first at their two regional events, and placing 6th in FRC Top 25 week 3 and 22nd in FRC Top 25 week 4. Along with their season performance, they also got into IRI for the second year in a row and were able to get to the semifinals.

Their constant improvement has really boosted them up in the FRC rankings, and they are definitely fit to play with the big dogs. It's been great to work with them for the past two years, and I can't wait to see what they can do in the future.

[BotDesigner]

Here in Colorado, 1619 has really shifted their program into high-gear. After achieving their first regional victory in at Utah in 2015 they have won the last two Colorado Regionals as the overall 1# seed, pulled off their first RCA at North Arizona Regional, have made it into elims at past 2 IRIs, appeared in the division semis at the 2015 and 2016 champs (their first 2 times at champs), and picked up a Quality Award and a Excellence in Engineering Award at champs in 2016 and 2015 respectively. I really can't wait to see what they can come up with these next few years as they emerge as a internationally competitive team.

[RoboChair]

Originally Posted by Cash4587

1678 did not have a 7 disc auto at champs in 2013. They did however have a solid 5 disc auto.

We had 4 different 5 disk autos that we spend insane amounts of time getting just right, and if I recall correctly we did have a 7 disk but is wasn't worth using.

Originally Posted by frcguy

In CA (or pretty much anywhere): 1678, hands down. They went from an OK team (rank 30 in SAC 2009, 11 at SAC 2010) to winning regionals and Championship quarterfinalists in 2011 and 2012 (winner SAC and Curie QF both years), to winning SAC, Curie, and appearing on Einstein (all as an alliance captain) for their first year in 2013. This started an Einstein appearance streak that stands to this day, 3 seasons later. In 2014, they won IE and SAC, were finalists at SVR, and were alliance captains on Newton, going all the way to Einstein finals. We know what happened last year: wins at CVR, SAC, and SVR, 1st pick of the 1st seeded alliance on Newton, and winning the FIRST championship. This year was no different in terms of incredible performance, with a record of 59-4-2. That encompassed regional wins at CVR, SAC, SVR, winning Hopper, and Einstein semifinalists. They are truly on top of the FRC world. The most amazing part is they are incredibly open and want to help as many teams as they can achieve the levels of success they can. I encourage anyone reading this to ask them about how they do what they do, I guarantee they would love to tell you.

Fixed error, Alliance captain was 118.

And to think our 2013 and 2014 robots were machined and built in a 20 ft shipping container and a portable math classroom. I really miss being able to say that. I do not however miss the Quarterfinal Curse.

[Cash4587]

Originally Posted by RoboChair

We had 4 different 5 disk autos that we spend insane amounts of time getting just right, and if I recall correctly we did have a 7 disk but is wasn't worth using.

My sincerest apologies. I was only basing my knowledge off of what I saw on footage. It's really cool to know you had so many auto modes and were able to get as far as you did using phennominal strategy.

[William Frost]

Since this thread doesn't seem to have quite enough numbers yet, here are some more. The three sections are looking at four-year (2013-2016), six-year (2011-2016), and eight-year (2009-2016) timespans respectively. The "Max OPR Devs" (as they are labelled) are

(the team's max OPR of official competitions in that season - the mean OPR of that season's official competitions) / the standard deviation of OPRs in that season's official competitions

The "Diff" is the difference between the average of the team's two most recent "Max OPR Devs" and the team's two least recent "Max OPR Devs" in the timespan. Only the top 100 teams by "Diff" in each timespan are shown. Please note that they are sorted in ascending order (from least to greatest).

Four-Year Timespan:

