2007 Regionals -- Team Participation By Week

[Wetzel]

I thought about March Madness, but most of the games are done by March 22-24.
How about Week 4 is a week of rest for the FIRST staff?

Wetzel

[Richard Wallace]

As of this evening, confirmed and pending registrations for all 2007 regional events adds up to 1,237 teams. This is two more than the total regional event registration for 2006 (look here for details), and we have 242 published spaces still available. So it appears that FIRST has planned spaces to accomodate at least 20% growth in regional registration over last year, and we're well on our way to filling those spaces.

There are 995 teams registered for 2007 now, and 32 of them have confirmed (i.e., paid) for a second regional; another 210 are pending for a second regional. Last year, 39% of FRC teams participated in at least two events.

Looking at all this, I'll predict:

(1) there will be more rookie teams signing up between now and Dec. 1 -- teams numbers will break the 2200 mark, and

(2) the average number of teams per regional will be 42 or 43 -- last year's average was 44 teams.

[LightWaves1636]

Perhaps when F.I.R.S.T. was renting the arenas, those were the weeks allowed?

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by Richard

There are 995 teams registered for 2007 now, and 32 of them have confirmed (i.e., paid) for a second regional; another 210 are pending for a second regional. Last year, 39% of FRC teams participated in at least two events.

What was the total number of registered teams for 2006? The number of active teams is a better way to assess growth than simply looking at team numbers. I'm curious how much FIRST has grown, since it seems like a lot.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

What was the total number of registered teams for 2006? The number of active teams is a better way to assess growth than simply looking at team numbers. I'm curious how much FIRST has grown, since it seems like a lot.

Some figures posted here a couple of weeks before the 2006 Kickoff indicated 1126 teams. So as of this morning we are about 130 teams shy of last year's total -- but there's still a little over one month until registration closes.

Many teams get their funding for FRC close to the deadline, so the team count will probably rise quickly toward the end of November.