FiT Rodeo Rankings - 2024

chadr03 · February 27, 2024, 2:10pm

Week one is here, and Texas events will kick off soon. This thread is for general discussion/prediction of the FiT events. @lynca started a similar thread last year and it was a fun place to discuss the First in Texas District.

Pre Week One Ranking Based on EPA

Rank	Team#	Team Name	EPA	First Event	First Event Week
1	3005	RoboChargers	1654	FIT District Waco Event	1
2	2468	Team Appreciate	1643	FIT District Waco Event	1
3	118	Robonauts	1637	FIT District Katy Event	1
4	148	Robowranglers	1637	FIT District Plano Event	2
5	624	CRyptonite	1630	FIT District Katy Event	1
6	3310	Black Hawk Robotics	1611	FIT District Waco Event	1
7	4206	Robo Vikes	1605	South Florida Regional	1
8	2687	Team Apprentice	1594	FIT District Waco Event	1
9	6800	Valor	1593	FIT District Waco Event	1
10	6672	Fusion Corps	1589	FIT District Fort Worth Event	3
11	3847	Spectrum -△◅	1575	FIT District Belton Event	2
12	6377	Howdy Bots	1571	FIT District Waco Event	1
13	8177	Vector	1568	FIT District Katy Event	1
14	1477	Texas Torque	1566	FIT District Katy Event	1
15	5414	Pearadox	1556	FIT District Belton Event	2
16	2881	Lady Cans	1548	FIT District Waco Event	1
17	2158	the ausTIN CANs	1541	FIT District Waco Event	1
18	2582	PantherBots	1540	FIT District Katy Event	1
19	324	Chips	1539	FIT District San Antonio Event	3
20	3035	Droid Rage	1537	FIT District San Antonio Event	3
21	1745	The P-51 Mustangs	1533	FIT District Waco Event	1
22	2714	BBQ	1532	FIT District Waco Event	1
23	5411	RoboTalons	1528	FIT District Fort Worth Event	3
24	4063	TriKzR4Kidz	1525	FIT District San Antonio Event	3
25	5431	Titan Robotics	1525	FIT District Plano Event	2

15 of the states top EPA teams will be competing week one in a FiT event.

Waco

There are so many good robots at Waco with 10 of the top 25 EPA teams in Texas.
3005 RoboChargers had a fantastic 2023 season and will try to improve on that. The Westlake teams of 2468 Appreciate , 2687 Apprentice , and 2689 Alpha will always be in the mix. Blackhawk 3310, Valor 6800, Howdy 6377, Lady Cans 2881, ausTIN CANS 2158 will all be pushing for the top spots. I haven’t even mentioned event winners from last year P-51 Mustangs1745, RoboPop 3802, 5613 ThunderDogs and the BionicPanthers 8088. The tastiest team in Texas BBQ 2714 and their near by Dallas team of 2848 Rangers will also likely be part of some pretty tough elimination alliances. I really look forward to seeing how this event plays out because I have no idea who the favorite is at this point.

Katy

Katy has a bit of a different feel. With 5 of the top 25 EPA teams in Texas It has some strong bots but it is hard not to put 118 Robonauts as the favorite with 624 CRyptonite as a close second. Vector 8177 has put together some very strong bots the past few years as well as 1477 Texas Torque. 2582 PantherBots have piled up a significant number of event finalists the past few years and are looking to break through here. High Voltage 231 and Golden Warriors Robotics 8576 both had event wins last year and would like to continue the success.

World Travelers

4206 Robo Vikes will be traveling to South Florida again this year to kick off their season in the sunshine state.

I am certain I forgot to mention some key teams that will play significant roles in these events. I am looking forward to see all of the robots from the Lone Star State.