Team, Diff, Max OPR Devs 2013, Max OPR Devs 2014, Max OPR Devs 2015, Max OPR Devs 2016
2200,1.2214368124,-0.323840933474,1.41305558007,1.04508674222,2.48700152918
4010,1.23503371049,-1.03777425777,-0.934098863477,-0.510202119288,1.00839641902
1325,1.25003405829,-0.183543736605,1.32709978834,2.47099188956,1.17263227877
3005,1.25820511541,-0.939257501871,0.609254971945,0.458288991854,1.72811870904
1671,1.26241454912,0.725465171597,1.75311670731,3.80442851883,1.19898245831
1599,1.26317573162,-0.769409855633,-0.508231969762,0.567004594011,0.681705043826
4188,1.26318171526,-0.317393582793,1.18742489174,1.87843172367,1.51796301578
3039,1.2864954398,0.111694511924,0.539900526696,2.14534447658,1.07924144164
3999,1.29023999294,-1.07219366503,0.109450325477,0.12593134034,1.49180530599
1720,1.29562030733,0.280545108797,0.109900869573,2.04287423449,0.938812358545
122,1.29820730836,-0.213023032599,-0.120137269734,0.568967405463,1.69428690892
2240,1.29955492,-0.986720840275,-0.553373135019,0.322630199593,0.736385665115
173,1.30375140258,-0.354570434151,-0.890488845359,0.979283313739,0.38316021191
3668,1.30459905642,-0.590597335083,-0.0266348598623,0.797654134655,1.19431178324
1255,1.30714896666,-1.00313510999,-0.911548870125,0.800937942958,-0.101323989746
4377,1.31314956654,-0.297281395034,-0.310923414315,0.795404238962,1.22269008476
1160,1.33145574484,-1.11875092007,-1.32517752774,0.284271680294,-0.065288638415
120,1.33208676924,-0.248551333494,0.769187770582,1.64264978786,1.54216018771
4143,1.33496338376,1.06219789206,0.424292806756,2.43511262341,1.72130484293
1943,1.33842027687,-1.46382066743,-0.483199901152,0.0728699311949,0.65695005396
2405,1.34064496165,-0.587903590395,-0.372907821902,1.45281307042,0.267665440586
4180,1.35412346641,-0.439854226228,-0.71296166641,0.277514362643,1.27791667753
3419,1.36418496222,0.14438643158,0.985719935008,2.50856342246,1.34991286856
4103,1.36472836179,-0.405019989481,0.693787770474,0.527636614353,2.49058789021
525,1.37466618947,1.47235198434,2.14109143691,3.9876331435,2.37514265669
1024,1.37615372024,0.609003087497,2.16878232002,1.95903322144,3.57105962656
3481,1.37666543044,0.159511373307,0.310130042779,1.47957035594,1.74340192102
1389,1.38085179059,0.190989430476,-1.61543583739,0.850923686064,0.486333488202
2085,1.39312524053,-0.748594607676,1.38986498055,3.39304590969,0.0344749442479
2637,1.39454386591,0.0692065597408,0.34483084761,1.20753136475,1.99559377443
4131,1.39907730798,-1.05963071324,-0.573839133711,-0.418485893415,1.58317066241
3452,1.40099789715,-0.147491092793,0.89286425353,1.61983019653,1.92753875851
4132,1.41107908548,-1.31693515396,-0.816379616939,0.301448604725,0.387394795338
4561,1.41155278917,-0.851666141517,-0.64502791425,0.202626347683,1.12378517489
4468,1.41159499022,-0.664177002449,-0.20207274324,0.409809237802,1.54713099695
321,1.41167565193,-0.28129904343,-0.649680020486,0.945853587103,0.946518652841
1058,1.41675605037,-0.0473688509222,0.198641876213,1.06376067337,1.92102445265
2881,1.42971399951,-0.580982735373,0.189141587301,1.26224889676,1.20533795419
548,1.43588356255,0.753395345173,1.435562881,3.35177230438,1.70895304689
1519,1.4434557668,2.48586431719,2.29245912808,4.0940647442,3.57117023467
1257,1.45614616524,-1.02985896327,0.68761779926,1.19357369198,1.37647747449
501,1.45997690899,-1.40307850639,0.144680585749,1.65816323786,0.00339265948681
1836,1.46730676948,0.0673861518064,-0.57618113835,0.677605948982,1.74821260343
2230,1.47271611442,-1.28396884997,-0.843009300172,-0.348512969502,1.16696704819
4213,1.48863514894,-0.322399633339,0.749560443349,1.82524403553,1.57918707236
2944,1.50116192507,-0.854232242418,-0.655161308418,1.12391572497,0.369014574328
3959,1.50269658884,-1.0833176149,0.667310505457,1.57083791462,1.01854815362
3641,1.50725929322,1.77800227621,1.15247957372,3.13011381156,2.81488662482
3146,1.50937334283,0.108591789189,-0.313289814399,2.16989673481,0.644151925632
4201,1.5098219879,-0.572194287444,1.01849266851,1.72473590883,1.74120644803
