2011 FIRST Robotics Competition season

Logo Motion
Season Information
Number of teams 2,075
Number of regionals 50 (including MI championship)
Number of district events 9
Championship location Edward Jones Dome, St Louis, Missouri[1]
Links
Website usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc

The FIRST Robotics Competition game for 2011 is Logo Motion.

Schedule

Official regional and district competitions were held from March 3 to April 9.

All regionals listed below are either in the United States or Canada, unless specifically stated otherwise.

Location of competitions

Granite State
New Jersey
F Lakes
Alamo
San Diego
Florida
WPI
Lake Superior
Kansas City
Pittsburgh
Wisconsin
NYC
Arizona
Sacramento
Peachtree
Bayou
Boilermaker
Chesapeake
St. Louis
Oklahoma
Lone Star
Seattle Olympic
Seattle Cascade
Waterloo
Los Angeles
Washington D.C.
Midwest
Long Island
Oregon
Palmetto
Toronto West
Toronto East
Silicon Valley
Connecticut
MN 10k Lakes
MN North Star
Las Vegas
Smokey Mountain
Colorado
Boston
N Carolina
Buckeye
Philly
Dallas
Utah
Virginia
MI Champ.
Championship
USA and Canada events. Legend:
Week 1 event
2
3
4
5
6

Hawaii regional not shown. MI detail below.

Polls

Source: [2]

Results

Tournament rules

Like previous seasons, teams play a number of qualifications matches, which determines their seeding rank. The top 8 seeds become alliance captains, and they select two additional teams during alliance selections to create a full alliance which remains together to compete during elimination matches, a three-round best-two-of-three single elimination tournament.[3]

Seeding rules

Tie-breaking criteria
Teams were ranked on the following criteria:[3]

  1. Greater qualification score
  2. Greater ranking score
  3. Drawing of lots by the regional organizing committee

Week 1

Regional Arena Location Quality Award Chairman's Award Champions
BAE Systems/Granite State Regional Verizon Wireless Arena Manchester, New Hampshire United States 133 United States 166 United States 175, United States 1519, United States 176
New Jersey Regional Sun National Bank Center Trenton, New Jersey Brazil 1860 United States 2016 United States 1676, United States 2016, United States 303
Finger Lakes Regional Gordon Field House Rochester, New York United States 217 United States 340 United States 217, United States 1518, Canada 2056
Alamo Regional San Antonio Convention Center San Antonio United States 1477 United States 57 United States 16, United States 3481, United States 148

Week 2

Regional Arena Location Quality Award Chairman's Award Champions
San Diego Regional Valley View Casino Center San Diego, California United States 1717 United States 1538 United States 254, United States 987, United States 3704
Florida Regional University of Central Florida Arena Orlando, Florida United States 1065 United States 3242 United States 179, United States 233, United States 108
WPI Regional Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Massachusetts United States 121 United States 221 United States 195, United States 40, United States 2370
Lake Superior Regional Duluth Entertainment Convention Center Duluth, Minnesota United States 2052 United States 2169 United States 2512, United States 876, United States 3747
Greater Kansas City Regional Hale Arena Kansas City, Missouri United States 525 United States 3172 United States 525, United States 1730, United States 3784
Pittsburgh Regional Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States 378 United States 63 Canada 1114, Canada 1503, United States 3492
Wisconsin Regional US Cellular Arena Milwaukee United States 171 United States 1714 Canada 2072, United States 2826, United States 111
New York City Regional Javits Convention Center New York City United States 870 United States 359 United States 395, United States 359, United States 527

San Diego

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                               
1  254 - 3704 - 987 0 99 135 2  
8  2984 - 1622 - 1572 19 59 36 1  
  1  254 - 3704 - 987 0 112 131 2  
5  1717 - 2102 - 3477 55 68 76 1  
4  3255 - 599 - 1160 52 32 0
5  1717 - 2102 - 3477 85 86 2  
  1  254 - 3704 - 987 84 120 2
7  2439 - 399 (294) - 1540 23 55 0
3  812 - 589 - 2090 38 53 71 2  
6  968 - 973 - 980 80 50 29 1  
  3  812 - 589 - 2090 51 0 0
7  2439 - 399 - 1540 97 81 2  
2  1538 - 687 - 2485 70 36 0
7  2439 - 399 - 1540 82 88 2  

