Team of the Decade (2010-2019)

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We had this thread a decade ago, and I suppose 254 has made this decade’s thread pretty short with four Einstein wins (and getting agonizingly close to a fifth), six Einstein appearances, a Festival of Champions win, 20 regional wins, and a WFFA in case 31 banners wasn’t enough.

Who else should be on this decade’s Mount Rushmore?

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1678 for triple climbs
Oh, and 330 for that amazing save Einstein 2016

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1678 - Fun fact, in 2010, Citrus Circuits had zero blue banners to their name. Then they won their first regional in 2011 and never looked back. The Einstein Streak started in 2013 and is still active, as both the longest active and longest ever Einstein streaks at 7 years strong.

2056 - They were only 3 seasons old in 2009 so it was too early to really know how great they were, but a LOT of regional/district wins (too lazy to count right now), 3 DCMP wins, 6 Einstein appearances, and one World Finalist later…yeah. They belong on the list.

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  1. Enough said there.
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1114 - 2 Einstein Finalists, 4 Total Einstein Appearances, World Chairman’s, 20+ Regional/District Wins

469 - 1 World Championship, 2 Einstein Finalists, 3 MSC Wins

973 - 3 World Championships, 4 Total Einstein Appearances

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Answering outside of the obvious answers, I’d say Team Supplier. Team IFI, Team WCP, Team AM, Team REV, and all the rest deserve to be remembered for changing the game (quite literally) through the 2010’s with their products.

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Well, according to @Caleb_Sykes there’s a good statistical argument to be made for 1114. The data in his blog post doesn’t extend to 2019, and might show that 254 or 2056 owns the 2010-2019 block.

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FIRST is a lot bigger than it was 10 years ago, so this is a much harder question.

I’m putting money on 1114 or 2056, not only have they racked up crazy banner counts, but they ahem motivate the rest of Ontario to keep up. Consistently raising the bar while building worthy competition is what FIRST is about, and these teams excel at that.

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Here are the 2010-2018 numbers:

team 2010-2018 normalized EOS Elo
2056 6.29
254 6.21
1114 5.98
987 5.18
118 5.02
148 4.78
67 4.72
1678 4.54

2019 would give 2056 a big boost and 254 a small boost relative to 1114. I could crunch the numbers again, but it’s going to end up 2056>254>1114 for 2010-2019. I’d buy arguments for any of those 3 as the best team of the decade. I think you’d be hard-pressed to pick a team that’s not one of those 3.

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The Falcon 500, because it is better than literally everything else in existence

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Falcon 550: the prodigious son of the NEO 550 and the Falcon 500

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2056 had no shortage of greatness, with an astounding 40 blue banners over the decade (yeah, I still have a The Streak shirt). And 1114’s 32 banners match the Poofs for the decade.

But the stat that I just can’t ignore: All three made it to Championship each year of the decade, but only one of them was making confetti angels 40% of the time.

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Question: Is team of the decade only taking into account robot performance, or Chairman’s/Community and global impact? Because if so i think that helps 987 and 1114 stand out, and 1678 with their large push, especially in the past 3 years.

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When I think of FRC the first team that comes to mind is always 254, but after them it’s hard to deny 2056’s unbelievable run. 40 banners in 10 years is mind boggling. An honorable mention after that is 1678. A team that went from unknown to one of the best in the world in a short 10 years.

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Most improved Teams of the Decade:
Elo difference is calculated by (average of 2002-2009 seasons) minus (average of 2010-2019 seasons)
(only includes teams that participated in 2009 & 2019)

