🥇 Competition Report

Competition Report Mount Olive

Joshua Stout
Joshua Stout
Hi everyone!

while this weekend didn't go well competitively, we still accomplished a lot and had a fun event! Once we got the robot working properly, we played quite well defensively and even broke parts on 2 separate robots in one match!

if you're interested in in-depth explanations of the build, electrical, code issues and solutions during the event please check out the following posts:

Our final results are as follows with a breakdown of matches after that.

In qualification we finished with a record of 3-9. Our final ranking after qualifying was 35th with 8 total ranking points. While this clearly isn't good, it could've gone much worse and by the end of the event the robot was nearly fully operational so that's something. 

Here's the detailed match breakdown:

Before matches even began we faced a number of problems getting inspected. 
  • First, the battery cable was illegally mounted. This was suspected to be a problem going into the event and we made a good temporary fix. 
  • Our bumpers broke 3 separate rules and had to be nearly completely redone at the event. This took 6 hours of valuable time from testing and drive practice and is something we must improve upon in the future. It is imperative we read the rules especially when working on bumpers as they are one of the most heavily regulated sections of the robot.

Qualification 1: 

  • result: loss, 0 RP but scored 2 cubes at the mid level in tele!!
  • technical issues: the stinger tubing came undone but some amazing work by
    Sydney Kirschner Sydney
    Diego Aguirre Diego
    and
    Anisa Uddin Anisa
    and scored through the broken piece!

Qualification 12: 

  • result: loss, 0 RP but we scored 1 cone mid in auto & 1 cube at the low level in tele!!
  • technical issues: 
    • a cone got stuck in the robot
    • we got yelled at for our setup time and were told we would get yellow card if we kept our setup the same. This will lead to the drive problems late in the event.

Qualification 18: 

  • result: loss, 0 RP no scoring
  • technical issues: 
    • we had a stinger leak in auto so we couldn't score

Qualification 22: 

  • result: win!, 3 RP, 1 cone in auto! 1 cube low in tele
  • technical issues: 
    • the grabber broke midway through the match, the drivetrain broke and we had to E-stop ourselves

Qualification 28: 

  • result: loss  0 RP, bad auto, 1 low cube, tried playing defense but inverted controls
  • technical issues: 
    • inverted controls

Qualification 32: 

  • result: loss  0 RP, no auto, 1 low cube, tried playing defense but inverted controls
  • technical issues: 
    • inverted controls

Qualification 39: 

  • result: win, 2 RP, elevator chain slipped horribly during auto
  • technical issues: 
    • see above
    • still inverted

Qualification 44: 

  • result: loss, 0 RP, 1 cube low, played really good defense, ENGAGED!!!!
  • technical issues: 
    • still inverted
    • still broken elevator

Qualification 54: 

  • result: loss, 0 RP, drove during auto! cone got stuck in the robot though, also ENGAGED!!!
  • technical issues: 
    • cone got stuck
    • still inverted controls

Qualification 58: 

  • result: win, 3 RP,  auto mid level cube!! played counter defense to help 125, also ENGAGED!!!
  • technical issues: 
    • still inverted controls

Qualification 67: 

  • result: loss, 0 RP, auto low level cube!! also drove but didn't make it out of the community. played great defense against MORT and sister's 1st. knocked game pieces out of both their robots. finished with a dock
    • the cube bounced off mid in auto
  • technical issues: 
    • driving was fixed!!!!!!!!!!!!

Qualification 72: 

  • result: loss, 0 RP, auto low cube, also drove but didn't make it out of the community. played great defense against MORT beta and team chaos. finished engaged!!!