2867,1.51911400973,-0.9726929502,-1.24875841011,1.02085933511,-0.204082675967
1280,1.53094330137,-0.85701214612,0.361030552204,2.2842386047,0.281666404113
2783,1.53471859419,0.669508101371,-1.15931865584,1.41414435642,1.16548227748
254,1.53987481157,3.98499421693,4.0976020436,6.6600563115,4.50228957216
330,1.54358228281,0.884080517729,2.12926813044,3.19996959625,2.90054361753
1305,1.55043915443,0.741391069392,-0.162799842489,1.29187494898,2.38759458679
3250,1.56092049217,0.117072930263,0.810506017473,1.42915452729,2.6202654048
3787,1.58027986017,-0.752572504035,-0.526688531537,1.7071692996,0.174129385161
3140,1.58796306009,-0.712079837045,-0.343889158407,1.99497710594,0.124980018785
2342,1.59872666427,-0.7589452488,-0.390249587409,2.23898598841,-0.190727496086
4403,1.62303807481,-0.850490538561,0.0713187836373,1.48261319762,0.98429119707
2501,1.62815523614,-0.680450604076,-1.32807892002,0.290627199029,0.957153749141
1414,1.63706089301,-1.64942321264,-1.7125922497,0.765043722593,-0.852937398917
876,1.64317203981,1.66447310079,0.64253556783,3.39618852798,2.19716422027
3026,1.65847297745,-1.36853115937,-0.837698474815,0.110649719081,1.00006660164
2465,1.66900921571,-0.637077974229,-1.57204037688,0.932250021617,0.196650058692
1099,1.70627329803,-1.87629596137,1.20803438283,1.19917564667,1.54510937084
2481,1.71217530707,1.38771548053,2.2788848048,4.24297460638,2.8479762931
4678,1.7247209828,0.208641968158,1.37262824678,1.94063035737,3.09008182317
1678,1.7377478451,1.47584210914,3.10880882381,4.27442646538,3.78572015776
1529,1.75467407899,-0.750463576443,-1.38528752415,0.200135463994,1.17346159339
263,1.763420838,-0.498086462532,0.119107661991,2.4005140044,0.747348871046
1730,1.77172232785,0.627970948609,2.08499324793,3.67653617726,2.57987267498
3130,1.78034818026,1.1724678338,1.33055285484,3.58227074947,2.48144629969
3674,1.78373424546,-1.13587737935,0.639549697055,2.08172510894,0.989415699693
41,1.81178332646,-1.07941504018,-0.52764537846,-0.271465446463,2.28797168076
1778,1.83580545503,-0.6636807919,-1.07343204759,0.727037760436,1.20746031013
1657,1.83850561072,-0.42497088052,-0.855692774334,1.79801524409,0.598332322495
1023,1.87231945198,0.882888505086,2.62308267718,4.78514752149,2.46546256473
166,1.87599910815,-0.377466337479,0.44837522766,0.851576631624,2.97133047486
2826,1.88583855511,1.67108178383,0.560503972485,4.68328033433,1.31998253221
3495,1.89579497635,-0.104061928908,-0.942510287485,1.36550988655,1.37950784976
4818,1.9275436805,-1.18649551903,-0.251943395635,1.46877199334,0.947876452997
3478,1.9429704059,-0.943525846844,0.936085653614,1.80646285593,2.07203776264
2122,1.9453520546,0.739224506879,1.82963438788,3.88918585432,2.57037714965
3230,1.94930529284,-0.278521750813,0.68835592347,2.185951497,2.12249326134
2846,1.99968557876,-1.31328290738,-0.68369047307,0.601001508505,1.40139626856
1876,2.01624975387,-0.896774158167,0.0197621890521,1.15734522483,1.9981423138
1124,2.01695539945,-0.7907805832,0.412567592456,1.1661218339,2.48957597426
1156,2.04737531314,-0.622038741277,0.193957764382,1.6728216256,1.99384802379
2836,2.05578103338,-0.627052101977,-0.378866532472,3.51925709115,-0.413613658836
971,2.08627220198,1.97341777701,2.56609856998,4.36216307957,4.34989767139
1296,2.13269263123,0.622777178189,0.0237063487021,2.28168539111,2.63018339824
999,2.14057824452,-0.83969222137,0.329831838998,2.49540965655,1.27588645012
3309,2.17384200458,1.40070195472,0.995923749024,3.60207262929,3.14223708362
3021,2.2174301461,-1.31628097043,-1.1660003733,0.591704474042,1.36087447441
4587,2.28543871035,-0.0873251979788,0.384492732071,2.43526649431,2.43277846048
3620,2.3294289859,-0.324546313722,1.4251647332,1.98064955227,3.77882683901
3536,2.39067928117,-0.747379388784,-0.327464515575,2.48420821626,1.22230644173
1768,2.5162340812,-0.246268695831,0.115862166324,2.90661738189,1.99544425102
1690,3.67013460233,-0.28088400876,0.114790911656,3.44611938707,3.72805672049