Durgabo · February 27, 2024, 2:38pm

why did I have to pick Waco for our first event …

lynca · February 27, 2024, 3:50pm

Here are my dark horses for FiT Week 1 events

Waco :

3802 RoboPOP

8088 Bionic Panthers

8858 Beast from the East

Katy :

rsegrest · February 27, 2024, 7:53pm

We looked at Waco and then remembered what Waco threw out there in 2023 and said, “Mmm, nope”. While Katy is no slouch of an event and it will be almost anyone’s game, Waco is too tight to predict.

chadr03 · March 5, 2024, 9:12pm

Week 1 Recap

After week 1 it looks like 2468 and 3005 are the two top teams in Texas. They played the game a bit differently than some of the other top teams in the state using a passing and feeding strategy that seemed to pay off big. 118 looks to have a very capable machine that can put up big numbers in a hurry.

I know 3310 and 231 were able to successfully score in the trap, any one else?

Current EPA top 25

Rank	Number	Team	EPA	Next Event
1	2468	Team Appreciate	36	FIT District Fort Worth Event
2	3005	RoboChargers	35.9	FIT District Fort Worth Event
3	148	Robowranglers	28	FIT District Plano Event
4	3310	Black Hawk Robotics	27.8	FIT District Fort Worth Event
5	118	Robonauts	27.6	Green Country Regional
6	6800	Valor	26.6	FIT District San Antonio Event
7	1477	Texas Torque	26.2	FIT District San Antonio Event
8	2582	PantherBots	24	FIT District Fort Worth Event
9	6672	Fusion Corps	23.9	FIT District Fort Worth Event
10	231	High Voltage	23.8	FIT District Space City @ Friendswood Event
11	2714	BBQ	23.1	FIT District Dallas Event
12	3847	Spectrum -△◅	22.7	FIT District Belton Event
13	624	CRyptonite	22.6	FIT District San Antonio Event
14	5414	Pearadox	21	FIT District Belton Event
15	6377	Howdy Bots	20.9	FIT District San Antonio Event
16	8088	Bionic Panthers	19.6	FIT District Fort Worth Event
17	324	Chips	19.6	FIT District San Antonio Event
18	3035	Droid Rage	19.4	FIT District San Antonio Event
19	2687	Team Apprentice	19.2	FIT District Fort Worth Event
20	5411	RoboTalons	18.6	FIT District Fort Worth Event
21	7312	T3	18.4	FIT District Space City @ Friendswood Event
22	4063	TriKzR4Kidz	18.4	FIT District San Antonio Event
23	5431	Titan Robotics	18.4	FIT District Plano Event
24	1296	Full Metal Jackets	18.2	FIT District Plano Event
25	9128	ITKAN Robotics	17.9	FIT District Plano Event

Week 2 Events

Belton

The favorites for Belton are 3847 Spectrum and 5414 Pearadox. Other strong contenders 6369 Mercenary, 5829 Energy Heros, and 8019 Patriot Engineering. Keep an eye out for 9140 Robobots they had a fantastic rookie campaign last year.

Plano

148 Robowranglers would be considered favorite in this event. The next group of teams trying to make it to the top would be 5431, 1296, 9128 and 5572. 2848 and 1745 are making their second play so they may have an edge especially early on.

This should be a fun week and I am looking forward to see what happens.

Durgabo · March 11, 2024, 7:15am

yknow, i think we did alright

Krypto_Rex · March 11, 2024, 7:57am

Using my extremely rough calculations I believe cut off for DCMP will be around 50-48… @Stuart Round 2?

Shout out to @RicDV who’s team went from being ranked 29 and not getting picked for playoffs at Waco to rank 18 and finalist at Belton.

chadr03 · March 11, 2024, 12:16pm

Week 2 Recap

Week 2 pretty much went as expected with 3847, 5414 teaming up with 9054 and ran unbeaten through the playoffs. Plano was a bit more exciting with the finals going to a rubber match but the favorite 148 ended with the number one see and picked 9128 and 9786 to take the win.

The current top 25 EPA.

