2009 IRI (Indiana Robotics Invitational)

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Chris Marra

It seems as though 1625 is making themselves a permanent fixture in the IRI finals recently. A divisional, if not championship, victory is long overdue for them at this point. And of course, is this the 5th IRI victory for 469? Or is it merely a paltry 4 :-p?

1625 was my favorite to win Einstein this year and probably had the best robot-driver combination in all of Lunacy. (and the rest of my team didn't want them on the top of 1714's list... ) I was very happy to see them win, they totally deserved it. (Not like teams ever don't deserve wins but I thought they earned it with such a spectacular robot)

Sounds like a spectacular competition. Looking at the alliances, I wish IRI were played as three or four separate elimination tournaments - each with new alliance selections - over two days instead of its current format. It would be a distinct departure from the norm of a FIRST event and let us see a lot of different pairings of elite teams really prove their capabilities under fire.

You can see those different pairings of elite teams in qualifications! At least 4 of the alliances my team was on could have made a decent run at Championship, if not all of them.