Six-Year Timespan:

Team, Diff, Max OPR Devs 2011, Max OPR Devs 2012, Max OPR Devs 2013, Max OPR Devs 2014, Max OPR Devs 2015, Max OPR Devs 2016
3044,1.40434352686,-0.30776360285,-0.566540468491,1.93240514851,0.502131925351,0.403199790342,1.53118319204
1768,1.40683551701,1.07930286476,1.00908773412,-0.246268695831,0.115862166324,2.90661738189,1.99544425102
2501,1.4086370163,-1.22868138642,-0.340811698007,-0.680450604076,-1.32807892002,0.290627199029,0.957153749141
1599,1.41065623028,-0.906618025497,-0.665984797232,-0.769409855633,-0.508231969762,0.567004594011,0.681705043826
3310,1.41249076346,-0.0925701279131,1.34405231989,2.74504857295,2.47465045121,1.26319595512,2.81326776378
857,1.41643802831,-0.355137036157,-0.898455708667,0.44099827822,1.85850640204,1.66553305919,-0.0862497473904
1506,1.41872359423,-0.624801078532,0.106617393773,-0.505852726587,0.386214954543,1.46698739484,0.852276108864
135,1.42666859802,1.77850342834,0.15895675893,1.16756890874,1.59507409734,2.54458263302,2.24621475028
3770,1.43020412006,-0.382539873793,-0.328384054996,0.522957966041,0.262264076127,0.8033342574,1.34615005393
2935,1.43145311429,-1.18955877053,-1.19820286005,-0.337870713906,0.541600047522,-0.225648552182,0.700793150179
166,1.43810458391,0.530801643704,0.415896294954,-0.377466337479,0.44837522766,0.851576631624,2.97133047486
2481,1.45203041147,1.14977627185,3.03711380469,1.38771548053,2.2788848048,4.24297460638,2.8479762931
1339,1.48683182213,-0.449398526568,-0.571445449555,0.791817408965,-0.337758930239,1.51039473337,0.44242493476
219,1.48718423604,-0.629192806749,-0.616560393741,0.21758007944,-0.918472997067,1.39359191276,0.335023358831
2930,1.49742688043,-0.581523397794,-0.231866960848,0.213492517118,0.275030556879,1.56264449877,0.618818903451
3767,1.49959092136,-0.603085164838,-1.04445507055,-0.57814258346,0.365943676287,0.641801144963,0.709840462366
254,1.52696280761,4.12596923847,3.98245102996,3.98499421693,4.0976020436,6.6600563115,4.50228957216
2200,1.5274273539,0.2169013958,0.260332167812,-0.323840933474,1.41305558007,1.04508674222,2.48700152918
2509,1.53516000834,-0.538229421311,-1.14726361286,-0.00441247383883,0.00560677586541,1.13954181049,0.245285172008
1648,1.53519510058,-0.60138162824,-0.980840319763,0.896010714653,1.64388620016,0.626995183635,0.861173069514
3132,1.54277107306,-0.312365553921,0.0998219901313,1.34608831759,1.22473383607,2.34869606366,0.52430251867
2836,1.5579125508,-0.382674268155,0.372492598859,-0.627052101977,-0.378866532472,3.51925709115,-0.413613658836
2607,1.56020541555,0.00186248579589,0.305405821444,1.36791625891,1.99077583995,2.42808935305,0.999589785277
1785,1.56032283268,-0.817467294475,-0.587392276593,0.559276833895,-0.532855528046,0.990559492303,0.725226601989
3602,1.56551106717,0.0556030607783,0.102417602515,1.00500488199,0.965462903989,2.32660800039,0.962434797246
1024,1.56612904857,1.49568398013,0.902150770745,0.609003087497,2.16878232002,1.95903322144,3.57105962656
3618,1.57514864257,-0.545980546807,1.225246585,1.04247865847,1.20244001544,2.39895115776,1.43061216556
1836,1.57937772303,-0.39546536835,-0.337471525298,0.0673861518064,-0.57618113835,0.677605948982,1.74821260343
1778,1.58153854256,-0.590494412889,-0.638084601654,-0.6636807919,-1.07343204759,0.727037760436,1.20746031013
3042,1.58471432216,-1.02904319185,-0.538116646447,-0.0926889937558,0.243911124001,0.746668818863,0.85559998717
3452,1.59327779272,0.119296169027,0.24151720057,-0.147491092793,0.89286425353,1.61983019653,1.92753875851
858,1.59773651361,-0.868805174458,1.41758361818,1.49624081461,0.946128249391,1.78616286026,1.95808861068
85,1.61248686553,0.485904099607,1.20071241018,1.74244536578,2.13350078105,3.11415122776,1.79743901308
3663,1.6129385155,0.615473560967,1.06130396649,1.67744714807,1.10256706992,2.82625637739,2.07639818106
3882,1.61839132794,-0.468559261232,-1.70437312246,0.363532200257,0.974220303594,0.83702151309,0.226828759099
3146,1.6249443872,-0.69259428699,0.256754173031,0.108591789189,-0.313289814399,2.16989673481,0.644151925632
997,1.62705865512,-0.406136263306,-1.81176753984,0.963294854706,0.69611460286,0.78875876837,0.247454738719
3039,1.63034864705,-0.77852899739,0.742417621503,0.111694511924,0.539900526696,2.14534447658,1.07924144164
2630,1.64250709561,-0.334155591197,0.0875270749083,2.16332817014,-0.834119187341,1.53228713735,1.50609853758
195,1.65765092086,1.71921809341,2.04990559072,2.75236401219,2.68840219599,3.28291212815,3.80151339769
2468,1.66293427224,-0.023025362857,1.40925997718,3.04929378772,1.58688292424,2.66985378152,2.04224937728
701,1.68896174328,0.658918947777,0.134234047221,2.02024007619,0.181932388078,3.17059499048,1.00048149109
2883,1.70905930438,-0.318025042084,0.623727341431,1.09034743227,1.19536041894,1.95419465786,1.76962625026
3339,1.71306213171,0.540712586546,-0.0397281074254,0.958960567018,0.601873878078,2.43725485408,1.48985388847
2783,1.72887925788,-0.479672004013,-0.398459877836,0.669508101371,-1.15931865584,1.41414435642,1.16548227748
3171,1.74970763401,-0.897116859248,-0.0838959241897,-0.459820608876,0.706508135256,1.93984327171,0.578559212879
3200,1.74987718994,-0.884301389097,-0.109111359058,0.160549298169,-0.0276777686426,1.85028439501,0.65605723672
3495,1.76736371608,-0.753762772717,-0.0359469231307,-0.104061928908,-0.942510287485,1.36550988655,1.37950784976
3360,1.7723127614,-0.607992248705,1.4586661905,0.578011272626,1.76057986861,2.27039854096,2.12490092364
1058,1.78828473229,-0.140774194442,-0.451010144118,-0.0473688509222,0.198641876213,1.06376067337,1.92102445265
