The Top Ten

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by 340x4xLife

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

13 Regional Wins (we have 5 )

[Rich Kressly]

how about 71-71?

[Justin Montois]

Originally Posted by Jared341

13 Regional Wins (we have 5 )

There's probably more mistakes, got the info off the FIRST website.

[JesseK]

Normalize the question, otherwise the results are skewed and we can spend days arguing. "Best in the History of FIRST" shouldn't pit 1994 teams against 2010 teams because the dynamics are completely different between then and now.

I'd suggest an era-based approach, for example a 'last 5 years' approach. Dynasty teams from the early 2000's that haven't produced much as far as mult-regional wins, Einstein or CMP awards in recent years shouldn't get love over teams that have for the 'last 5 years'.

Eras:
The old-schoolers ('92-'99) denoting the days before coopertition
The ramp-up ('00-'04) denoting the years before FRC really hit the bend in the exponential growth curve and also introduction of common COTS gearboxes
The newGens ('05-'08) based upon the old control system
GenNext ('09-present) based upon the new control system

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by JesseK

Eras:
The old-schoolers ('92-'00) denoting the days before coopertition

Slight correction.
Co-opertition started in '99. (Tecknocats were the last sole champ in '98 and Juggernauts, Delphi Elite and Aces High were the first Co-Champs in '99)
Divisions started in 2001.

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by JesseK

... for example a 'last 5 years' approach. Dynasty teams from the early 2000's that haven't produced much as far as multi-regional wins, Einstein or CMP awards in recent years shouldn't get love over teams that have for the 'last 5 years'.

That approach mixes things up a bit.

For the years 2005 to 2010

Teams
Ending
at ---- #Awards - #Teams
-----------------------------
70 ------- 117 --------- 7
120 ----- 105 --------- 7
360 ------ 89 ---------- 7
240 ------ 87 ---------- 7
1720 ---- 85 ---------- 9
180 ------ 84 --------- 10
350 ------ 79 ---------- 5
40 ------- 74 ---------- 5
370 ------ 74 ---------- 5
1520 ---- 72 ---------- 9
80 ------- 66 ---------- 6
230 ------ 64 ---------- 8
470 ------ 61 ---------- 6
300 ------ 59 ---------- 6
1630 ---- 58 ---------- 4
50 -------- 57 ---------- 4
110 ------ 56 ---------- 5
60 -------- 55 ---------- 6
1750 ----- 55 ---------- 9
130 ------ 54 ---------- 6


Note that the 1711-1720 & 1741-1750 blocks only existed for 4 of those 5 years.

It's also interesting that for the 171-180 block of teams, each and every one of the teams remains active.

[Gene F]

Originally Posted by 340x4xLife

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.

Team 343 has 6 regional championships.

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Gene F

Team 343 has 6 regional championships.

I count 8 Regional Championships for Team 343.

2001 FL
2001 VA
2002 FL
2002 MO
2005 VA
2006 VA
2008 GA
2010 SC

[Justin Montois]

Wow the FIRST website is terrible for records. You'd think THE organizing body would keep the best records.

Good thing we have CD.

[cziggy343]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

I count 8 Regional Championships for Team 343.

2001 FL
2001 VA
2002 FL
2002 MO
2005 VA
2006 VA
2008 GA
2010 SC

didn't go to VA in 05. 7 regional wins for 343 and we also were Einstein finalsits as well as Championship EI winners in '03.

still going with 61-70 as the best ten

[Mark McLeod]

My mistake. The winners at VA in '05 were 401, 435, & 122.

[JackN]

What about 71-80. I think the teams covered in this range are just as good as the teams from 61-70. We all know about team 71, who still has the most championship victories in the history. Team 78 was in their first year this season, but looking at the success that team 121 had with many of the members that make up the team. One of my favorite teams, 79 is also included in this group. I am willing to bet they are the only team to eliminate the #1 alliance as the #8 alliance in Atlanta twice. Teams 74 and 75 are both well respected, well known, and successful teams in their respective areas.

[waialua359]

I'm glad that a couple of Hawaii teams (359, 368) are helping to keep the 360 group in the mix. I believe that both our teams have about 60 FRC awards since we started in 2000.
Some of the FIRST data is inaccurate and missing stuff. They also deleted any awards prior to 2001. Not sure why.

[EricH]

You know, when Chris posted the 60s, he forgot one.

64: Gila Monsters (split into 39 and a couple of other teams after the 2005 season)
They only won a ton of awards... culminating with a world finalist. They were a force to be reckoned with out here on the West Coast.

[Tetraman]

61-70 is probably the best bracket and 171-180 is the very close second.

Chris is me has the best take on it, (except technicly 174 has 3 FLR wins).

It's really tough to bracket another series of teams.