Detroit Area Voronoi Diagram for the 2016 Districts. Should be close to what FiM call home district. Just for discussion topic, as we wait for our homes to be announced. Shows influence of new Marysville district on teams, along with the elimination of Bedford on down river teams. Just a talking point, not part of FiM decision makers.
I saw the PNW district diagram, and never heard of a Voronoi diagram I thought I would check it out. I used the site http://lpetrich.org/Science/GeometryDemo/GeometryDemo_GMap.html but could not figure out how to save the data points, so it would be more dynamic.
I was interested in seeing how the new Marysville district impacted the home venues for some of the teams we typically run up against. Also with the elimination of the Bedford district, what impact that had to the down river teams.
Also the tip of the thumb data is inaccurate, as has them competing in Saginaw, but interesting.
Has this actually been confirmed?
There are only 18 districts currently listed for FiM, and I expect anywhere from 20-22 for the 2016 season. My assumption was that they had not agreed upon a hosting week yet.
If confirmed, anyone know why they are pulling back?
The absolute straight-line distances don’t take into account that sometimes “you can’t get there from here.” For example, the tip of the thumb is split off, presumably to the Standish event, when in reality it would be much shorter for them to go to Marysville, Flint or Midland.
It would seem if they need to add it would be week 2 and week 6.
When I first looked at this I thought there was a typo, as they had 4 week 1 events, and only 2 week two, but now with Week 4 with 4 events… I think it is not in error, they will have to have 4 fields in Michigan.
It all depends on how new rookies are added and how many rookies are still viable after the 1st and 2nd years.
My understanding is that Bedford district will not be occurring this year. I also believe that the other events are just about set, but just have yet to be announced (hopefully FiM will be forthcoming with that information, oh wait they’ve never been forthcoming with information).
I heard a semi-official rumor that there will be something like 20 district events this year. No idea where they will be (fingers crossed for Sault Ste. Marie)
Using some math, 18 events can support 18*40/2=360 teams (assuming 40 team event, 2 plays for everyone). Last year, Michigan had 347 teams. So, if the state grows by even +14 teams, they will NEED a 19th event. Midland moved from week 2 to week 3, but that may well have been a schedule conflict coming up at Midland itself (and not necessarily working around an unannounced event).
Speaking of being forthcoming, has FiM ever released a list of who was assigned where in past years or do you just have to infer based on when teams register?
I have not seen a list published. About 5 years ago I asked for our home event be changed from Waterford to Kettering. Kettering was (and is) a sponsor for the team, and we wanted to build on that relationship.
We were denied, I looked for the information published at that time, and could not find any.
How do districts work in Michigan? Do they have to play their 2 events in their smaller sub-district or are these sub-districts showing how the teams inside their sub-district will probably go to their events in their sub district? Does that make sense? Haha. Thanks
This map is just a distance measurement of what is probably your “home” event (ie, the event closest to you). At initial signup (this Thursday) we get to accept or reject the home event. At second event signup, we get to pick any other one that has room.
For example, for the last two years and this year our home event is Escanaba and our second closest event is Traverse City. But last year (because shenanigans) we went to Kentwood as the non-home event. And this year, Traverse City being a week 6 is making us look at other options.
But no, there is no sub-districting (this map’s subdistricts are for administrative purposes and have no bearing on teams).
Edit: Seeing you’re from Indiana - having a map like this is nice because we have a metric ton more events than Indiana with a more interestingly shaped state.
That information for the 2015 season is available in the below spreadsheet. It was sent out last September 23rd (2014), so it’s not perfectly up-to-date (e.g. rookies don’t have numbers). I don’t have and am not aware of any source for this information for any other year.
