toughest regional in 2011?

[big1boom]

After manually going through the FIRST data ( I might have missed a couple)

MIDWEST
BBQ 1.653846154
SAUCE 1.192307692

Team Number Blue Banners since 2005(pre2005)
16 5(6)
45 5(4)
71 10(8)
101 0
111 9(4)
118 6(2)
135 0
896 0
1091 0

8th year
1367 0

7th year
1625 8
1675 1

6th year
1732 2
1739 0
1781 0
1850 1

5th year
1987 3
2022 0
2041 2
2115 0
2136 0
2151 0
2171 2
2194 2

4th year
2338 0
2358 0
2410 1
2432 0
2462 0

3rd year
2704 0
2709 0
2725 0
2769 0
2781 0
2803 0
2826 1
2949 0
3061 0
3067 0
3110 0

2nd year
3135 0
3177 0
3197 0
3352 1
3416 0

Rookies
3488 0
3494 0
3595 0
3612 0
3646 0
3695 0
3779 0

EDIT:
Updated team 16

[Meredith Novak]

Originally Posted by big1boom

After manually going through the FIRST data ( I might have missed a couple)

Midwest BBQ=1.519
Midwest SAUCE=1.115

Team Number Blue Banners since 2005(pre2005)
16 4(3)

Team 16 has 11 total banners including 5 since 2005. So 5(6) would be correct.

[big1boom]

Originally Posted by Meredith Novak

Team 16 has 11 total banners including 5 since 2005. So 5(6) would be correct.

Thanks for the correction. If anyone else notices a correction, please post or PM me.

MIDWEST
BBQ 1.653846154
SAUCE 1.192307692

[Koko Ed]

Total overall in parenthesis.
I counted EI which is a banner award.
FLR BBQ:1.705
FLR Sauce: 1.295
73 = 0 (1)
145 = 0
156 (rookie)
174 = 4
188 = 2 (3)
191 = 2 (4)
211 = 0
217 = 17 (18)
229 = 1 (2)
250 = 1
340 = 7(11)
578 = 0 (1)
639 = 1
716 = 1(2)
843 = 1
1075 = 0
1126 = 3(6)
1153 = 0
1405 = 0(1)
1450 = 1
1511 = 8
1518 = 0
1528 = 0
1551 = 1
1559 = 0
1585 = 0
1591 = 0
1640 = 0
1765 = 0
2053 = 0
2056 = 9
2228 = 0
2340 = 0
2852 = 0
2994 = 0
3003 = 0
3015 = 0
3157 = 0
3173 = 0
3181 = 0
3613 (rookie)
3799 (rookie)
3838 (rookie)
3842 (rookie)

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

I counted EI which is a banner award.

As of last year this isn't true.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

As of last year this isn't true.

Considering that it earns you a trip to the championship it should still count as a Blue Banner award.

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Considering that it earns you a trip to the championship it should still count as a Blue Banner award.

Rookie All Star also does not give you a banner.

The BBQ is defined as things that give you a Blue Banner - I don't see why it should be less simple than that.

[Henry Williams]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

As of last year this isn't true.

Yeah, I wish it was but no banner for 461 last year...

[big1boom]

So for the BBQ/SAUCE, blue banners are
1) Regional Winner
2) Regional Chairmans
3) Division Champion
4) World Champion
5) Championship Chairmans

Anything else?

[hg273]

I manually went through FIRST's data, so I could be missing some, but here's San Deigo.
Format: Blue Banners since '05 (Total Blue Banners)

BBQ - 70/59 = 1.1864
SAUCE - 53/59 =.8983


254 - 13 (23)
294 - 4 (8)
399 - 3 (3)
585 - 1 (2)
589 - 0
599 - 0
687 - 0
702 - 0
812 - 3 (3)
968 - 4 (5)
973 - 1
980 - 2 (3)
981 - 0
987 - 8 (8)
1160 - 0
1266 - 1 (1)
1372 - 0
1388 - 0 (1)
1538 - 2 (2)
1540 - 4 (4)
1572 - 0
1622 - 1 (1)
1717 - 4 (4)
1967 - 0
1972 - 0
2029 - 0
2090 - 0
2102 - 0
2193 - 0
2339 - 0
2348 - 1 (1)
2439 - 0
2477 - 0
2485 - 0
2493 - 0
2543 - 1 (1)
2658 - 0
2827 - 0
2839 - 0
2984 - 0
3021 - 0
3128 - 0
3195 - 0
3226 - 0
3255 - 0
3341 - 0
3453 - 0
3470 - 0
3476 - 0
3477 - 0
3480 - 0
3486 - 0
3491 - 0
3500 - 0
3647 - 0
3704 - 0
3749 - 0
3794 - 0
3849 - 0

[dodar]

Florida BBQ/Sauce
BBQ: 89/61=1.460
Sauce:22/61=.361

21:1(0)
79:8(3)
86:4(0)
103:8(4)
108:2(2)
168:1(1)
179:4(0)
180:4(3)
233:18(4)
341:16(3)
386:2(1)
597:3(0)
665:0(0)
744:0(0)
801:1(0)
945:1(1)
1027:1(0)
1065:0(0)
1251:4(0)
1523:1(0)
1543:0(0)
1557:1(0)
1592:2(0)
1604:0(0)
1612:1(0)
1649:2(0)
1875:0(0)
1902:4(0)
2023:0(0)
2152:0(0)
2383:0(0)
2425:0(0)
2556:0(0)
2564:0(0)
2757:0(0)
2797:0(0)
2916:0(0)
3149:0(0)
3164:0(0)
3242:0(0)
3332:0(0)
3376:0(0)
3410:0(0)
Rookies:18

[TEE]

Originally Posted by EricH

The reason the MI State Championship doesn't count is because it's a championship, not a regional. If the MI teams are going to take MSC as a regional, then I'll go ahead and take the Archimedes, Curie, Galileo, Newton, and Einstein--especially Einstein--"regionals" as toughest.

In the last two years, the Michigan State Championship has seemed more competitive than the four divisions at the World Championship to me

Honestly though, there are a ton of teams at the world championship that do not qualify, and do not perform as well as the top teams. (I remember because they make scouting a pain)

[robodude03]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Michigan State Championship doesn't count.

Midwest is HUGE. Top tier: 16, 45, 71, 111, 118, 1625, 1732. Second tier: 135, 2041, 2410, 2704, 2826, 2949. Depth few regionals could match and one of the few where the bottom half of the bracket might be an actual advantage.

San Diego is strong. 254, 399, 968, 973, 987, 1388, 1538, 1622, 1717 is one hell of a top tier.

Absolutely agree with your post. Midwest will be very interesting to keep tabs on. As for San Diego, one of the reasons we wanted to attend this event was for the sheer amount of top tier teams that are attending. Each of these teams has regional, division or world championships under their belts. This will definitely be a regional to watch (as MSC always is ).

[team388girl]

i would have to say that the Virginia Regional would be hard because of of 64 teams that compete there, anyone from there agree

[Tyler Hicks]

Michigan has a great championship event, and I do believe it's classified as a Regional. I'm looking forward to TC and WM districts! I have a feeling it's going to be a very interesting season.