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This was a state event in Texas last year, But the gap bonus was 2.5 not 5 like this year. Last year everyone went low and slow and ignored the gap bonus.

cool hand luke wrote:This was a state event in Texas last year, But the gap bonus was 2.5 not 5 like this year. Last year everyone went low and slow and ignored the gap bonus.

I would do the same.

Jumps are going to be very important this year. Since they're worth 5 points for every cm wide the gap is (assuming that it's over 5 cm wide), you can get more points for jumps than all other ways combined.

The event calls for "a vehicle (i.e., a ball or sphere)" to be used on the track. Are there any restrictions regarding the vehicle i.e. holes in the ball, shape of ball, etc... For example, could an oblate spheroid be used as it is a sphere. Or is the composition of the sphere itself restricted or not amenable to modification in any way permitted?

CVMSAvalacheStudent wrote:

cool hand luke wrote:This was a state event in Texas last year, But the gap bonus was 2.5 not 5 like this year. Last year everyone went low and slow and ignored the gap bonus.

I would do the same.

Ditto

What does it mean in the manual? '(in 5s intervals for regional, 2s intervals for states, and 1s intervals for national tournaments)'

JionPark wrote:What does it mean in the manual? '(in 5s intervals for regional, 2s intervals for states, and 1s intervals for national tournaments)'

The preceding statement should set two bounds - e.g. 20s and 40s (I don't remember what the exact bounds are for Roller Coaster). What this means is that

• At Regionals the target time can be 20s, 25s, 30s, 35s, or 40s.
• At state, 20s, 22s, 24s,..., 40s.
• And at Nationals, 20s, 21s, 22s,..., 40s.

Oh Thank You...

Gaps are counted if tracks are horizontal.... Is it considered as a gap if one track was top of another track but it was centimeters away from it?