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June 21, 2024
Round 1 of Event Preferencing concluded last week. I want to extend a huge thanks to the FIRST® staff and Partners who make this happen every year!
A reminder that round 2 of Event Preferencing opens on Thursday, October 17, at noon Eastern.
Here’s some data about Round 1 of Event Preferencing that I found interesting, and I thought you might as well.
- 3,300 teams submitted preferences during Round 1. This includes 216 rookie teams! (Last season, 3,084 teams, including 199 rookies, submitted preferences during Round 1.)
- Those 3,300 teams submitted preferences for 5,762 events.
- The Lake Superior Regional had the most teams (92) submit it as a preference.
- The New England District WPI Event was the district event with the most preferences with 73 teams selecting it.
- 1,832 teams submitted a preference for only one event, and the most event preferences submitted by one team was 12. Here’s the full breakdown of Event Preferences:
| Event Preferences Submitted | Teams |
| 1 | 1832 |
| 2 | 905 |
| 3 | 380 |
| 4 | 143 |
| 5 | 41 |
| 6 | 20 |
| 7 | 1 |
| 8 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 |
| 10 | 1 |
| 11 | 1 |
| 12 | 1 |