Pittsburgh

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                               
1  1114 - 3492 - 1503 114 99 2  
8  2603 - 3260 - 1533 17 11 0  
  1  1114 - 3492 - 1503 94 128 2  
4  2614 - 3193 - 1038 58 30 0  
4  2614 - 3193 - 1038 30 26 2
5  337 - 3504 - 291 27 12 0  
  1  1114 - 3492 - 1503 122 102 2
2  1541 - 1507 - 48 33 66 0
3  772 - 2252 - 63 91 45 39 2  
6  1319 - 3138 - 1629 44 70 15 1  
  3  772 - 2252 - 63 48 62 0
2  1541 - 1507 - 48 73 63 2  
2  1541 - 1507 - 48 2 65 74 2
7  378 - 3511 - 128 51 60 37 1  

Week 3

Regional Arena Location Quality Award Chairman's Award Champions
Israel Regional Nokia Arena Tel Aviv (Israel) Israel 3083 Israel 1942 Israel 1574, Israel 1690, Israel 3351,
Arizona Regional Hamilton High School Chandler, Arizona United States 3785 United States 2486 United States 842, United States 330, United States 2662
Sacramento Regional The Pavilion at ARC Davis, California United States 1678 United States 604 United States 1678, United States 1868, United States 766
Peachtree Regional Gwinnett Center Duluth, Georgia United States 3139 United States 122 United States 2415, United States 1771, United States 2815
Bayou Regional Alario Center Westwego, Louisiana United States 364 United States 1912 United States 364, United States 1927, United States 3337
Boilermaker Regional Purdue University Armory West Lafayette, Indiana United States 2081 United States 1741 United States 2081, United States 234, United States 2040
Chesapeake Regional Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore United States 714 United States 836 United States 768, United States 1218, United States 1699
St. Louis Regional Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, Missouri United States 3284 United States 1094 United States 1985, United States 3284, United States 3397
Oklahoma Regional Cox Convention Center Oklahoma City United States 935 United States 1108 United States 932, United States 935, United States 3160
Lone Star Regional George R. Brown Convention Center Houston United States 57 United States 118 United States 118, United States 1477, United States 1801
Seattle Olympic Regional Qwest Field Seattle United States 2990 United States 1899 United States 3393, United States 2990, United States 1899
Seattle Cascade Regional Qwest Field Seattle United States 2122 United States 360 United States 2471, United States 1510, United States 2660

St. Louis

Week 4

Regional Arena Location Quality Award Chairman's Award Champions
Waterloo Regional University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario Canada 1334 Canada 1305 Canada 1114, Canada 2056, Canada 3756
Los Angeles Regional Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center Long Beach, California United States 973 United States 1138 United States 1197, United States 968, United States 3473
Washington DC Regional Walter E. Washington Convention Center Washington, D.C. United States 63 United States 1511 United States 233, United States 768, United States 2377
Hawaii Regional Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu United States 359 Australia 3132 United States 368, United States 359, United States 3880
Midwest Regional UIC Pavilion Chicago United States 1987 United States 1675 United States 111, United States 118, United States 3494
SBPLI Long Island Regional Hofstra University Hempstead, New York United States 229 United States 329 United States 1626, United States 229, United States 375
Autodesk Oregon Regional Portland Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon United States 2990 United States 1510 United States 2471, United States 360, United States 3711
Palmetto Regional North Charleston Coliseum North Charleston, South Carolina United States 744 United States 11 United States 180, United States 2363, United States 2815

Week 5

Regional Arena Location Quality Award Chairman's Award Champions
Greater Toronto West Regional Hershey Centre Mississauga, Ontario Canada 610 Canada 771 Canada 2056, Canada 781, Canada 1547
Greater Toronto East Regional Hershey Centre Mississauga, Ontario Canada 1114 Canada 1114 Canada 1114, Canada 1503, Canada 1482
Silicon Valley Regional San Jose State University San Jose, California United States 1538 United States 1868 United States 254, United States 1538, United States 751
Northeast Utilities FIRST Connecticut Regional Connecticut Convention Center Hartford, Connecticut United States 195 United States 694 United States 1923, United States 195, United States 155
Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional Williams Arena Minneapolis United States 525 United States 2500 United States 525, United States 967, United States 3642
Minnesota North Star Regional Mariucci Arena Minneapolis United States 2164 United States 1730 United States 3278, United States 2177, United States 2549
Las Vegas Regional Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, Nevada United States 166 United States 1266 United States 60, United States 987, United States 2984
Smoky Mountain Regional Knoxville Convention Center Knoxville, Tennessee United States 801 United States 79 United States 71, United States 48, United States 2974