319,1.79475193531,-0.733226120159,0.918778726239,0.849306181931,1.65384973249,2.2621380546,1.5129184221
172,1.79671356279,0.311570185079,-1.13014431856,1.05877496144,0.607792648367,1.39748300315,1.37736998895
3140,1.80689662246,-0.987857593699,-0.505978526497,-0.712079837045,-0.343889158407,1.99497710594,0.124980018785
2405,1.80812004844,-0.885470970523,-1.01029061535,-0.587903590395,-0.372907821902,1.45281307042,0.267665440586
2522,1.82925550319,-1.21917958146,0.649607013903,0.606620600357,1.00135091413,1.97128964391,1.11764879492
203,1.84006561215,-0.123975147702,-0.893199497797,-0.11727604148,1.25038510658,1.98349956224,0.679457016553
2059,1.87010292103,-0.838958137614,0.148861885548,0.73854593254,0.605952759626,2.10731851561,0.942791074389
3005,1.88715801497,-0.828594061451,-0.759314267591,-0.939257501871,0.609254971945,0.458288991854,1.72811870904
2181,1.88840421475,-1.02603531376,-1.51103803538,-0.236553756068,0.982091136053,0.647869861124,0.591865219232
107,1.92721628065,-0.406553226494,1.53931028052,1.12674516358,2.74495265467,3.15566550557,1.83152410976
3674,1.92824540667,-0.026446174449,-0.758903830255,-1.13587737935,0.639549697055,2.08172510894,0.989415699693
1257,1.93670788082,-1.2139197997,-0.0894447954757,-1.02985896327,0.68761779926,1.19357369198,1.37647747449
3536,1.94981928629,0.286662908845,-0.479786823433,-0.747379388784,-0.327464515575,2.48420821626,1.22230644173
1519,1.95347234354,1.99703510977,1.76125518201,2.48586431719,2.29245912808,4.0940647442,3.57117023467
3688,1.95671457932,0.0500933246456,-0.317293559441,0.891231283296,1.68511159872,1.74562670311,1.90060222073
120,1.96137007214,-0.551096578627,-0.18683359008,-0.248551333494,0.769187770582,1.64264978786,1.54216018771
3260,1.97776168745,-0.676129738427,-0.108621508217,0.815547771231,2.29769130872,0.933113724395,2.23765840387
3787,1.98243359376,-0.426059842757,-1.65750866001,-0.752572504035,-0.526688531537,1.7071692996,0.174129385161
1658,1.98564640854,-0.200796467082,-0.555946183628,0.87430526971,0.794210782181,2.52862217985,0.685927986513
1720,2.02585586456,0.00205201232149,-1.0720771484,0.280545108797,0.109900869573,2.04287423449,0.938812358545
1775,2.05889267172,-0.681149150341,0.206600166505,1.79036494368,2.23814064352,1.95823562049,1.68500073912
2338,2.06892422948,1.11801653793,0.105171286591,1.74800044784,2.59044419119,3.35114436284,2.00989192064
230,2.11483965293,1.43688950291,1.17096054593,2.25250650135,2.26932997502,2.68122720441,4.15630215028
3255,2.11929041338,-0.145027941138,-0.263209817735,0.460271435635,1.35896512639,1.835326127,1.99501694088
3250,2.13590987828,-0.0507986092313,-0.171601215249,0.117072930263,0.810506017473,1.42915452729,2.6202654048
1189,2.15418018672,-0.470669354972,-0.708961908331,2.55473257925,0.803517041637,2.49674036142,0.63198874871
971,2.15736772318,2.15366020431,2.24366510029,1.97341777701,2.56609856998,4.36216307957,4.34989767139
3641,2.18151081437,-0.537419634901,2.11939844253,1.77800227621,1.15247957372,3.13011381156,2.81488662482
1756,2.24494201918,-0.614697525119,1.15808899418,2.54925723317,2.81909559009,3.02869784799,2.00457765943
2502,2.24928235389,-0.821847627533,-0.0721423240627,2.09400723267,0.586594570613,2.58815967221,1.01641508399
1325,2.25044075529,-0.271854888803,-0.585402453458,-0.183543736605,1.32709978834,2.47099188956,1.17263227877
3478,2.26758724616,-0.680330869075,0.0236569953337,-0.943525846844,0.936085653614,1.80646285593,2.07203776264
3476,2.29804198457,-0.130587717277,1.23430976256,3.53626925272,2.49199352697,2.90747730958,2.79232870483
999,2.3369062805,-0.346714992526,-0.555801461795,-0.83969222137,0.329831838998,2.49540965655,1.27588645012
3314,2.36170463321,-0.676008319061,0.520805883193,1.45931064089,0.741863367452,1.90278783401,2.66541899655
2064,2.36919298228,-0.426182397523,-1.33518853924,0.469743329144,1.29317886978,1.23749004556,1.73952498225
2550,2.42205756719,-0.59603606948,-1.4732070679,-0.0532657703754,1.19755962802,2.64812122307,0.126750773933
955,2.46269185461,-1.05671183069,-0.848763359938,1.60978004527,1.41959216718,2.09907502374,0.920833494857
1746,2.47952416674,-0.761976799668,-0.872877725747,0.43990626118,1.07929938443,1.32009602051,2.00409778756
2877,2.5159065875,-0.630238313512,0.0713235470368,0.005630286694,2.05011440215,2.80475076259,1.66814764594
225,2.54266053145,0.317923296906,0.980357075364,2.64963603533,3.12737499603,3.55682256913,2.82677886604
3604,2.58613306654,-0.949552766684,-0.802547682065,1.72825860666,1.20693736114,1.98686135288,1.43330433145
1619,2.6203442636,0.918801976055,-0.687503549379,0.582078323507,3.05732244858,3.24948972835,2.22249722553
3620,2.63492228641,0.153229953427,0.336401865033,-0.324546313722,1.4251647332,1.98064955227,3.77882683901
1806,2.63627068557,0.551228706024,0.761791707524,2.75088457421,1.57909363469,3.88585241793,2.69970936676
3824,2.65060080597,0.997566123024,0.0382112042761,3.45056147067,1.9632997458,3.80240926311,2.53456967614
1690,2.67474956968,1.18166278417,0.643014184043,-0.28088400876,0.114790911656,3.44611938707,3.72805672049
3130,2.68363895813,0.807833544106,-0.111394411197,1.1724678338,1.33055285484,3.58227074947,2.48144629969
1156,2.76508351143,-1.29483335843,-0.568664015037,-0.622038741277,0.193957764382,1.6728216256,1.99384802379
133,3.03107039314,-0.63534796216,-0.369308334042,1.04577140117,1.62024296351,1.74494292589,3.3125415642
3309,3.34586762878,-0.0132160695253,0.0657905248864,1.40070195472,0.995923749024,3.60207262929,3.14223708362

