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MadCow2357 wrote: ↑February 10th, 2020, 7:11 amCan someone share the scores publicly I want to see how I would have placed.will0416 wrote: ↑February 10th, 2020, 6:41 amyou should ask your team captain(s) or coach for raws, they were sent out a few days ago to teams that attended.scioly2345 wrote: ↑February 10th, 2020, 6:38 am Anybody know top boomi score at Centerville for Div C?
Took 6th was a 1389 :/.
14.4g holding full weight.
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Working on getting all the scores for C, but 2nd place was 2127. Carried full load.
Reminds me of the tie between New Trier and Troy at MIT lmaodholdgreve wrote: ↑February 11th, 2020, 8:33 am Top 10 scores in Boom Div C at Centerville:
2151
2128
2083
1550
1527
1389
1379
1370
1325
1292
In other news... there was exactly .01 gram difference in boom weight between #1 and #2 in Boom Div B at Centerville. Both carried full load. Both estimated they would carry full load. Very close to an unbreakable tie.
I suppose that's a weakness of the full-load bonus - that it drives people to optimize to a place where ties are more likely.dholdgreve wrote: ↑February 11th, 2020, 8:33 am In other news... there was exactly .01 gram difference in boom weight between #1 and #2 in Boom Div B at Centerville. Both carried full load. Both estimated they would carry full load. Very close to an unbreakable tie.
The Div C scale only went to .1dholdgreve wrote: ↑February 11th, 2020, 8:33 am Top 10 scores in Boom Div C at Centerville:
2151
2128
2083
1550
1527
1389
1379
1370
1325
1292
In other news... there was exactly .01 gram difference in boom weight between #1 and #2 in Boom Div B at Centerville. Both carried full load. Both estimated they would carry full load. Very close to an unbreakable tie.
Over the years I've seen a few really bad scale related issues at Invitationals. At least the Centerville scale was accurate to its level of precision. We use a milligram accurate scale which is very expensive, and I certainly don't expect to see that at events, but a reasonable quality scale to 0.01 g should be used. Those are < $20. They are probably only accurate to 0.03-0.05g, but that is still better than 0.1g. Competing at a high level in this event is all about precision in every aspect, it would be nice to see a reflection of that at more competitions with something as simple as a decent scale.scioly2345 wrote: ↑February 14th, 2020, 6:33 amThe Div C scale only went to .1dholdgreve wrote: ↑February 11th, 2020, 8:33 am Top 10 scores in Boom Div C at Centerville:
2151
2128
2083
1550
1527
1389
1379
1370
1325
1292
In other news... there was exactly .01 gram difference in boom weight between #1 and #2 in Boom Div B at Centerville. Both carried full load. Both estimated they would carry full load. Very close to an unbreakable tie.
That’s crazy tho lol
. And that's how my 9g boomi was recorded as 22g... 
How do you guys have the budget to buy such an expensive scale?????michiganmarc wrote: ↑February 14th, 2020, 7:53 am FWIW, this is the scale we've been using for a couple years now:
https://www.amazon.com/Ohaus-SPX123-Por ... B01AJ089PS
We don't bother recording things to the milligram level, but it really helps in getting accurate readings for very light components and having a high confidence in the mass of our devices.