Rank	Team Number	Name	EPA	Next Event
1	2468	Team Appreciate	35.9	FIT District Fort Worth Event
2	3005	RoboChargers	35.7	FIT District Fort Worth Event
3	3847	Spectrum -△◅	32.6	FIT District Houston Event
4	148	Robowranglers	30.6	FIT District Dallas Event
5	3310	Black Hawk Robotics	27.7	FIT District Fort Worth Event
6	5414	Pearadox	27.3	FIT District Houston Event
7	9128	ITKAN Robotics	26.9	FIT District Space City @ Friendswood Event
8	118	Robonauts	26.8	Tallahassee Regional
9	6800	Valor	26.5	FIT District San Antonio Event
10	1477	Texas Torque	26.1	FIT District San Antonio Event
11	2582	PantherBots	24	FIT District Fort Worth Event
12	231	High Voltage	23.7	FIT District Space City @ Friendswood Event
13	1296	Full Metal Jackets	23.4	FIT District Dallas Event
14	9752	ITKAN Robotics Jr	23.2	FIT District Fort Worth Event
15	2714	BBQ	23.1	FIT District Dallas Event
16	6672	Fusion Corps	22.8	FIT District Fort Worth Event
17	624	CRyptonite	22.4	FIT District San Antonio Event
18	418	Purple Haze	21.7	FIT District Fort Worth Event
19	6377	Howdy Bots	20.8	FIT District San Antonio Event
20	5892	Energy HEROs	20.8	FIT District Space City @ Friendswood Event
21	2848	Rangers	19.7	N/A
22	8088	Bionic Panthers	19.6	FIT District Fort Worth Event
23	3679	rattlers	19.3	FIT District San Antonio Event
24	2687	Team Apprentice	19	FIT District Fort Worth Event
25	324	Chips	18.6	FIT District San Antonio Event

Advancing Awards
Impact
7312 - T3 - Katy
2714 - BBQ - Waco
6357 - The Spring Konstant - Belton
4192 - Jaguar Robotics - Plano

Engineering Inspiration
624 - CRyptonite - Katy
2468 - Appreciate - Waco
2583 - Orange Dynamite - Belton
5417 - Eagle Robotics - Plano

Rookie All-Star
9478 - Robo-Colts Katy
9655 - Shallowater - Waco
9418 - Pastabots - Belton
9752 - ITKAN Robotics Jr - Plano

Week 3

Both week 3 events look to be very entertaining with some very good teams competing and many on their second play.

Fort Worth

The two favorites have to be 2468 Team Appreciate and 3005 RoboChargers after their impressive team up in Waco. 3310 Blackhawk will be pushing for the top spot with likely one of the few trap mechanisms at the event. 6672 Fusion Corps is making its first play of the year and after the seasons they have had the past few years it is hard to think they will not be in the running. The next level of contenders for this event is in 9752 ITKAN Robotics Jr with an impressive Finalist debut in Plano last week, 2687 Apprentice who was a finalist in Waco, and 2582 PantherBots with a third place in Katy. 4206 Robo Vikes the event host will also be in attendance and likely to play a role. Other bots to look out for 8088 Bionic Panthers, 418 Purple Haze, 5411 RoboTalons.

San Antonio

This event is also very deep. 6800 Valor, 1477 Texas Torque, 624 CRyptonite, and 6377 Howdy Bots are my pics to be at the top of the leaderboard. The next group of bots would be 3679 Rattlers, 5572 ROSBOTS, 314 Chips, 4063 TriKzR4Kidz, 5427 Steel Talons, and 8576 Golden Warriors Robotics, who already has a blue banner this season.

Looking forward to see all the action this week.

RicDV · March 11, 2024, 12:36pm

Personally, I hope you are right! I will be in SA this weekend…I think after after week 4 we should be much closer to breathing properly! After spring break we will be going at it like we are going…until told no!

Stuart · March 11, 2024, 1:03pm

Now that we have had some event I hope to be able to do the projections sometime early week.

with an additional 8 slots, my gut says yeah, around that 51-52 area.

RicDV · March 11, 2024, 1:12pm

I just hope 54 points will be enough…I don’t care where we are on the list…so long as we are on it!!! We will continue like we are going and get all the prep work done. Easier to cancel than to get everything going during week 5.