Eight-Year Timespan:

Team, Diff, Max OPR Devs 2009, Max OPR Devs 2010, Max OPR Devs 2011, Max OPR Devs 2012, Max OPR Devs 2013, Max OPR Devs 2014, Max OPR Devs 2015, Max OPR Devs 2016
1255,1.50423910359,-1.74471260243,-0.564151651551,-0.460764070654,-0.0981272234692,-1.00313510999,-0.911548870125,0.800937942958,-0.101323989746
74,1.50629319173,0.727991096781,-0.246373555348,3.38291536745,0.505302239812,0.938699547805,1.31611346726,1.8753206378,1.61888328708
321,1.51059206394,-0.614469205947,-0.514342681997,0.119752035109,0.00509915053505,-0.28129904343,-0.649680020486,0.945853587103,0.946518652841
1599,1.51445578448,-1.17102908694,-0.609172844185,-0.906618025497,-0.665984797232,-0.769409855633,-0.508231969762,0.567004594011,0.681705043826
987,1.53573031365,1.92708006422,3.2390736352,3.49576104023,4.64443082745,4.87839642557,2.93138774562,4.75612727327,3.48148705346
865,1.54876393806,-1.27693181377,-1.21419650585,-0.237369980685,-0.587515143678,-1.01474115766,0.352621469514,0.26470500997,0.341694546519
2085,1.54891882007,0.207333676783,0.122349537023,0.191194437038,0.515962234209,-0.748594607676,1.38986498055,3.39304590969,0.0344749442479
1746,1.55288500446,0.349638242903,-0.131214443751,-0.761976799668,-0.872877725747,0.43990626118,1.07929938443,1.32009602051,2.00409778756
166,1.56511034548,0.74757651146,-0.0548900959394,0.530801643704,0.415896294954,-0.377466337479,0.44837522766,0.851576631624,2.97133047486
1389,1.56542372448,-0.757465895537,-1.03612437916,-0.275684555731,0.20996679705,0.190989430476,-1.61543583739,0.850923686064,0.486333488202
125,1.5659707466,1.31286142703,-0.250126053315,2.03233475539,1.08071603758,2.43250133587,2.470821815,2.06634565793,2.12833120898
203,1.57511569955,-0.115788605363,-0.371486214939,-0.123975147702,-0.893199497797,-0.11727604148,1.25038510658,1.98349956224,0.679457016553
2883,1.58364176378,0.821762734554,-0.265225354001,-0.318025042084,0.623727341431,1.09034743227,1.19536041894,1.95419465786,1.76962625026
3005,1.58856370013,-1.16347985011,0.172760150743,-0.828594061451,-0.759314267591,-0.939257501871,0.609254971945,0.458288991854,1.72811870904
525,1.59453436681,0.406174433437,2.76753263312,3.61230936538,2.84724982999,1.47235198434,2.14109143691,3.9876331435,2.37514265669
2605,1.60237687791,-1.67760073149,-0.523270926825,0.520365232039,0.400574830333,1.14855513843,-0.551881986027,1.0462363233,-0.0423542257954
2102,1.60572454314,-0.191377822001,-0.82959107821,0.539926615839,-0.12993423283,0.37759086544,0.744000116612,1.39959339738,0.790886788683
1523,1.6083116866,-0.620295040435,-0.0338217679541,-0.221472143704,1.76424003746,2.19218050502,0.872942151534,1.78471976478,0.777786800029
334,1.61166600074,-2.45811439259,-1.01821994534,-1.10469902023,0.820712262082,1.15555351161,1.65449893472,-0.0549245085103,-0.19807782795
2486,1.61285756258,-0.594335701633,-0.846029383507,-0.607800998634,0.937243473727,0.926128144559,2.10629577931,0.491977679336,1.29337236067
48,1.62621669887,0.942013587241,-0.610016449431,3.071660667,2.30628456618,1.43306393806,1.8156446899,2.14892191264,1.43550862292
1595,1.64710847096,0.153345901378,-0.826888494152,-0.688002822207,0.944044886459,0.90829224893,1.51872873479,1.77662356322,0.84405078593
1189,1.65063972154,0.789252795059,-0.961803128004,-0.470669354972,-0.708961908331,2.55473257925,0.803517041637,2.49674036142,0.63198874871
2501,1.66691158025,-0.925628778451,-1.16041343389,-1.22868138642,-0.340811698007,-0.680450604076,-1.32807892002,0.290627199029,0.957153749141
2403,1.67218696324,-2.5929482239,0.391298669328,0.0373518752404,0.861589543521,1.81887311699,-0.347286017144,-0.321582565463,1.46430693737
971,1.67339799787,2.31594330709,3.04932144813,2.15366020431,2.24366510029,1.97341777701,2.56609856998,4.36216307957,4.34989767139
3039,1.6892522328,0.188234662515,-0.342153209893,-0.77852899739,0.742417621503,0.111694511924,0.539900526696,2.14534447658,1.07924144164
316,1.69950509431,0.533657659024,-0.986238717091,1.39117278048,1.43823076786,2.15120944247,0.544777998419,2.74316647758,0.203262652977
1403,1.70571963869,-0.678113284314,0.277747477826,1.21752484858,1.32456142559,1.50860664636,0.626631079817,2.33776810351,0.673305367378
2457,1.70582202827,-1.83230634366,-0.468196656933,-1.20046865032,-0.313448009994,-0.126287336523,0.914885374123,1.34791815528,-0.236777099327
1519,1.71139485508,1.13907724961,3.1033680191,1.99703510977,1.76125518201,2.48586431719,2.29245912808,4.0940647442,3.57117023467
2876,1.71560857462,-1.30784527827,-0.679005338715,-0.82498795975,-0.190881455786,0.139486486461,0.392972552403,0.598388302323,0.845978229929
2522,1.72195946524,-0.0365598128223,-0.318420678823,-1.21917958146,0.649607013903,0.606620600357,1.00135091413,1.97128964391,1.11764879492
2013,1.72449821538,-0.209869446246,0.262384126957,0.813446544931,0.691641362835,0.992678385199,2.9150549155,1.09022616707,2.4112849444
2944,1.75391732666,-1.53142542012,-0.483478933906,-0.636767074143,-0.362844548639,-0.854232242418,-0.655161308418,1.12391572497,0.369014574328
2175,1.76304269548,-0.41444228921,-0.796879136428,0.813609461722,0.736613783115,1.8195288175,2.50571090818,0.915028793076,1.39973517224
999,1.78134518714,-0.127185274198,0.335791006599,-0.346714992526,-0.555801461795,-0.83969222137,0.329831838998,2.49540965655,1.27588645012
2881,1.78289006282,-1.84985702889,0.751663754212,-0.39466405412,0.341900309954,-0.580982735373,0.189141587301,1.26224889676,1.20533795419
494,1.78315561861,0.504663439961,0.926289550104,1.98792821926,1.89741497108,1.96407738724,2.02781317475,2.17087066776,2.82639355953
2974,1.7858556689,-0.618862889837,0.343829694627,0.0809361058028,1.85670982349,1.41371207847,1.69173225821,1.79034779415,1.50633034844
1619,1.7859522779,1.36847454325,0.531607854824,0.918801976055,-0.687503549379,0.582078323507,3.05732244858,3.24948972835,2.22249722553
2412,1.80066737791,-1.19946874651,-0.971934568425,-0.184846587653,0.79877682084,0.0844837655426,1.44312137086,0.78968940396,0.640242036925
1817,1.81393078097,-1.18127204658,-0.480669962145,0.73731107531,0.118091252533,-0.486799363918,2.17940473813,2.78724601309,-0.821326459881
2783,1.82463979443,-0.699020206244,-0.370632748707,-0.479672004013,-0.398459877836,0.669508101371,-1.15931865584,1.41414435642,1.16548227748
1730,1.83611253447,0.936659553027,1.64752423028,2.92779159957,1.98630908473,0.627970948609,2.08499324793,3.67653617726,2.57987267498
2996,1.8372060123,-0.995713568971,-0.310332499153,1.44670063411,2.52580415725,2.34267633907,1.2519287476,0.868929353497,1.49943660298
701,1.84084934866,0.226619038408,0.262758745845,0.658918947777,0.134234047221,2.02024007619,0.181932388078,3.17059499048,1.00048149109
696,1.85602519108,-0.848438168074,-0.469664440431,0.167074831398,0.109749627813,0.823006420595,1.34709145102,1.13285351621,1.26109425746
2826,1.87839916827,0.879338048875,1.36712648112,2.51908233543,4.10704795549,1.67108178383,0.560503972485,4.68328033433,1.31998253221
2990,1.89365575711,-0.172303896266,-0.832376062515,1.29560558485,-0.0758926173604,0.6419440283,0.6125167827,1.48574770805,1.29688384739
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By no means is this anywhere approaching a perfect ranking of a team's improvement, but hopefully it suggests a few teams that haven't already been brought up.

