max no.of teams?

[IKE]

Detroit often had around 30-35. It was crazy intense. With 6 teams out at once, the average spacing is 5 matches. Since you can do the exact average, that sometimes meant that you might have a match seperation of only two matches between one match, and then the next one. As far as maximum, with 60 teams and the "standard" FIRST schedule, you would only get about 8 matches. With 80 teams, this would go down to 6 qualifying matches. Another way of looking at it would be 2 minutes of play time relative to every week in the build season.

IKE

[Racer26]

1075 has competed in all sizes of events, not including championship. Waterloo is a small event (30 teams this year). This is mostly a function of the space to house them. The pits are small, you could maybe fit 40 teams MAX. GTR this year was a mid-size event at 52 teams. This is mostly a function of funding and active teams in the area. In past years, GTR has seen as many as (IIRC) 84 teams, playing 2 fields, and a 12 alliance elimination bracket.

The small events are intense as IKE says. 30 teams means a 5 match average spacing, some as short as 2 matches (on, off, on). This is more than a little insane if you have to change your bumper color, and fix something that broke.

Bigger events are more relaxed, but you have to be at the top of your game if you want to make elims.

[idahorobot]

Originally Posted by IKE

Detroit often had around 30-35. It was crazy intense. With 6 teams out at once, the average spacing is 5 matches. Since you can do the exact average, that sometimes meant that you might have a match seperation of only two matches between one match, and then the next one. As far as maximum, with 60 teams and the "standard" FIRST schedule, you would only get about 8 matches. With 80 teams, this would go down to 6 qualifying matches. Another way of looking at it would be 2 minutes of play time relative to every week in the build season.

IKE

Worse it's about $ 4000 a match. Yikes!