Team Number Home Location of the Team's School
240 Bedford Monroe
1023 Bedford Temperance
1528 Bedford Monroe
3547 Bedford Monroe
3773 Bedford Tecumseh
4395 Bedford Dundee
5144 Bedford Adrian
20150199 Bedford Camden
20150247 Bedford Milan
123 Center Line Hamtramck
453 Center Line Clinton Twsp
818 Center Line Warren
910 Center Line Madison Heights
1189 Center Line Grosse Pointe Farms
1941 Center Line Detroit
2048 Center Line Detroit
2591 Center Line Detroit
2673 Center Line Detroit
3096 Center Line Detroit
3175 Center Line Grosse Pointe Woods
3398 Center Line Detroit
3619 Center Line Detroit
3632 Center Line Detroit
4507 Center Line Detroit
4758 Center Line Detroit
4779 Center Line Marine City
4811 Center Line Madison Heights
4815 Center Line Center Line
4851 Center Line Detroit
5065 Center Line Hamtramck
5068 Center Line Detroit
5073 Center Line Detroit
5197 Center Line Detroit
5214 Center Line St. Clair Shores
5225 Center Line Eastpointe
20150052 Center Line Detroit
20150220 Center Line Detroit
857 Escanaba Houghton
2153 Escanaba Chassell
2586 Escanaba Calumet
3602 Escanaba Escanaba
3617 Escanaba Marquette
4375 Escanaba Ishpeming
4391 Escanaba Gladstone
4392 Escanaba Brimley
4715 Escanaba Cooks
4827 Escanaba Negaunee
4835 Escanaba Manistique
4970 Escanaba Harris
4995 Escanaba Paradise
20150257 Escanaba Wilson
1677 Gull Lake Kalmazoo
2054 Gull Lake Hopkins
2767 Gull Lake Portage
3542 Gull Lake Bedford
3658 Gull Lake Battle Creek
4325 Gull Lake Three Rivers
4327 Gull Lake Battle Creek
4368 Gull Lake Vicksburg
4381 Gull Lake Richland
4408 Gull Lake Battle Creek
4453 Gull Lake Marshall
4482 Gull Lake Kalamazoo
4483 Gull Lake Battle Creek
5152 Gull Lake Otsego
5161 Gull Lake Plainwell
5194 Gull Lake Gobles
5204 Gull Lake Three Rivers
5227 Gull Lake Schoolcraft
5248 Gull Lake Hastings
5256 Gull Lake Lake Odessa
20150146 Gull Lake Burr Oak
20150196 Gull Lake Paw Paw
20150300 Gull Lake Galesburg
1502 Howell Chelsea
2145 Howell Lake Fenton
3536 Howell Hartland
3568 Howell Linden
3656 Howell Dexter
3668 Howell Whitmore Lake
3707 Howell Brighton
4362 Howell Howell
4776 Howell Howell
5114 Howell Fenton
70 Kettering Goodrich
314 Kettering Flint
322 Kettering Flint
468 Kettering Flushing
494 Kettering Goodrich
894 Kettering Flint
1243 Kettering Swartz Creek
1322 Kettering Fenton
1506 Kettering Flint
1684 Kettering Lapeer
2337 Kettering Grand Blanc
3415 Kettering Montrose
3534 Kettering Davison
3535 Kettering Lapeer
4994 Kettering Kingston
4998 Kettering Flint
5017 Kettering Harbor Beach
5084 Kettering Corunna
5150 Kettering Flint
5155 Kettering Ubly
5201 Kettering North Branch
5215 Kettering Frankenmuth
5226 Kettering Flint
5234 Kettering Elsie
5235 Kettering Chesaning
5238 Kettering Otisville
5251 Kettering Flint
5260 Kettering Owosso
5282 Kettering Durand
20150170 Kettering Clio
20150171 Kettering Flint
20150184 Kettering Burton
20150186 Kettering Birch Run
20150221 Kettering Burton
20150223 Kettering Mt. Morris
20150307 Kettering Lapeer
1504 Lansing Okemos
2611 Lansing Jackson
3655 Lansing Mason
4216 Lansing Jackson
4568 Lansing North Adams
5205 Lansing Concord
20150048 Lansing Jonesville
20150270 Lansing Grass Lake Twsp
66 Livonia Ypsilanti
313 Livonia Wayne
470 Livonia Ypsilanti
503 Livonia Novi
548 Livonia Northville
830 Livonia Ann Arbor
862 Livonia Canton
1076 Livonia Ann Arbor
1250 Livonia Dearborn
2832 Livonia Livonia
3322 Livonia Ann Arbor
3641 Livonia South Lyon
