Nationals?

[builder83]

So did any teams beat 600? What time goal did anybody have for national run?

[WhoKnows]

I believe couple of teams beat or got close to 600. Target time was 41. Congratulations to those teams on amazing feat of engineering.

[IvanGe]

fshhhh i got 471 and 7th place

[knightmoves]

I believe couple of teams beat or got close to 600. Target time was 41. Congratulations to those teams on amazing feat of engineering.

That's more then a meter of jumps. That's impressive.

I'll guess for next year, gaps won't be quite so overpowered, but good gaps will still be the way to win.

[hippo9]

Yeah, I'm assuming the emphasis on gaps will decrease, but I don't know whether accuracy or height will be more emphasized...

[knightmoves]

Yeah, I'm assuming the emphasis on gaps will decrease, but I don't know whether accuracy or height will be more emphasized...

Got to be accuracy. Emphasizing height gets you a roomful of boring low-and-slow devices. There's a challenge in low-and-slow, but you'll get a lot of teams with very similar scores, which is a bit of a problem.

[hippo9]

Yeah, I'm assuming the emphasis on gaps will decrease, but I don't know whether accuracy or height will be more emphasized...

Got to be accuracy. Emphasizing height gets you a roomful of boring low-and-slow devices. There's a challenge in low-and-slow, but you'll get a lot of teams with very similar scores, which is a bit of a problem.

Yeah, with that the difference between 1st and 10th would be like .5cm of height or something at nats...

[knightmoves]

What's the story with all the failed runs at nats? I see a lot of 60s on the score sheet.

[Unome]

What's the story with all the failed runs at nats? I see a lot of 60s on the score sheet.

I figure it's just a bunch of teams missing jumps. I would guess it happens a lot if the device isn't built sturdily. I wonder whether the committee is talking about this...

[knightmoves]

What's the story with all the failed runs at nats? I see a lot of 60s on the score sheet.

I figure it's just a bunch of teams missing jumps. I would guess it happens a lot if the device isn't built sturdily. I wonder whether the committee is talking about this...

Was everyone pushing their jumps to the limit, to the point that they didn't reliably complete? Going for the 50% chance death-or-glory run? That's a tactical choice. If it was transportation damage, that's a shame.

You could move the balance by averaging the two runs rather than taking the best run - that way you emphasize robustness.