Registration 2011

[ebarker]

Originally Posted by Don Rotolo

no mention of why they go to LV.

Because what happens in LV stays in LV !

[Foster]

Originally Posted by ebarker

Because what happens in LV stays in LV !

So thats why it's so hard to find a posting of the competition results!

Back on topic:
Can you show a breakdown of how many teams are going to 1 or 2 events and the Championship? ie 1 only, 1 and Championship, 2 only, 2 and Champs, Champs only (can you do that?)

I understand that the numbers may be off since there is a waitlist for events.

[Mark McLeod]

26% of teams are signed up for extra Regionals (including 6 MI teams)
Only 47% of Michigan teams are listed for their 2nd District event yet.
9% are signed up for Championships (in the end that will be ~18%)

Counting Regional/District/Championship events:

• 4 events = 1 team
• 3 events = 43 teams
• 2 events = 405 teams
• 1 event = 1203 teams

Taking Championships out of the count gives us:

• 3 events = 5 teams (all MI teams at a Regional-one team has not been assigned its' 2nd District yet)
• 2 events = 337 teams
• 1 event = 1310 teams

Notes:

1. Fewer than half of the Michigan teams have been assigned 2nd District events yet.
2. This doesn't count the 64 or so teams that will attend the Michigan State event.
3. Championship will gain 200 teams from event winners.
4. An anticipated couple of hundred teams have yet to register or appear off hidden wait lists.
5. We haven't reached unrestricted registration yet, and we're only halfway through the registration period.

P.S.
In case you were looking for these specifics derived from the above #'s:

• 1 event only = 1203
• 1 event + Champs = 107
• 2 events + Champs = 39
• 3 events + Champs = 1

147 teams are currently registered for Championships, two teams who registered have dropped out already.

Went back and looked only at teams that are not signed up for Championships:

• 3 events = 4 teams
• 2 events = 300 teams

[JB987]

Originally Posted by Foster

So thats why it's so hard to find a posting of the competition results!

Back on topic:
Can you show a breakdown of how many teams are going to 1 or 2 events and the Championship? ie 1 only, 1 and Championship, 2 only, 2 and Champs, Champs only (can you do that?)

I understand that the numbers may be off since there is a waitlist for events.

Results have been posted at the official event website (albiet a couple months after the fact)...so "What happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas" sometimes temporarily! Good thing FIRST posted results same day...
(http://engineering.unlv.edu/first/

[Mark McLeod]

Events proceed...

Philadelphia and Smoky Mountain both filled to initial capacity over the weekend.

9 more Regionals are within 1-5 spots of reaching initial capacity:

• (1) FLR, KC
• (2) AZ
• (3) MD, SC, Toronto East, OH
• (4) Toronto West
• (5) NJ

18 Regionals are already at initial capacity:
BAE, San Diego, WPI, Pittsburgh, NYC, Sacramento, Boilermaker, Oklahoma, Los Angeles, Midwest, LI, Silicon Valley, Connecticut, Smoky Mountain, Colorado, Boston, Virginia, Philadelphia.

6 Regionals went into stealth mode before the 2nd event registration opening:

1. DC
2. Florida
3. Alamo
4. Dallas
5. Lone Star
6. Seattle Cascade

plus the always enigmatic MI District events.


P.S.
10 Regionals have gone beyond initial capacity numbers by adding rookies to the team list, so some of the reserved slots are already partially showing in spots.

P.P.S.
# registered teams passed the number that played in 2009 (1677) around 4:30pm.

Unrestricted registration opens Thursday, so we should see more multiples then, but it'll all be blocked from us by wait lists if Regional Directors don't begin clearing them soon. I wonder how much the wait lists discourage subsequent registrations?

[dodar]

What do you mean by stealth mode? Like the regional directors arent allowing anyone to register for it?

[Mark McLeod]

Stealth mode are events that didn't reach their initial advertised capacity, but reset their open slots to zero, so anyone registering for it would immediately go on the wait list.

There's just no way to see what's going on and when it reached, if it ever did, initial capacity.
Regional Directors do this to give themselves more latitude in assigning limited availability slots.

