Registration 2017

[Mark McLeod]

3100 teams just now.

Only 30 more teams and we match last season's total teams.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

3100 teams just now.

Only 30 more teams and we match last season's total teams.

Mark, how does that compare to where we usually are at this point? Is this finally the year that we barely see growth or is it just because teams are hiding on waitlists in places?

[Mark McLeod]

Growth at this point is ~4.5% over last year at this same time.
While last year at this time we were sitting at ~6.8% growth (final gain for 2016 was 8.2%).

I'll post a current plot as soon as we pass last year's number of teams which will probably be tomorrow.

[Jon Stratis]

Another way of asking the question... how does this compare to the dates we've passed the previous year's total registration for the past few years?

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

Another way of asking the question... how does this compare to the dates we've passed the previous year's total registration for the past few years?

That's on my plot, but since this year's crossing point is still predictive I don't want to publish it before it's been made real.
I also want to see if my projection of the crossing point from a few weeks ago is going to be correct.

Need another 19 teams...

[Brian Maher]

Can you please share an update on district teams registered for regionals?

[Mark McLeod]

It hasn't changed all that much:

2914 ----- South Florida Regional ----- Washington, DC
5484 ----- South Florida Regional ----- South Bend, IN
125 ------ South Florida Regional ----- Boston, MA
5243 ----- South Florida Regional ----- Centreville, VA
11 ------- Lone Star Central Regional - Flanders, NJ
87 ------- Lone Star Central Regional - Mount Holly, NJ
2200 ----- Rocket City Regional ------- Burlington, ON Canada
2386 ----- Rocket City Regional ------- Burlington, ON Canada
4188 ----- Rocket City Regional ------- Columbus, GA
3314 ----- Rocket City Regional ------- Clifton, NJ
2016 ----- Rocket City Regional ------- Trenton, NJ
341 ------ Lone Star North Regional -- Ambler, PA
709 ------ Western Canada Regional -- Bryn Mawr, PA
2234 ----- Western Canada Regional -- Newtown Square, PA

[Hallry]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

It hasn't changed all that much:

2914 ----- South Florida Regional ----- Washington, DC
5484 ----- South Florida Regional ----- South Bend, IN
125 ------ South Florida Regional ----- Boston, MA
5243 ----- South Florida Regional ----- Centreville, VA
11 ------- Lone Star Central Regional - Flanders, NJ
87 ------- Lone Star Central Regional - Mount Holly, NJ
2200 ----- Rocket City Regional ------- Burlington, ON Canada
2386 ----- Rocket City Regional ------- Burlington, ON Canada
4188 ----- Rocket City Regional ------- Columbus, GA
3314 ----- Rocket City Regional ------- Clifton, NJ
2016 ----- Rocket City Regional ------- Trenton, NJ
341 ------ Lone Star North Regional -- Ambler, PA
709 ------ Western Canada Regional -- Bryn Mawr, PA
2234 ----- Western Canada Regional -- Newtown Square, PA

Interesting that 7 of the 14 district teams chosing to attend regionals are from MAR.

[Jscout11]

Originally Posted by Hallry

Interesting that 7 of the 14 district teams chosing to attend regionals are from MAR.

Interesting, but not terribly surprising.

[Doug Frisk]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

It hasn't changed all that much:

2914 ----- South Florida Regional ----- Washington, DC
5484 ----- South Florida Regional ----- South Bend, IN
125 ------ South Florida Regional ----- Boston, MA
5243 ----- South Florida Regional ----- Centreville, VA
11 ------- Lone Star Central Regional - Flanders, NJ
87 ------- Lone Star Central Regional - Mount Holly, NJ
2200 ----- Rocket City Regional ------- Burlington, ON Canada
2386 ----- Rocket City Regional ------- Burlington, ON Canada
4188 ----- Rocket City Regional ------- Columbus, GA
3314 ----- Rocket City Regional ------- Clifton, NJ
2016 ----- Rocket City Regional ------- Trenton, NJ
341 ------ Lone Star North Regional -- Ambler, PA
709 ------ Western Canada Regional -- Bryn Mawr, PA
2234 ----- Western Canada Regional -- Newtown Square, PA

You're missing 27, Rush who are registered for the Northern Light's regional in Duluth, they showed up on the list last night though, so that may just be a slight delay on your process picking up the changes.

Thank you for doing all this work. This is a thread I enjoy watching every year.

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Doug Frisk

You're missing 27, Rush who are registered for the Northern Light's regional in Duluth, they showed up on the list last night though, ...

Yea, I don't predict future team additions.
All posts include no data created after the time stamp of the post

[Mark McLeod]

There, 3130 teams are listed for events now.

Here's the plot.
Triangles mark where registration equals the previous year's registration total final team numbers.
So, this year what I'm going to call "parity" took ~6 days longer than last year.
It's similar to when parity was reached in 2014.

The registration period is very compressed this year, so there has been some affect on the curve for this year.
All the curves are also affected by lack of open event slots and how quickly event waitlists are cleared, and that varies based on changing circumstances year to year.

• 2778 continuing veteran teams (88.8%)
• 352 missing vets (11.2%)
• 324 rookie teams
• 9 new vet teams
• 19 resurrected vets

[SenorZ]

Interesting. Still seeing a team "511 - Robodox" listed for the Orange County Regional. Anyone know if Team 599 is building a second team? Or is this just an odd mistake?

Wonder if there are any other mystery teams out there.

[Mark McLeod]

I think it's a faulty portal problem.
Using the old portal to the FIRST database doesn't have your phantom team.

https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index....017&event=cair