Krypto_Rex · March 11, 2024, 10:52pm

Im gonna have so many M&M to eat at DCMP

Marco_Guerra · March 13, 2024, 8:53pm

Chad is too modest to say it - but 2582 looked amazing at Katy. Several matches where they had 3 auton scores and 10+ teleop scores. They’ll definitely be improved, they’ll be a contender, and I’m looking forward to sharing the field with them (hopefully with them on my alliance when we do!)

Krypto_Rex · March 14, 2024, 1:46am

Shout out to the teams featured on First Updates Now’s FRC Forecast on the Forth Worth District Event!

Locks
Team 3005 - RoboChargers
Team 2468 - Team Appreciate

Contenders
Team 9752 - ITKAN Robotics Jr
Team 6672 - Fusion Corps

Dark Horse
Team 418 - Purple Haze

Also, shout out to @TFM110 for covering this event.

RicDV · March 14, 2024, 2:21am

Why you forget us?!?! LOL

RicDV · March 17, 2024, 1:26am

Congrtats to all the teams this weekend!

As the points are…some teams some are definitely going to state (DCMP)…some are about to call to the stage…and some are at the bubble area.

Are we still feeling froggy about the 50ish point value going to state?

chadr03 · March 18, 2024, 6:56pm

Week 3 Recap

Week three saw strong favorites win at each event, even though the number two alliance did not make it to either final. The final alliances were all built of historically good robots in the state.

In Fort Worth 2468 Team Appreciate, 3005 RoboChargers, and 7540 Timberwolf Robics rolled through the playoff bracket unbeaten. The top 4 seeded alliances were excellent and relatively evenly matched, making some close matches that could go in either direction. Match 11 (Alliance 1 & 2) and 12 (Alliance 3 & 4) were decided by 5 points or less.

San Antonio had 1477 Texas Torque and 624 CRyptonite team up with 5103 Jaegernauts to win. The number 5 seed alliance made it all the way through the bottom bracket after dropping their round one match to make it to the finals.

Also, congrats to 118 Robonauts for going to the Tallahassee Regional and earning another blue banner.

Advancing Awards

Impact
7312 - T3 - Katy
2714 - BBQ - Waco
6357 - The Spring Konstant - Belton
4192 - Jaguar Robotics - Plano
8573 - Rogue-Rangers LEGACY - San Antonio
2468 - Team Appreciate - Fort Worth

Engineering Inspiration
624 - CRyptonite - Katy
2468 - Appreciate - Waco
2583 - Orange Dynamite - Belton
5417 - Eagle Robotics - Plano
9136 - Rampage - San Antonio
3005 - RoboChargers - Fort Worth

Rookie All-Star
9478 - Robo-Colts Katy
9655 - Shallowater - Waco
9418 - Pastabots - Belton
9752 - ITKAN Robotics Jr - Plano
9577 - Recoil - San Antonio
9492 - LadyTalons - Fort Worth

Week 4 Preview

Houston

(EPAs will hopefully be added later when Statboitcs/FMS issues are resolved)

The favorites for this event are previous 2024 event winners 118 Robonauts, 3847 Spectrum, and 5414 Pearadox. Other teams to watch for are 3735 Vortex, 2587 DiscoBots, 3481 Bronc Botz, and 8515 Photon.

Dallas

My favorites for this event are 148 Robowranglers and 6672 Fusion Corps. The next bots to look out for are 1296 Full Metal Jackets, 2714 BBQ, and 4639 RoboSpartains.

lynca · March 19, 2024, 12:09am

This Impact Award list is interesting.
Three teams (7312, 6357, 8573) are 1st time Impact Award winners !

RicDV · March 19, 2024, 2:43am

Rogue Rangers LEGACY looked down trodden during the awards portion in SA…UNTIL…

They were SOOOO surprised when they were called for the IA! They were in disbelief!

chadr03 · March 25, 2024, 4:01pm

Week 4 Recap:

Both Dallas and Houston had strong favorites end qualifications ranked number one. Both Texas events ended with the number one seed taking the blue banner home, but interestingly, both had to do it in blue bumpers as the number two alliance sent them to the lower bracket in match 11.

