The Top Ten

[Koko Ed]

What is best set of 10 team in the history FIRST.
That means teams numbered 1 to 10 in sets of ten. So it could be 101 to 110 or 1001 to 1010 or 2001 to 2010 for example. It's a set of teams within ten numbers of one another by 10 (no starting the count in the middle like 25 to 35 or something like that). Note: that does that mean there will be ten team in the count.
So which ten do you think is the best?

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

What is best set of 10 team in the history FIRST.
That means teams numbered 1 to 10 in sets of ten. So it could be 101 to 110 or 1001 to 1010 or 2001 to 2010 for example. It's a set of teams within ten numbers of one another by 10 (no starting the count in the middle like 25 to 35 or something like that). Note: that does that mean there will be ten team in the count.
So which ten do you think is the best?

So, like 61-70? 61 has taken home quite a few awards;63 may never have taken the top prize but they have built some quality machines;64 had some pretty good years; 65 was 2003 Champions; 66 2002 Champions; 67 2005, 2009, and 2010 Champions; 68 has also had some pretty good years; 69 consistently takes home prizes; and 70 (can I also count their sister team?) has been pretty strong too.

My only regret, I can't count 10 teams from 61...I could also push 71 in there too.

[Chris is me]

I nominate the 60s.
60 - Formerly dominant, still solid
61 - Decent team from the Northeast
63 - Regional winner this year, don't know much about them
65 - Former World Champions, live on as 51
66 - Former World Champions, solid Michigan team
67 - 2 consecutive World Champions plus another, always dominant
68 - Completely immovable.
69 - Very consistent and underrated, only not huge because they pass up the Championship

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

So, like 61-70? 61 has taken home quite a few awards;64 had some pretty good years; 65 was 2003 Champions; 66 2002 Champions; 67 2005, 2009, and 2010 Champions; 68 has also had some pretty good years; 69 consistently takes home prizes; and 70 (can I also count their sister team?) has been pretty strong too.

My only regret, I can't count 10 teams from 61...I could also push 71 in there too.

You did it right.
No you can't count the Martians and obviously you cannot count Beatty. They go from 71 to 80.

[Basel A]

Took a quick look, and I'd say 61-70. Even without including the Huskie Brigade, you have 6 Einstein appearances, 4 Championships Wins, 1 Championship Chairman's and 4 Division Finalists.

[Chris is me]

Closest to 60 is 171-180

171 - Strong Wisconsin team, a few regional wins
172 - The other pink team!
173 - 2002 Champions, 2007 Einstein, cool robots with cool arms
174 -Won 2 FLRs in a row and Buckeye in 2006
175 - Incredibly consistent, won a regional or division every year they existed except 2002 (CCA) and 2010 (fluke)
176 - 1999 World Champion, various regional wins throughout the decade, always the underdog
177 - 5 consecutive years on Einstein is all you need to say.
178 - Decent Northeast team
179 - "176 of Florida" always puts out a cool and unique robot that's strong at a tough event
180 - Former greats that always try something cool every year, 2002 Finalists

[IKE]

231-240 is another pretty strong set.

[Jared Russell]

Most accomplished group of 10 in the 4 digit range IMO goes to 171x...

1710 - 16 awards at 8 official events
1711 - Awards at every event 3 years running
1712 - Lots of awards - especially impressive given their veteran area
1714 - Multiple regional wins and regional chairman's
1716 - Multiple visualization awards
1717 - At least a finalist at every regional 3 years running
1718 - Powerful Michigan team
1719 - Umbrellas!

[Mark McLeod]

I like the larger blocks of teams too that seem to appear, like
20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90
110,120,130
230,240
350,360,370

Most of these also benefit from longevity (but that's also the definition of a "best team"). It might be meaningful to divide by years too. Then more stellar younger teams would float to the top.

Teams ---- #
up to ---- Awards
70 ----- 264
120 ---- 176
180 ---- 170
50 ----- 158
240 ---- 158
80 ----- 150
350 ---- 142
30 ----- 132
360 ---- 130
40 ----- 126
60 ----- 121
20 ----- 120
110 ---- 120
130 ---- 120
370 ---- 117
230 ---- 105
90 ----- 101
150 ---- 101
470 ---- 101

[Justin Montois]

Not to plug our own ten, but the 340's are pretty good for only having 6 teams. Especially with Chairmans...

340- 5- RCA,2- Division champs, 2-regional champs, 2-regional finalist
341- Hall of Fame,4-RCA, 1-Divison Champ, 4- Regional Champs, CMP EI
342- 4-RCA, 1-Regional Champ, 3- Regional finalists
343- 2-RCA, 1- Division Champ, 4- Regional Champs
346- 1- Reginal Champ, 3- Regional Finalist
348- 1- Division Champ, 1 CHMP Finalist

... 1 Hall of Fame, 15 Regional Chairman's Awards, 5 Division Champs, 12 Regional wins.

[smurfgirl]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Closest to 60 is 171-180

171 - Strong Wisconsin team, a few regional wins
172 - The other pink team!
173 - 2002 Champions, 2007 Einstein, cool robots with cool arms
174 -Won 2 FLRs in a row and Buckeye in 2006
175 - Incredibly consistent, won a regional or division every year they existed except 2002 (CCA) and 2010 (fluke)
176 - 1999 World Champion, various regional wins throughout the decade, always the underdog
177 - 5 consecutive years on Einstein is all you need to say.
178 - Decent Northeast team
179 - "176 of Florida" always puts out a cool and unique robot that's strong at a tough event
180 - Former greats that always try something cool every year, 2002 Finalists

This is the group that immediately came into my mind to nominate... you got to it first though. It helps that most of them are local so I know them well, but really they're all amazing teams.

[JamesBrown]

For those that don't know or think it is just coincidence that these teams grouped in the 60's and 170's before some year (1997?) teams were reassigned numbers every year. The first year of permanent numbers the numbers were assigned in alphabetical order by sponsor. THe success of the teams in the 60's is centered around the GM sponsored teams, the Teams in the 170's are (or were) mostly UTC sponsored. I am sure the teams mentioned would agree that having the support of these sponsors is a large reason for their continued success.

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by 340x4xLife

Not to plug our own ten,...

Don't worry, by Koko Ed's definition you aren't in that group...

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Closest to 60 is 171-180

171 - Strong Wisconsin team, a few regional wins
172 - The other pink team!
173 - 2002 Champions, 2007 Einstein, cool robots with cool arms
174 -Won 2 FLRs in a row and Buckeye in 2006
175 - Incredibly consistent, won a regional or division every year they existed except 2002 (CCA) and 2010 (fluke)
176 - 1999 World Champion, various regional wins throughout the decade, always the underdog
177 - 5 consecutive years on Einstein is all you need to say.
178 - Decent Northeast team
179 - "176 of Florida" always puts out a cool and unique robot that's strong at a tough event
180 - Former greats that always try something cool every year, 2002 Finalists

I'd say 171-180 is off to a good start.
1 Championship Chairmans Award
1 Championship Engineering Insiration
4 Championships
12 Championship divisions


But the 61-70 ten has:
1 Championship Chairmans Award
5 Championships
10 Championship divisions

It's a close race with these 2 groups. Who is better? Who cares it's a good actual rivalry that should be fun for a while longer!
These are the two "Murderers Rows" of first.

[sgreco]

All time the teams that would immediately come to my mind would be 60-69 and 170-179. However, it's easier to stack up a large resumé when you have been around 10+ years like all of these teams have. Given their relative youth as teams, what 1710-1719 have done is proportionally the most impressive to me.