[OccamzRazor]

I can see a lot of changes in the NC teams taking place so I will shout out a few that I have noticed the last 3-4 years.

587- My old team when I was a student has changed tremendously. This team has really started to be competitive and add more daring designs to their machines every year. From that tape measure climber in 2013 that actually worked to the 3D printed and modular constructions they used this year I am actually kind of jealous I moved away from Hillsborough at this point because I would love to see what they do next.

900- Speaking of what will they do next. This team has come up with several game breaking strategies in the last few years. 2014 death cycles, 2015 crossbow robots built in one day at champs, their designs lately have been highly impressive and their programming team is probably the best in the state flat out. If they had focused a bit more on their drive system this year they would have broken NC over their knee with that vision tracking turret shooter. Mr. Zebracorn, tear down this wall.

1533 - When I was told that this year was the first time they had grabbed a blue banner I was stunned. This team always makes the playoffs and they are always super competitive so I thought they had won several previously. Their designs are always super unique and this year that swank drive was insanely fun to watch. To top it all off, this year was no semi-finalist finish and go home for this team. They were a huge contender we had to have on our alliance at State Championships.

2642 - I have noticed that this team is getting steadily better and better from that regional win in 2012 forward. They make solid, fast, and very complimentary designs every year. If not for a stroke of bad battery luck in 2015 I am sure we would have clenched a regional win with them.

2655 - Starting in 2014 and probably one of the quickest turnarounds in NC, this team made an about face and became a serious contender for Chairman's and winners on the field. I don't know what they changed but it works well and their machines are strong. Now don't change a thing!

3506- My own team. I can say what I want about us good and bad because I have been with this team from the start. 2011 was a lucky miracle one trick pony rookie robot win and 2012 was rock bottom for us- our robot did nothing but balance that season.
In 2013 we did average at best and 2014 was better but we really just did not perform as well as we wanted to. Our attitude was more similar to "Man, I hope we get picked!". We did get picked often enough but only to make semis and finals as a last pick with some odd complimentary robot that happened to fit a very specific strategy.

What really turned us around and where I mark down that we have had one of the fastest flips in the state was in 2015 when we built a robot specifically to win in NC. We did not want to be picked. We wanted to be picking. We ranked decent in Georgia and 2nd seed in NC-our highest ever. Despite the stroke of bad luck mentioned above and losing in the QFs, we had worked hard enough to be presented the Chairman's Award.
Losing with one of the best robots we had ever made and with one of the best teams in NC in the QFs was crushing for the team when we were stuck with the season being over for us. Winning Chairman's a couple of hours later probably sent every kid on our team into a roller coaster of emotion. We had finally turned over a new leaf from being another mediocre at best robotics team.

