Score Discussion

[dragonfruit35]

Given that those above scores are some of the best in the nation, could you make a relatively competitive car for state by ignoring the reverse angle completely? Let's say you hit the CTP perfectly and get around a 10s run time, your score would be 20.

Reverse angle? Are you saying you run straight and then try to adjust steering at CTP? Or are you talking fixed path but aiming slightly right and curving slightly right?

20 is definitely achievable at any distance if you run a fixed path AND you know a priori the rules you are running under, that is, Regional (0.1m), State (0.25m), or National (0.5m). You can adjust your curvature depending upon distances from imaginary line that runs thought the SP and the CTP.

He means straight forward and back.

(in which case, sciencecat is also referring to the regional rules, since the VTP is .25m from the center under the state rules, so your score could theoretically be around 35, which is decent but not nearly as good as 20 )

[biz11]

He may mean fixed path as in a path that can't be changed, not a straight path. In other words, you may go to the side, but the angle you go to the side is always the same.

[sciencecat42]

Reverse angle? Are you saying you run straight and then try to adjust steering at CTP? Or are you talking fixed path but aiming slightly right and curving slightly right?

20 is definitely achievable at any distance if you run a fixed path AND you know a priori the rules you are running under, that is, Regional (0.1m), State (0.25m), or National (0.5m). You can adjust your curvature depending upon distances from imaginary line that runs thought the SP and the CTP.

He means straight forward and back.

(in which case, sciencecat is also referring to the regional rules, since the VTP is .25m from the center under the state rules, so your score could theoretically be around 35, which is decent but not nearly as good as 20 )

I did confuse it with the regional rules, but 35 is pretty decent if I don't have to hurt my brain thinking about the curvature.

[cuber]

Top 2 scores at the Columbia invitational were ~35. The rest were 60+. Not looking so great up in NY.

[sciencecat42]

Top 2 scores at the Columbia invitational were ~35. The rest were 60+. Not looking so great up in NY.

Regionals, state, or national rules? And the breaking system is hard not to mention the curving.

[dragonfruit35]

We were 2nd at Duke with a score of 49.93. We were 12.6 cm off the VTP (aiming was a little off), 11.7 cm off the CTP, and it took a little under 14 seconds to complete the run with a target distance of 1.7m back. I didn't see the first-place team run, but I did see 4th place score around 70 or 80 and 5th place around 120.

[4Head]

Anyone know what mentor got at MIT?

[shrewdPanther46]

When posting scores, please consider including which rules (regs, states, nats) were used in each respective competition for context purposes

[Unome]

Anyone know what mentor got at MIT?

I'm not sure, although I don't think it was particularly impressive. They didn't do as well as they usually do in the vehicle event.

[4Head]

Anyone know what mentor got at MIT?

I'm not sure, although I don't think it was particularly impressive. They didn't do as well as they usually do in the vehicle event.

Gotcha. Thanks!