The Texas Regionals are a good example. They were all frozen below capacity, so preferential treatment can be given the Texas teams. They have a State funding restriction that says the teams must play in-state or not receive the funding.
Washington State has a similar State funding restriction, but they handled it up front by freezing the team list right from the start, then they opened it up when they knew all the State teams could be covered.

[dodar]

Oh ok that makes sense. Florida did reach advertised capacity, atleast last time I checked. Reached 51 teams middle of last week.

[Mark McLeod]

Florida original capacity was 54 teams and was at 50 last week before 2nd event registration opened. At that time it was frozen at 50 teams. For "initial capacity" I use the numbers as they were when registration first opened, not later manipulations of those numbers.

Around 12:30 today it went to 52 teams as two more rookies were added.

I attached the Florida registration plot.

P.S.
The Florida Regional has 12 rookie teams, so I can see why they might have cut short the open slots. That's a lot of growth.

[Mark McLeod]

Finger Lakes and Arizona Regionals have now reached initial capacity.

The running for the event with the most rookies (where the vets need to work their hardest):

• (12) Florida
• (10) San Diego
• (10) Alamo

Note:
Toronto East & West combined have (14) rookies

Here's everyone with rookies as of Halloween:
FL -------------- 12
SDC ------------ 10
Alamo ---------- 10
Tor-E ------------ 8
SAC ------------- 7
MI-West --------- 7
MA -------------- 7
OK -------------- 6
OH -------------- 6
MI-Traverse ----- 6
MI-Kettering ---- 6
Bayou ----------- 6
GA -------------- 6
CT -------------- 6
Tor-W ----------- 6
MI-Troy --------- 5
MI-Niles -------- 5
MI-Ann Arbor --- 5
Cascade --------- 4
SC -------------- 4
PIT ------------- 4
NC -------------- 4
MI-Livonia ------ 4
Dallas ---------- 4
AZ -------------- 4
10k ------------- 4
UT -------------- 3
Lone Star ------ 3
Silicon Valley -- 3
NJ -------------- 3
MI-Detroit ------ 3
LI -------------- 3
IN -------------- 3
IL -------------- 3
DC -------------- 3
CO -------------- 3
BAE ------------- 3
WI -------------- 2
Olympic -------- 2
TN -------------- 2
PA -------------- 2
OR -------------- 2
N. Star --------- 2
KC -------------- 2
Los Angeles ---- 2
WPI ------------- 1
VA -------------- 1
NYC ------------- 1
MO -------------- 1
FLR ------------- 1
MD -------------- 1

[SteveGPage]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Here's everyone with rookies:

As of yesterday morning, the Chesapeake Regional - in Baltimore, MD has added a Rookie team. 3650, from Waldorf, MD.

Thanks for all your hard work in getting this data!

Steve

[Mark McLeod]

Thanks for the correction.
The numbers I posted were mostly as of this past weekend and only the top returns were updated this afternoon as the question occurred to me.

[SteveGPage]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Thanks for the correction.
The numbers I posted were mostly as of this past weekend and only the top returns were updated this afternoon as the question occurred to me.

Thanks, Mark! By the way, our new rookie team is now called the "Electric Eagles"!! Not to be confused with your "Robotic Eagles"!

Steve

[Meredith Novak]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

The running for the event with the most rookies (where the vets need to work their hardest):

• (12) Florida
• (10) San Diego
• (10) Alamo

Note:
Toronto East & West combined have (14) rookies

We (FRC16) have 3 rookie teams registered for Alamo and we are waitlisted. Having these teams 3-5 hours away from us in all directions is bad. Sending them to a tournament alone is absurd.

[Mark McLeod]

Why didn't you register for Alamo when your rookie teams did to be sure you all went to the same place?

Have you contacted the Alamo Regional Director and explained the situation linking you to the other Arkansas rookies? Alamo has a lot of space, so it may not become a problem.

You have quite a mentoring challenge with the rookies so widespread.

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The number of teams passed the 1700 mark at around 6am EST, this morning.
That's about 10 days ahead of last year. Growth has gained a little since the day 2nd event registration opened. It's reached 8% ahead of this time last year. That's about the same % gap that 2010 registratration held over 2009 registration numbers at this time.

Chesapeake and Oregon have reached initial capacity now.