Rank Team Decade Elo Difference Avg 2002-2009 Avg 2010-2019
1 1678 362.40 1485.50 1847.90
2 1986 323.47 1509.33 1832.80
3 2481 304.10 1469.00 1773.10
4 2137 273.60 1449.00 1722.60
5 971 273.47 1521.62 1795.10
6 148 261.80 1602.00 1863.80
7 1640 260.55 1430.25 1690.80
8 624 246.20 1523.00 1769.20
9 2122 243.93 1529.67 1773.60
10 1023 237.33 1501.57 1738.90
Top 100
Rank Team Decade Elo Difference Avg 2002-2009 Avg 2010-2019
1 1678 362.40 1485.50 1847.90
2 1986 323.47 1509.33 1832.80
3 2481 304.10 1469.00 1773.10
4 2137 273.60 1449.00 1722.60
5 971 273.47 1521.62 1795.10
6 148 261.80 1602.00 1863.80
7 1640 260.55 1430.25 1690.80
8 624 246.20 1523.00 1769.20
9 2122 243.93 1529.67 1773.60
10 1023 237.33 1501.57 1738.90
11 1538 236.90 1516.20 1753.10
12 1676 229.20 1465.40 1694.60
13 359 227.91 1546.29 1774.20
14 225 224.73 1496.67 1721.40
15 2016 219.70 1450.00 1669.70
16 1519 213.40 1550.50 1763.90
17 125 209.20 1494.50 1703.70
18 1796 208.50 1430.00 1638.50
19 2590 208.20 1540.50 1748.70
20 2168 206.97 1451.33 1658.30
21 254 204.47 1762.12 1966.60
22 118 203.03 1666.88 1869.90
23 2052 201.17 1451.33 1652.50
24 842 201.05 1513.75 1714.80
25 1323 199.20 1487.00 1686.20
26 195 198.47 1601.12 1799.60
27 2959 197.90 1408.00 1605.90
28 2130 196.30 1430.00 1626.30
29 2996 194.90 1436.00 1630.90
30 2974 194.70 1437.00 1631.70
31 2013 193.90 1412.00 1605.90
32 33 193.30 1654.00 1847.30
33 973 192.20 1547.00 1739.20
34 2363 188.40 1453.50 1641.90
35 1296 188.10 1428.50 1616.60
36 2767 187.70 1517.00 1704.70
37 2054 187.50 1519.00 1706.50
38 1325 184.90 1406.60 1591.50
39 3098 184.70 1447.00 1631.70
40 1310 184.13 1488.67 1672.80
41 1658 182.05 1401.25 1583.30
42 2485 180.40 1463.00 1643.40
43 2252 180.17 1411.33 1591.50
44 2468 180.00 1487.50 1667.50
45 987 178.55 1704.25 1882.80
46 1918 178.15 1580.25 1758.40
47 1619 177.90 1517.60 1695.50
48 1671 176.90 1440.40 1617.30
49 2928 176.50 1417.00 1593.50
50 1690 176.20 1503.50 1679.70
51 862 173.55 1458.75 1632.30
52 2614 172.40 1503.50 1675.90
53 610 172.28 1564.62 1736.90
54 2338 172.00 1478.50 1650.50
55 1817 170.35 1371.25 1541.60
56 2557 169.30 1445.50 1614.80
57 2478 169.17 1449.50 1618.67
58 2415 166.60 1500.00 1666.60
59 294 166.42 1490.88 1657.30
60 2512 164.50 1455.50 1620.00
61 876 164.44 1507.86 1672.30
62 1983 164.30 1542.00 1706.30
63 1895 163.45 1386.75 1550.20
64 2056 162.80 1814.00 1976.80
65 2607 161.10 1442.50 1603.60
66 649 159.90 1436.50 1596.40
67 70 158.60 1534.00 1692.60
68 319 158.11 1464.29 1622.40
69 558 157.12 1465.38 1622.50
70 829 156.30 1488.00 1644.30
71 3005 154.40 1413.00 1567.40
72 346 154.38 1470.12 1624.50
73 303 154.28 1543.12 1697.40
74 2642 154.00 1436.50 1590.50
75 1065 152.53 1475.67 1628.20
76 1684 152.00 1438.60 1590.60
77 133 151.57 1485.43 1637.00
78 1706 150.30 1428.50 1578.80
79 2383 150.00 1448.50 1598.50
80 2930 149.90 1429.00 1578.90
81 2486 148.70 1437.00 1585.70
82 2147 148.17 1390.33 1538.50
83 1058 146.97 1446.43 1593.40
84 2950 146.40 1294.00 1440.40
85 2067 145.90 1477.00 1622.90
86 1868 144.35 1448.75 1593.10
87 230 143.33 1564.38 1707.70
88 1501 142.35 1507.25 1649.60
89 1741 141.60 1471.50 1613.10
90 179 141.28 1592.12 1733.40
91 379 141.15 1502.25 1643.40
92 2852 140.40 1457.00 1597.40
93 2909 140.12 1291.00 1431.12
94 1718 139.85 1596.25 1736.10
95 1024 139.34 1535.86 1675.20
96 3008 138.80 1356.00 1494.80
97 2073 138.67 1430.33 1569.00
98 1477 138.13 1537.17 1675.30
99 1208 137.73 1480.57 1618.30
100 573 136.44 1558.86 1695.30
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sounds about right, 1678 never even got past quarterfinals until 2011. :exploding_head:

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2056, 254, 1114 - Alliance of the decade.

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rip (read my team number)

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148? I don’t think they won champs three times in a row.

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hang on…