4390 Livonia Dearborn
4768 Livonia Detroit
5066 Livonia Saline
5067 Livonia Ann Arbor
5217 Livonia Dearborn
5220 Livonia Westalnd
5233 Livonia Westland
20150024 Livonia Ann Arbor
20150116 Livonia Dearborn
703 Midland Saginaw
2619 Midland Midland
3570 Midland Alma
3770 Midland Bullock Creek
4382 Midland Saginaw
4819 Midland Mt Pleasant
5081 Midland Bay City
5156 Midland Pigeon
5166 Midland Freeland
5193 Midland Saginaw
5203 Midland Sanford
5216 Midland Essexville
5222 Midland Saginaw
5224 Midland Standish
5229 Midland Saginaw Twsp
5231 Midland Shepard
5257 Midland Coleman
20150040 Midland Midland
20150062 Midland Midland
20150066 Midland Harrisville
20150183 Midland Sebewaing
20150188 Midland Midland
20150216 Midland Auburn
20150249 Midland Pinconning
20150308 Midland Midland
94 Southfield Southfield
247 Southfield Berkley
573 Southfield Bloomfield Hills
835 Southfield Beverly Hills
1025 Southfield Ferndale
1188 Southfield Royal Oak
1701 Southfield Detroit
2224 Southfield Detroit
2960 Southfield Seaholm
3414 Southfield Farmington
3548 Southfield Royal Oak
4680 Southfield Detroit
4840 Southfield Redford twsp
4854 Southfield Detroit
5008 Southfield Detroit
5014 Southfield Detroit
5239 Southfield Harper Woods
5252 Southfield Detroit
20150266 Southfield Detroit
20150271 Southfield Detroit
1254 St. Joseph St Lawrence
1940 St. Joseph Benton Harbor
2474 St. Joseph Dowagiac
2959 St. Joseph Coloma
3452 St. Joseph Berrien Springs
3509 St. Joseph Niles
3620 St. Joseph St Joseph
4237 St. Joseph Stevensville
4409 St. Joseph Benton Harbor
4855 St. Joseph South Haven
5056 St. Joseph Buchanan
5069 St. Joseph Edwardsburg
5182 St. Joseph Dowagiac
5246 St. Joseph Hartford
20150265 St. Joseph Three Oaks
1596 Traverse City Sault Ste Marie
1711 Traverse City Traverse City
1896 Traverse City Traverse City
2246 Traverse City Johannesburg
3537 Traverse City Indian River
3603 Traverse City Reed City
3618 Traverse City Petoskey
3639 Traverse City Mesick
3688 Traverse City Suttons Bay
3767 Traverse City Traverse City
3886 Traverse City Traverse City
4376 Traverse City Charlevoix
4377 Traverse City Boyne City
4398 Traverse City Traverse City
4983 Traverse City Mancelona
4988 Traverse City Cedarville
5072 Traverse City DeTour Village
5086 Traverse City Cadillac
5110 Traverse City Elk Rapids
5175 Traverse City Pickford
5183 Traverse City Gaylord
5213 Traverse City St. Ignace
5223 Traverse City Hillman
5230 Traverse City Alpena
5247 Traverse City East Jordan
5314 Traverse City Pellston
20150157 Traverse City Onaway
20150230 Traverse City Bellaire
20150283 Traverse City Roscommon
201 Troy Rochester
217 Troy Sterling Heights
226 Troy Troy
245 Troy Rochester
469 Troy Bloomfield Hills
1718 Troy Armada
2604 Troy Capac
2851 Troy Shelby Township
3302 Troy Clawson
3539 Troy Romeo
3667 Troy Port Huron
4130 Troy Richmond
4384 Troy Troy
4810 Troy Clinton Twsp
4961 Troy Almont
5046 Troy Memphis
5048 Troy Imlay City
5167 Troy Marysville
20150096 Troy Rochester Hills
1 Waterford Pontiac
27 Waterford Clarkston
33 Waterford Pontiac
51 Waterford Pontiac
67 Waterford Milford
68 Waterford Brandon
302 Waterford Lake Orion
308 Waterford Walled Lake
2137 Waterford Oxford
2612 Waterford Waterford
2834 Waterford Bloomfield Hills
3098 Waterford Waterford
3538 Waterford Avondale
4737 Waterford West Bloomfield
5053 Waterford Waterford
74 West Michigan Holland
85 West Michigan Zeeland
107 West Michigan Holland
141 West Michigan Holland
