paper: FRC Event Comparison 2009-2013

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Originally Posted by Kims Robot

Amazing Chart - .....

Only thing I was thinking was that powerhouses tend to skew some of this, but SNR looks like it covers that. Am I reading it right that a more negative/lower SNR would indicate a much broader OPR spread (thus the likely presence of powerhouses and struggling teams)? It might be that Im looking at this before having caffeine...

Thanks for the great data!

You are correct Kim. What a couple of Powerhouses tend to do is push up the average, but if they are the only ones, it then causes a poor SNR value.

To cherry pick a few neat examples of 2013 data, in general the more teams play they better they get. Bedford was about 75% 3rd event teams, and had an amazing average. It also had a very good SNR as most teams could score reasonably well. While this s neat, check out Crossroads. It had a ton of overlap with Boilermaker. Crossroads also had a ton of second event teams. You see simlar trending between Traverse City and West Michgan (which is very similar overlap and timing). I did a quick check on Pine Tree, and there was a lot of overlap with BAE, and only 1 of the top 10 ranked was competing at their first regional for the year....

Fun data Jim. It is neat to see events "grow", and get more competitive.