Since the division & pits layout has changed again this year, does anyone have any insight into how the VRC plans to distribute pit locations? Since I’ve been going, they have kept pits in numerical order… but the layout this year would really lend itself to putting teams from Research, Design, Innovate, Spirit, and Opportunity in pits 1-4 since they are directly next to them. The Math, Technology, Science, Arts, and Engineering divisions could use pits 5-8.
This might split a few organizations across the arena, but it would make the event easier to manage for the teams. We’ve had years with pits near the division and others when the pit was over 0.25 miles away (one way). With this layout and the standard pit assignment, it is possible that some teams will have their pits over 1/3 of a mile from their division.