pic: Sum of team numbers versus match number in Curie

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Originally Posted by Mr B

I hope that the algorithm wasn't built upon the assertion that lower numbered teams means veteran and therefore better robots. Although that might be generally the case, all teams have up or down years. I'd hate to be a low numbered team that lost their corporate support (I know several) and had to face nothing but low numbered teams. By the same token, I wouldn't want to be a high numbered team that was hot but skated through qualifying because of easy matches. The method of match selection is WAY better than in '07, but it looks like it still needs a little tweaking.

The algorithm is definitely not built on such an assumption. As Rick mentioned above you can read all about the algorithm here:
http://www.idleloop.com/matchmaker/

This is a pretty good description of the software in mostly low-tech understandable terminology. It's really a must read for anyone commenting on the pairings.