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Anyone have guess on what top time will be at nationals??
I will start the guessing at :57 seconds.

abby1kanobe wrote:Anyone have guess on what top time will be at nationals??
I will start the guessing at :57 seconds.

Insanely unlikely. That's one every 4.38 seconds.

Going to make this more interesting. Whoever is closest without going lower than the actual best time at nationals wins.

I guess 1:22

ThatRoboGuy wrote:

abby1kanobe wrote:Anyone have guess on what top time will be at nationals??
I will start the guessing at :57 seconds.

Insanely unlikely. That's one every 4.38 seconds.

Going to make this more interesting. Whoever is closest without going lower than the actual best time at nationals wins.

I guess 1:22

I'm going more with you. Me and my partner have gotten a perfect run in 1:47. We are trying to get better times though. So yah, 1:22 or a little bit more would be pretty good at nats.

Our best perfect run was 1:56, no magnets, no pouches, just a robot arm and skill.

My best is perfect and 1:25 seconds but my partner screwed up his part some.

Just finished judging a regional. Winner was a perfect score with 1:25, and I suspect they can do better. They made a couple of minor mistakes that cost at least seconds. And they are a team that certainly has potential to make nationals again this year.

Jeff Anderson
Livonia, MI

Wow -that's an impressive time and score! My son got first in his regional with a perfect score and time of 2:54. There were only 5 competitors though because for his regional, it was just an exhibition event and didn't count towards the team score (they didn't want to give unfair disadvantage to teams that couldn't afford expensive robot parts).

Here's a link to his run:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7J9sWf ... p6&index=8

Not sure what other jugs were like but the round one they used definitely made it more challenging.

He also got first place in Helicopters and Meteorology and also 5th in Rocks and Minerals!

gmui wrote: Not sure what other jugs were like but the round one they used definitely made it more challenging.

Interesting choice on the round jug given this entry in the FAQ: http://www.soinc.org/node/1250

Does this count as a functional modification?
Instead of a brain from the Vex Kit can I use an Arduino instead?
Thanks.

Keeping it short, I think that would count as a modification.