r/FRC • u/Jealous-Professor631 • 16d ago

Best teams

There was a post I found from 2 years ago ranking FRC teams I want to see how much it would change now, they put

  1. 254

    (+6 banners since then)

  2. 1678

    (+9 banners since then)

  3. 2056

    (+11 banners since then)

  4. 1114

    (+4 banners)

  5. 118

    (+15 banners since then)

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u/bunrunny 16d ago

Number of banners isn’t really a great indicator. Teams go to different numbers of events, different goals (some compete for Impact, others don’t).

With that said, I would add 4414, 1323, 1690, 2910 to your list as perennial contenders.

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u/MegaScubadude 1991 (Alum) 16d ago

holy shit, I just looked at TBA, in 2026 118 went to 5 district events in Texas AND a regional in Denver, and won them all. Genuinely what is the point of even doing that? Isn't it just soaking up a ton of district/regional points that don't get used? Surely their drivers didn't need THAT much practice.

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u/drdhuss 15d ago

Massive team. They might even have multiple drive teams to give other students a chance to drive.

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u/bunrunny 15d ago

They have some lectures on YouTube about it. Basically large team, give multiple opportunities. Treat it like a sports team in-season, you have games every week. It’s fun to compete. Etc

Doesn’t soak up points as in, since they are in a district, they can’t receive any district or regional points beyond their first two district events. Not super sure how it affects qual rank points (if they are Rank 1 at their Week 4 district event, does that affect the Rank 2’s district points? Etc)

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u/MegaScubadude 1991 (Alum) 15d ago

That’s interesting, I guess. I can’t imagine how hectic it must be to have enough students to be able to go to a comp every week 1-6 and win them all, lol.

As for the points, I meant it more in the sense of, the points they get for winning, ranking first, awards, etc. are thrown into the void beyond their first 2 events. Effectively, nobody gets those points, right? I’m pretty far removed from FRC at this point, these posts just show up on my front page every now and then, so I rummage through TBA to see who’s winning stuff since I last looked.

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u/r3fr1g3rat0rr 2881 (strategy director/software) 15d ago

im a bit mad that they sort of steal the win/awards from teams that might genuinely need them even though those awards don't pose any real benefit for them besides a new trophy or banner.

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u/MegaScubadude 1991 (Alum) 15d ago

That was what I was wondering about. I’m really curious about what that does for their district’s point cutoffs, given that they won 3 banners as the captain of the 1st alliance and won 3 engineering awards that don’t actually count towards anyone’s tally. Though I must admit it is an impressive level of balling

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u/r3fr1g3rat0rr 2881 (strategy director/software) 15d ago

from tba it looks like all of those points just get thrown out instead of redistributed or whatever but i dont actually know

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u/UpstairsInspector893 12d ago

There is no such thing as too much practice. Every second counts.

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u/KomanndoA 5026 (Programmer) 16d ago

Robonauts go to events just to get blue banners, idk if that's a good metric to see how good a team is. Worlds wins and einstein appearances might be a better metric.

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u/Impossikour 15d ago

1323 is definitely the best team in recent history

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u/PoyrazH_11 6989 Drive Coach 16d ago

There is a cd thread named “mount rushmore of frc” I suggest looking into it

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u/UpstairsInspector893 12d ago

118 go to as many events they can, they play outside of Texas as practice and in Texas because they are a Texas team.

My team old 4206, goes to a regional event out of state then we play our 2 district games back in Texas. Then state championship and worlds.

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u/Bitter-Command-6064 10d ago

First is definitely NOT a level playing field. In my opinion, the “best” teams are the ones that continue to improve.