FRC Team Numbers

[mikekim]

Have numbers everbeen reused after the team officially retires

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by mikekim

Have numbers everbeen reused after the team officially retires

No number that was ever used by an active team and been inactive for three or more years has been reused to our database's knowledge.
Team's have sat out a year or three and still retained their old team number when they've returned.

[Rick TYler]

And another perennial question (that has to be on CD somewhere, but I can't find it) is, do we have the complete list of teams that have competed since the Great Renumbering of 1998?

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Rick TYler

And another perennial question (that has to be on CD somewhere, but I can't find it) is, do we have the complete list of teams that have competed since the Great Renumbering of 1998?

I have a little list...

We have a searchable database of historical teams at team_lookup, but it's on an individual team number basis.

I also have team lists for each year that I use to support some statistical analysis I while away the hours with.
We look at how many teams drop out each year, how many defunct veterans later return to the FIRST fold, that kind of thing.

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

I have a little list...

Thanks, Mark.

[engunneer]

There was only one numbered year before the numbers were locked, IIRC. I was on team 17 in 1997 and team 23 in 1998-1999 (Boston Edison was our sponsor in 98 when numbers locked, but changed to Entergy in 1999 after numbers locked. The team itself was a rookie in 1995 (National rookie all-stars that year).
The team transitioned out of FIRST after 1999, but our mentor (WFA winner) is still active in WFA judging and ran the parts table in Seattle last year.

I'm curious if FIRST still does a trial competition with a few teams before kickoff. One of my college classmates did FIRST as a prototype team. They held a mini regional before kickoff to test the rules. If so, I bet they are not numbered teams.

[Jeff 801]

Originally Posted by mikekim

Have numbers everbeen reused after the team officially retires

Yes, Team 425 receive one of these numbers because when they started they had a student on the new team that had been on another team

Mark corrected me look 2 posts down

[Akash Rastogi]

Yup so back before '98 we were team 8 in our rookie year due to our primary sponsor BASF. Then 11 since its alphabetical by main sponsor's name. Hence Baxter Bomb Squad being 16.

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Jeff 801

Yes, Team 425 receive one of these numbers because when they started they had a student on the new team that had been on another team

425 was a number that had never been assigned to any team before 2007.