It really set us up for 2016 where we seeded first at State Championships, brought our third Chairman's in a row, and a Woodie Flowers banner. 2015 changed our attitude for 2016 and we worked our tails off with the help of our other Charlotte area teams to make a difference in NC. I say this all to further indicate that we want to see others around us see our model, think about how to adopt it, and meet with the success we have discovered. We brought home 5 blue banners this season and proof that cooperating with teams prior to competition and during competition to elevate everyone competitively at the same time pays off immensely and we broadcast it because it works and we love it.
Here you go other team - take our awesome design and beat us with it - it works for us. I see this from successful teams a lot in the videos the teams post.

Hopefully the NC district will one day be as competitive as Michigan and Cali because of this model and I can share even better improvements.

[Chief Hedgehog]

Minnesota has had a number of teams that have risen quickly in a short matter of time (2175, 5172, 3130, 2503, etc).

However, one stands out to me time and time again. 2052, KnightKrawler from Irondale HS in New Brighton. Prior to 2012, 2052 had won a couple of team awards and made the elims in 2011 at the Lake Superior Regional.

In 2012 things started to change as they made the Finals at Lake Superior and won the EE award. From then on they have been on a great run. Here is what they have accomplished since 2012 (from what I could mine from TBA and from my own memory):

(1) Regional Chairmans Award This in a state where we have a LOT of great CA competition at our Regionals from inside and out!
(1) Einstein Appearance
(3) State Championships (most in MN)
(1) MSHSL State Tournament - Runners-up
(5) Regional Wins
(5) Regional Finalist
(2) Engineering Excellence
(2) Innovation in Control
(1) Gracious Professionalism
(1) Industrial Design
(1) Quality Award

They are in a class of their own in Minnesota!

[hutchMN]

Originally Posted by Chief Hedgehog

Minnesota has had a number of teams that have risen quickly in a short matter of time (2175, 5172, 3130, 2503, etc).

However, one stands out to me time and time again. 2052, KnightKrawler from Irondale HS in New Brighton. Prior to 2012, 2052 had won a couple of team awards and made the elims in 2011 at the Lake Superior Regional.

In 2012 things started to change as they made the Finals at Lake Superior and won the EE award. From then on they have been on a great run. Here is what they have accomplished since 2012 (from what I could mine from TBA and from my own memory):

(1) Regional Chairmans Award This in a state where we have a LOT of great CA competition at our Regionals from inside and out!
(1) Einstein Appearance
(3) State Championships (most in MN)
(1) MSHSL State Tournament - Runners-up
(5) Regional Wins
(5) Regional Finalist
(2) Engineering Excellence
(2) Innovation in Control
(1) Gracious Professionalism
(1) Industrial Design
(1) Quality Award

They are in a class of their own in Minnesota!

The quality of play has dramaticly increased in MN over the last couple of years. I can't wait to see more teams make a name for themselves outside of the ones already mentioned in your post. BTW 4607 is pretty good too. You guys were the motivating factor for us when we declined the 2nd seed alliance at state.

[jajabinx124]

Originally Posted by Chief Hedgehog

Minnesota has had a number of teams that have risen quickly in a short matter of time (2175, 5172, 3130, 2503, etc).

However, one stands out to me time and time again. 2052, KnightKrawler from Irondale HS in New Brighton. Prior to 2012, 2052 had won a couple of team awards and made the elims in 2011 at the Lake Superior Regional.

They are in a class of their own in Minnesota!

Thanks for the kind words Chief Hedgehog.

Originally Posted by hutchMN

BTW 4607 is pretty good too. You guys were the motivating factor for us when we declined the 2nd seed alliance at state.

4607 went from being a robot with a blocker on that was picked for defense at the North Star Regional in 2013 and MN State Championship in 2013, to being ranked 2nd at the MN State Championship in 2014 and getting 2nd place that year because of their phenomenal truss shot robot. During this year, their robot was one of the most feared defenders out there capable of shutting down us, 359, 5172, etc. and their team also won their first ever chairman's award this season.. young teams winning RCA is rare and 4607 worked hard and did it this year which is impressive considering they went against 2169, 2826, 2194, etc in chairman's at that regional. They were even picked as a defender in the Carver division and were quarter-finalists which is impressive for such a young team.

[TheBoulderite]

Originally Posted by BotDesigner

Here in Colorado, 1619 has really shifted their program into high-gear. After achieving their first regional victory in at Utah in 2015 they have won the last two Colorado Regionals as the overall 1# seed, pulled off their first RCA at North Arizona Regional, have made it into elims at past 2 IRIs, appeared in the division semis at the 2015 and 2016 champs (their first 2 times at champs), and picked up a Quality Award and a Excellence in Engineering Award at champs in 2016 and 2015 respectively. I really can't wait to see what they can come up with these next few years as they emerge as a internationally competitive team.

Thanks! We appreciate the kind words.

[Citrus Dad]

Originally Posted by BotDesigner

Here in Colorado, 1619 has really shifted their program into high-gear. After achieving their first regional victory in at Utah in 2015 they have won the last two Colorado Regionals as the overall 1# seed, pulled off their first RCA at North Arizona Regional, have made it into elims at past 2 IRIs, appeared in the division semis at the 2015 and 2016 champs (their first 2 times at champs), and picked up a Quality Award and a Excellence in Engineering Award at champs in 2016 and 2015 respectively. I really can't wait to see what they can come up with these next few years as they emerge as a internationally competitive team.

Yes, they seemed to come from nowhere in 2015 and then cemented their jump in 2016.