Week 6

Regional Arena Location Quality Award Chairman's Award Champions
Colorado Regional Daniel L. Ritchie Center Denver United States 1157 United States 2996 United States 624, United States 1986, United States 2972
Boston Regional Agganis Arena Boston United States 3280 United States 246 United States 88, United States 1099, United States 78
North Carolina Regional Dorton Arena Raleigh, North Carolina United States 48 United States 2655 United States 2415, United States 2751, United States 3506
Buckeye Regional Wolstein Center Cleveland United States 1126 United States 3138 United States 1559, United States 3138, United States 3010
Philadelphia Regional Liacouras Center Philadelphia United States 272 United States 433 United States 1640, United States 365, United States 303, United States 2607
Dallas Regional Dallas Convention Center Dallas United States 148 Mexico 2283 United States 148, United States 2848, United States 3037
Utah Regional Huntsman Center Salt Lake City United States 2122 United States 1891 United States 2122, United States 399, United States 3239
Virginia Regional Siegel Center Richmond, Virginia United States 75 United States 1086 United States 25, United States 1676, United States 1522

Michigan Districts

Bold are Michigan state champions.

District Competition Arena Location Dates Quality Award Chairman's Award Champions
Kettering University Kettering University Flint, Michigan March 4–5 United States 33 United States 2604 United States 2137, United States 33, United States 1
Traverse City Traverse City Central High School Traverse City, Michigan March 4–5 United States 2619 United States 66 United States 1918, United States 201, United States 141
Waterford Waterford Mott High School Waterford, Michigan March 11–12 United States 1596 United States 548 United States 3539, United States 548, United States 3620
West Michigan Grand Valley State University Allendale, Michigan March 18–19 United States 2054 United States 1718 United States 1918, United States 27, United States 3357
Detroit Wayne State University Detroit March 18–19 United States 217 United States 1 United States 217, United States 51, United States 3096
Ann Arbor Skyline High School Ann Arbor, Michigan March 25–26 United States 68 United States 2337 United States 2337, United States 494, United States 66
Niles Niles High School Niles, Michigan March 25–26 United States 2054 United States 503 United States 2054, United States 2474, United States 858
Livonia Churchill High School Livonia, Michigan April 1–2 United States 2612 United States 1023 United States 1023, United States 2137, United States 3617
Troy Troy Athens High School Troy, Michigan April 1–2 United States 226 United States 33 United States 2337, United States 469, United States 3548
State Championship Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, Michigan April 7–9 United States 2337 United States 548, United States 503 United States 33, United States 67, United States 70

Championship

There were 349 teams participating in the Championship event.

Nationality of teams at the Championship
Country # of teams
United States United States 320
Canada Canada 16
Mexico Mexico 7
Israel Israel 5
Australia Australia 1

Divisions

Archimedes

There were 87 teams in the Archimedes division. There were 78 American teams, 6 Canadian teams, 2 Israeli teams, and one Mexican team.

Curie

There were 88 teams in the Curie division. There were 80 American teams, 4 Canadian teams, 2 Mexican teams, and two Israeli teams.

Galileo

There were 87 teams in the division. There were 80 American teams, 4 Canadian teams, 2 Mexican teams, and one Australian team

Newton

There were 87 teams in the Newton division. There were 82 American teams, 2 Canadian teams, 2 Mexican teams, and one Israeli team.

Einstein Finals

There were 12 teams competing for the Championship title.

Teams qualified
Nat/TNum Organization/school Location
From Archimedes
Canada 781 Kincardine District Secondary School Kincardine, ON
United States 177 South Windsor High School South Windsor, CT
United States 2016 Ewing High School and Marie Katzenbach School for the Deaf Ewing, NJ
From Curie
United States 987 Cimarron-Memorial High School Las Vegas, NV
United States 968 West Covina High School West Covina, CA
United States 51 Pontiac High School Pontiac, MI
From Galileo
United States 254 Bellarmine College Preparatory San Jose, CA
United States 111 Rolling Meadows High School & Wheeling High School & Prospect High School Schaumburg, IL
United States 973 Atascadero High School Atascadero, CA
From Newton
United States 217 Utica Community Schools Sterling Heights, MI
Canada 1503 Westlane Secondary School Niagara Falls, ON
United States 25 North Brunswick Twp. High School North Brunswick, NJ
2011 FIRST Robotics Competition Champions
United States
254
Cheesy Poofs
First title for team
United States
111
WildStang
Third title for team
United States
973
G.R.R.
First title for team

Source:[4]

References

  1. "St. Louis to host FIRST Robotics Competition". St. Louis Business Journal. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  2. FRCTop25.com
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "2011 FRC Game Manual". FIRST.
  4. "FRC Regional Events". FIRST. Archived from the original on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2011.

External links

FRC Event List