Hardest Regionals?

[Jim Schaddelee]

Now that the regionals are over we should be able to figure this question out .
How about you add all the points scored in all the qualifying matches then divide
by the number of qualifying matches played .I did this for the west Michigan and
the the combined score average per match was 66 points compared to L.A. 48 point.I am not trying to pick on LA but I didn't have time to do them all ,and the LA regional had 70 qualifying matches same as west Michigan so i used them . Maybe we could come up with some other factors to add to this simple equation.

thanks Jim schaddelee
team 107

[Mike_45]

I do have to agree with others that the Midwest Regional is one of the harder regionals just for the fact that there are many teams there with much experience such as team 71, 111,45,65,79, 269, and much more, but those were just some that stuck out in my mind. Also There were some really good robots @ the Midwest..
Congrats to Teams 111, 71, and 537

[65_Xero_Huskie]

I dont know this for a fact.. but hasnt the past 5 years champs come from Midwest or Great lakes?

[josh sjoerdsma]

I have been to the Midwest, Great Lakes, Buckeye, and West Michigan and I must say Great Lakes has been the hardest with West Michigan being second. The competition is great all over.

[slickguy2007]

The boilermaker and new jersey regionals aren't a walk in the park either. From what I have noticed, all the toughest regionals tend to change every year. Some are harder than others one year, then it changes the next. We'll have to see what happens next year, although I am trying to convince my team to sign up for the Midwest regional next year.


GO 1403!!!

[Ctrl Alt Delete]

I'm pretty sure the hardest regional is the new Hampshire regional. There is lots of competition there. We went to the UTC and Philly ones. To bad we didn't win, but we did win in our practice matches.

[Freddy Schurr]

Philly by far is the hardest regional

The best robots of the East Coast compete there

And you can never pick the winner

[whakojacko]

maybe unusual, but sacramento ended up being pretty hard. More teams from einstein went to sacramento than any other regional. Ive only been to two regionals though so I cant compare regionals very well.

[Barry Bonzack]

I have only been to two regionals this year, so I'm sure my opinion is bias.

Huge props to the Florida teams like 233 and 179. Also a few others that put up quite a fight like SPAM, Metal in Motion, 1251 Tech Tigers, and 1402 Freedom Force. Then there was a crop of rookies that were able to hold there own, mainly 1592 Bionic Tigers and 1649 Lakerbotics. Watch for both of those teams to be "sleeping tigers" that are ready to pounce into action one they gain some more experience.

[Team75electric]

I think that Trenton was very hard this year with team 56, 75, cyber sonics, 25, and a ton of other hard teams this competition was very hard.

[JackN]

A tie between Sacremento and Detroit. Both regionals had 4 einstein teams.

[rocketdawg3000]

I think that the florida regional is the hardest because we had swamp thing(179), think pink(233), spam, metal in motion(343), tech tigers(1251), freedom force, burning magnitos(342). We finished 2nd there but it wasn't easy getting to the final round!

[Vu2000]

We might as well just call the IRI a regional or just simply championships after the real thing. With the caliber of the competition at IRI it seems every year and by looking at the team numbers this year, it's almost ridiculous how many regional and championship (past and present) winners there are. If I had my choice of which competition to watch robot-wise every year, it seems like the IRI would win hands down. If only NASA would broadcast it...

[Beth Sweet]

I think that the later regionals are the toughest ones (yes, I know, I'm umbrellaing) especially to those who attend them and only them. This year we attended the WMR and (along with some fantastic teams) having had no regional experience made it super tough to be competitive. Everyone else already knew how to play the game and we were just starting out. So I say that the toughest regionals are the ones in 5th and 6th week when most have figured out some of the tricks of the game.

[IMDWalrus]

Originally Posted by Jim Schaddelee

Now that the regionals are over we should be able to figure this question out .
How about you add all the points scored in all the qualifying matches then divide
by the number of qualifying matches played .I did this for the west Michigan and
the the combined score average per match was 66 points compared to L.A. 48 point.I am not trying to pick on LA but I didn't have time to do them all ,and the LA regional had 70 qualifying matches same as west Michigan so i used them . Maybe we could come up with some other factors to add to this simple equation.

thanks Jim schaddelee
team 107

Who's to say that this year wasn't an exception? We'd have to take data from as many years as it exists for, and then compare the regionals year to year to see if the trend holds up.

But I've had far too much experience with statistics, even as a high school graduate.

Originally Posted by 65_Xero_Huskie

I dont know this for a fact.. but hasnt the past 5 years champs come from Midwest or Great lakes?

It could just be argued that this is because there are so many teams in the Midwest region. In the past three years, 111 (Illinois), 494 (Michigan), and 67 (Michigan) have all been champions. But again, that could just be a fluke.

I don't think there's a fair way to answer this question, even though I don't really need to say that. None of us have experienced all of the regionals, and it's so strongly based on perception that there isn't an answer.

Out of the four I've experienced, though (Western MI, Detroit, Great Lakes, and Palmetto), I'd choose Great Lakes. Size definitely makes a regional more challenging, especially when it comes to scouting, and any competition that hosts as many long-established teams as GL usually does is bound to be a difficult one.