Max theoretical points

VEX IQ Robotics Competition Discussion IQ Rapid Relay (2024-2025 Game)
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What is the theoretical max points for 2024-2025 game? I know it could be unlimited but just ideas?

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For Rapid Relay, there doesn’t seem to be a limit. There are going to be some high scoring team this year :​)

For High Stakes in a head to head match, the limit seems to be 88pts for high school, and 96pts for VEXU due to the buddy hang rule.

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I would be suprised if we see people going above 150 points and for skills less than 50

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i would be surprised if we didnt hit 250.

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I actually think skills scores will be much higher than team challenge scores, given the different ways those formats are scored.

For Skills let’s assume you can get a shot off and score every 3 seconds and you’re able to trigger all 4 switches. That means every shot made earns you 12 points.

20 made shots x 12 points + 4 switch points = 244 points!

So hitting that 250 mark is certainly a possibility.

For team challenges, you’d have to complete passes and make the shots (assuming you’re able to get all 4 switches) to get the max 12 points per…which I think will be far harder! I’d expect a strong score in team challenge matches to be the in the 150 range.

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Sorry forgot the points whent to twelve.

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This might be easier if you can posses 2 balls at once.

8

Theoretically, assuming infinite speed for the human and robot, infinite points are possible, as the robot could just score an infinite amount of balls.

However, this is not the case. Real-life factors such as:

  • motor speed limit
  • motor heating
  • human speed
  • low-human precision when in high-stress conditions
  • shooting mechanism type
  • shooting limitations
    will all lower the actual results.

Here’s a quick formula to calculate results, assuming constant speed for actions:
P = 60s * p+ w
P = total points, s = shots per second, p = points per shot (including passes), and w = switches pushed.

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There’s already been a bit of discussion on this (e.g. this post from me in the main Rapid Relay thread) where I came up with high teamwork score of 395, with assumptions that were incredibly generous.

This is a game with way more human variables than in the last couple of years, so practice is going to matter even more than normal for maximizing scores.