Top FIRST States 2006

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Corey Balint

... and if they are attending more than one regional/nationals, they are repeated on the list.

I think this might be more what you were thinking.
This query repeats the team once for each event they've signed up for.

http://www.usfirst.org/frc/map/index...list&year=2006

[Richard Wallace]

OK, so I felt a little geekier than usual this evening, and decided to look into FRC 2006 registration statistics. Using crude techniques in Excel, I count:

4 teams (48,302,1114,1503, all are registered for the Championship) that have registered for 4 events,

48 teams (1,4,16,25,33,34,45,47,56,65,66,67,68,71,74,79,93, 103,111,126,157,175,176,180,188,190,233,254,287,33 7,341,343,358,365,378,395,469,519,573,703,716,772, 830,1319,1403,1507,1511,1675) that have registered for 3 events,

173 teams that have registered for 2 events, and

915 teams that have registered for 1 event.

4x4 + 3x48 + 2x173 +1x915 = 1421 total registrations for all 2006 FRC events including the Championship.

Of the four-event teams, two are from Canada, one is from Michigan, and one is from California. Of the three-event teams, 13 are from Michigan, 6 are from New York, and 4 are from Indiana; it is interesting to note that 41 of these 48 teams first competed in 2001 or earlier. So experience seems to be correlated with the ability to muster support for participating in more events. And it would be natural to conclude that Michigan leads all states in supporting teams to participate in FIRST events.

This count does not include 301 pending (unpaid) registrations.

[kawelch]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

I'm flattened by the huge increase in Missouri rookies, especially, when you consider the 8 rookies in Kansas are in that same geographical area and part of the same growth spurred by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

The Kauffman Foundation wants to have a Kansas City Regional In 2007 and insisted that 25 new teams be made available for it. The did however put their money where their heart is...

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by kawelch

The Kauffman Foundation wants to have a Kansas City Regional In 2007 and insisted that 25 new teams be made available for it. The did however put their money where their heart is...

Are all those new teams receiving other support, such as engineer mentors, as well? I imagine it must be quite a load on the existing teams and rookie mentors getting such a high percentage of rookies acclimated to FIRST and off and running.

It looks like most of you are attending the Colorado or St. Louis Regionals this year, with a smattering of Wisconsin, Midwest, Indiana, Great Lakes, and Florida.

Good Luck to 1653 in Colorado!

[Mark McLeod]

Richard's numbers made me curious about the total registration numbers (including the 301 pending teams -now 297), so I'll share those.

4-events - 12 teams
3-events - 128 teams
2-events - 302 teams
1-event.. - 692 teams

Okay, so I have nothing better to do during lunch.

P.S. To expand on Richard's Michigan comments, It turns out 2/3 of Michigan teams go to 2 or more events. By comparison, 50% of California goes to more than 1 event.