Another season is upon us.
Registration begins September 27 and teams are debating their competition schedules.
Just something to start with, here are a couple of geographical time lapse looks at team growth each year since 1992.
They’re in the form of a 21 year slide show.
Colors change to signify each event structure change, e.g., 1995: added a second event called Nationals, 2009:added the District system.
By the last slide Red is Championship, Blue are Regionals, Yellow are Districts, Green are District Championships, Purple are Teams.
Click through the slides or download and it should run automatically.
World View
If anyone wants to do a version featuring their own local area, all the maps are linked at the top of this page: http://www.team358.org/files/frc_records/index.php
For instance, I have one zoomed in to just show the development of local Long Island teams.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but “filled regionals” in the first round are never actually filled, but rather list 60-70 percent of their final capacity.
Also, I have had trouble finding the open registration date… any help?
EDIT: Found all relevant dates for registration. I’ll post them here
All times are at noon
Sept 27: Initial Registration
Oct 1: KOP option opens
Oct 4: Local Kickoff Registration begins
Oct 11: Second District Registration begins
Oct 11: CMP Registration for Pre-Qualified Teams begins
Oct 18: KOP Option closes
Oct 25: CMP Waitlist opens for non-2012 CMP-attending veterans
Oct 25: 2nd Regional Registration begins
Nov. 1: Open Event Registration period begins
Dec 6: All event registration closes
Dec 7: Initial payment due
Initial Regional event registration opens at noon Thu, 09/27/2012
Initial District event registration opens at noon Thu, 09/27/2012
Kickoff registration opens at noon Thu, 10/4/2012
Second District event registration opens at noon Thu, 10/11/2012 FIRST Championship registration for pre-qualified teams opens at noon Thu, 10/11/2012 FIRST Championship waitlist registration for veteran teams that DID NOT compete at the 2012 FIRST Championship opens at noon Thu, 10/25/2012 Second Regional event registration opens at noon Thu, 10/25/2012
Unrestricted Regional event registration opens at noon Thu, 11/1/2012 FIRST Championship waitlist registration for veteran teams that DID compete at the 2012 FIRST Championship opens at noon Thu, 11/8/2012
Regional, District and Championship registration closes at noon Thu, 12/6/2012
Initial capacity usually leaves at least 10 slots, sometimes more if big area growth is anticipated, for rookies who haven’t registered yet.
If the rookies don’t show, then waitlisted teams can get them. Sometimes not enough slots are reserved for rookies and the Regional asks for veteran team to voluntarily transfer elsewhere.
