Success of the #1 seeds at the Championship Event

[Joe Ross]

For reference, you should read Karthik's original thread here: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=29678. The gist is that #1 seeds usually win their divisions at championship. In 2001, 2002, and 2003 3 #1 seeds won, and 2 #1 seeds won their divisions in 2004.


Now lets look at this year.

* 1 #1 seed won their division
o Archimedes #1: 245, 217, 766
* 3 division champions were #2 seeds
o Curie #2: 175, 33, 108
o Galileo #2: 56, 254, 64 (Championsip Finalist)
o Newton #2: 330, 67, 503 (Championship Winner)
* 2 #1 seeds were division finalists
o Curie #1: 337, 1510, 85
o Newton #1: 910, 135, 537
* 1 #1 seeds were division quarterfinalists
o Galileo #1: 1089, 1280, 365

Anyone have any ideas why the #1 seeds didn't do as well this year as in year's past?