Looking at the Ranking Data FIRST Publishes (actually I snagged the data from TBA but…), we can calculate actual success rates for activating the TouchPad.
As of the first day of the tourney, the Week 1 stats are:
- scmb 32%
- flwp 33%
- mndu 45%
- mndu2 41%
- mxtl 14%
- txlu 31%
- miket 33%
- milak 27%
- misou 27%
- waspo 26%
Looks like my estimate of 1 in 4 teams hanging in Week 1 is going to be a little low.
Even so, it is interesting that so few teams are able to activate the touch pad. It is especially striking when you look at the same stats from above but with average points and average points without touchpad points.
- scmb 32% climb - 150 avg score - 102 avg score w/o tp
- flwp 33% climb - 155 avg score - 106 avg score w/o tp
- mndu 45% climb - 174 avg score - 106 avg score w/o tp
- mndu2 41% climb - 168 avg score - 106 avg score w/o tp
- mxtl 14% climb - 100 avg score - 80 avg score w/o tp
- txlu 31% climb - 156 avg score - 110 avg score w/o tp
- miket 33% climb - 161 avg score - 111 avg score w/o tp
- milak 27% climb - 131 avg score - 91 avg score w/o tp
- misou 27% climb - 139 avg score - 98 avg score w/o tp
- waspo 26% climb - 128 avg score - 89 avg score w/o tp
Teams that can reliably climb are at a huge advantage when so few teams are climbing and only 100 points or so being scored from everything else that goes on in a match.
Dr. Joe J.