216 West Michigan Grandville
244 West Michigan Grandville
288 West Michigan Grandville
858 West Michigan Wyoming
904 West Michigan Grand Rapids
1918 West Michigan Fremont
2075 West Michigan Grand Rapids
2405 West Michigan Fruitport
2771 West Michigan Kentwood
3234 West Michigan Lowell
3357 West Michigan Grand Rapids
3458 West Michigan Holland
3546 West Michigan Grand Haven
3572 West Michigan Norton Shores
3875 West Michigan Kentwood
4003 West Michigan Allendale
4004 West Michigan Muskegon
4337 West Michigan Holton
4405 West Michigan Plymouth
4956 West Michigan Whitehall
4967 West Michigan Belmont
5162 West Michigan Big Rapids
5173 West Michigan Fenneville
5255 West Michigan Muskegon Heights
5316 West Michigan Saranac
20150016 West Michigan Grand Rapids
20150178 West Michigan Coopersvielle
20150198 West Michigan Big Rapdis
20150255 West Michigan Grand Rapids
280 Woodhaven Taylor
815 Woodhaven Allen Park
2620 Woodhaven Southgate
2676 Woodhaven Ecorse
3604 Woodhaven Brownstown
4380 Woodhaven Detroit
4838 Woodhaven River Rouge
5050 Woodhaven Carleton
5090 Woodhaven Trenton
5263 Woodhaven Riverview
20150179 Woodhaven Grosse Ile
Haha. Yeah. You guys have a lot more events than us. Our team is actually looking at going to an FiM event so that’s why I was curious. So do the “home teams” in their “home district” have “first dibs” on that event if they have too many people sign up for that event? Like, I’d be guaranteed to go to my “home event” no matter what? Thanks
According to what I understand is that FiM has first dibs on the events then out of district teams do after all Michigan teams have but a according to first this what they said on iter-district play for 2015 “FIRST will collaborate with FIRST HQ to fill any “open” district event spots with teams from other districts. An “open district spot” is defined as a spot that remains open after all teams in a district have had the opportunity to sign up for their two events plus any additional plays they desire.”
Pretty Much Yes… When Registration Opens for the first time, this Thursday, the choice is do you accept your home event, or do you decline your home event.
If you decline, then when registration opens up for the second event, you are trying to register for two events.
The kicker to this is FiM will hold some registration spots in reserve, for rookie teams that are in the process of forming. Last two years this reserve was 10 teams, so when registration opens for the first and second times, you are registering for events that only have a 30 team capacity. This tends to fill up fast, and ends with many teams being wait listed, and not sure of where they will compete until weeks into the build season. Which just adds stress to the whole process.
So my advise is if you can make your home event, better register for it on Thursday.
I see. So I take it registration for out of district teams get to register after all teams in Fim have registered for 2 events? And will event teams list be updated on the us first website as teams sign up for the events? I found 2015 Fim districts interesting last year so I’m curious to see which FiM teams will be at which events. Thanks
I generally keep a google spreadsheet that tracks just FiM registration stats. I’ll probably post a link in the main registration thread when that pops up, but if I don’t and/or you can’t find it (because that thread blows up) PM me and I’ll send you the link.