In Dallas, the alliance of 148 Robowranglers, 6672 Fusion Corps, and 8858 Beast from the East worked back through the lower bracket to win.

While in Houston, 118 Robonauts, 5414 Pearadox, 6180 Mechanical Lions, and backup robot 1255 Blarglefish worked their way to earn the gold medal.

Advancing Awards

Impact
7312 - T3 - Katy
2714 - BBQ - Waco
6357 - The Spring Konstant - Belton
4192 - Jaguar Robotics - Plano
8573 - Rogue-Rangers LEGACY - San Antonio
2468 - Team Appreciate - Fort Worth
1296 - Full Metal Jackets - Dallas
5414 - Pearadox - Houston

Engineering Inspiration
624 - CRyptonite - Katy
2468 - Appreciate - Waco
2583 - Orange Dynamite - Belton
5417 - Eagle Robotics - Plano
9136 - Rampage - San Antonio
3005 - RoboChargers - Fort Worth
8019 - Patriot Engineering - Dallas
3481 - Bronc Botz - Houston

Rookie All-Star
9478 - Robo-Colts Katy
9655 - Shallowater - Waco
9418 - Pastabots - Belton
9752 - ITKAN Robotics Jr - Plano
9577 - Recoil - San Antonio
9492 - LadyTalons - Fort Wort
9506 - MECHS Robotics - Dallas
9515 - Panther Technik - Houston

Current Top 25 EPA Rankings

Rank	Number	Team Name	EPA	Next Event
1	3005	RoboChargers	41.9	N/A
2	2468	Team Appreciate	41.3	FIRST In Texas District Championship
3	118	Robonauts	39.4	FIT District Houston Event
4	3847	Spectrum -△◅	37.6	FIT District Houston Event
5	6672	Fusion Corps	37	FIT District Dallas Event
6	5414	Pearadox	36.9	FIT District Houston Event
7	148	Robowranglers	36.2	FIT District Dallas Event
8	1477	Texas Torque	33.8	N/A
9	6800	Valor	30.4	N/A
10	9752	ITKAN Robotics Jr	28.7	N/A
11	624	CRyptonite	28.7	N/A
12	3310	Black Hawk Robotics	28.5	N/A
13	1296	Full Metal Jackets	28.3	FIT District Dallas Event
14	9128	ITKAN Robotics	26.9	FIT District Space City @ Friendswood Event
15	8088	Bionic Panthers	25.8	N/A
16	6377	Howdy Bots	24.9	N/A
17	4063	TriKzR4Kidz	24.5	FIT District Amarillo Event
18	2881	Lady Cans	24	N/A
19	231	High Voltage	23.7	FIT District Space City @ Friendswood Event
20	2687	Team Apprentice	23.5	N/A
21	3679	rattlers	23.3	N/A
22	2582	PantherBots	23.1	N/A
23	5572	ROSBOTS	22.9	N/A
24	2714	BBQ	22.2	FIT District Dallas Event
25	9478	Robo-Colts	22	FIT District Houston Event

Space City @ Friendswood

The favorites to win Space City are previous 2024 event winners, 118 Robonauts and 9128 ITKAN Robotics. The next group of contenders are 231 High Voltage, 5829 Energy Heros, 324 Chips, 5427 Steel Talons, and 7312 T3. I expect several others to make large improvements from their first event to this week 5 event, such as 2158 the ausTIN CANs and 8177 Vector.

Amarillo

The Amarillo event is much harder to pick favorites. 4063 TriKzR4Kidz currently has the highest EPA and made it to finals in San Antonio and has won this event in the past. 4206 Robo Vikes made it to finals in Fort Worth and have also won this event before. 6369 Mercenary Robotics made a deep finals run at Belton. 3676 Redshift Robotics, 9136 Rampage, and the whole group of Talons (5411 RoboTalons, 9105 TechnoTalons, and 9492 LadyTalons) will likely be in the mix.