--- title: REEFSCAPE By The Numbers Part 3 description: Explore insights on team meeting frequencies and durations in the FIRST Robotics Competition's REEFSCAPE season data presented by Haas. image: https://community.firstinspires.org/hubfs/image-library/frc-20250419dan0962.jpg --- This is the third blog post in a series looking at season data from REEFSCAPESM presented by Haas. Catch up on [Part 1](https://community.firstinspires.org/reefscape-by-the-numbers) and [Part 2](https://community.firstinspires.org/more-reefscape-by-the-numbers-new-legal-devices)! One question I often receive from prospective and new mentors is around how often and for how long their team is meeting compared to other teams. We ask a series of questions about this topic to mentors each season as part of the end of season survey. Table 1 shows the average and median response for each of these questions. *FIRST*® staff members use this information when creating [Team Management resources](https://www.firstinspires.org/resource-library/frc/team-management-resources) for each season. Table 1: Average and Median Time Spent | **Question** | **Average** | **Median** | **Responses** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | How much time did you spend on *FIRST* Robotics Competition during the official season (kickoff to your final event) (number of weeks)?* | 13 | 13 | 468 | | How much time did you spend on *FIRST* Robotics Competition during the official season (kickoff to your final event) (hours per week)? | 25 | 20 | 395 | | How much time did you spend on *FIRST* Robotics Competition during the off-season period (number of weeks)? | 21 | 20 | 460 | | How much time did you spend on *FIRST* Robotics Competition during the off-season period (hours per week)? | 8 | 6 | 459 |   *A large portion of responses said something like “we meet every week from Kickoff to Championship”. To help create an average and median, I set those responses to 16. The most common response was 12 weeks. As with all survey data, there are a few caveats. First, this is all self-reported. Second, the data represents, at best, around 12% of teams. Table 2 shows how mentors responded to questions about a few team demographics that I think help contextualize the results. While the survey results aren’t perfect, I think they give a good baseline for understanding what many teams are doing. Table 2: Survey Responses Compared to Team Demographics | **Criteria** | **Survey Responses** | **Team Demographics** | | --- | --- | --- | | This was my team’s first year. | 7% | 9.5% | | This was my team’s second year. | 6% | 7.4% | | My team was founded in 2019-2023. | 14% | 18.8% | | My team was founded in 2014-2018. | 23% | 23.2% | | My team was founded prior to 2014. | 50% | 41.1% | | My team is located in the US or Canada. | 93.4% | 84.5% | | My team is located outside the US or Canada. | 6.6% | 15.5% | ** [FRC](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/frc) #### Share it: [** ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://community.firstinspires.org/reefscape-by-the-numbers-part-3) [** ](https://twitter.com/share?url=https://community.firstinspires.org/reefscape-by-the-numbers-part-3) [** ](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://community.firstinspires.org/reefscape-by-the-numbers-part-3) ![Default Author Image](https://community.firstinspires.org/hubfs/Community%20Blog%20v2/images/FIRST-author-icon.svg) Author [Collin Fultz, Senior Director, FIRST Robotics Competition](https://community.firstinspires.org/author/collin-fultz-senior-director-first-robotics-competition) ### Related Posts ** [FTC](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/ftc), [Season Updates](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/season-updates), [DECODE](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/decode) Competition Manual Preview Release August 4, 2025 ** [FTC](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/ftc) Competition Manual – Electronics, Servos, and Software August 8, 2024 ** [FTC](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/ftc), [FIRST DIVE](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/first-dive), [INTO THE DEEP](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/into-the-deep), [Gameplay](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/gameplay), [Season Updates](https://community.firstinspires.org/topic/season-updates) Submerge into the Competition Resources September 11, 2024 ![](https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=1200203950045814&ev=PageView&noscript=1) ![](https://ct.pinterest.com/v3/?tid=2615041699514&noscript=1) ![](https://ct.pinterest.com/v3/?tid=2615041699514&event=PageVisit&noscript=1)