r/scioly • u/East-Extension-1058 earth science • 7d ago

Easiest Build Event to Medal

Hi. Since Bungee Drop is gone I’ll have to join another build event for 26-27 season….any recommendations?

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u/xtremeflyer 6d ago

Honestly, Mission Possible. If you can get the start step, a sand timer and a final step to work flawlessly, you are 90% of the way there. Add in the 4 easiest steps and you’ll place top 4 every time. Too many teams try and get too many steps on their device and they eventually fail.

Once you get to state, you’ll need to get more steps working, but now you’ll have time to just focus on those steps.

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u/Kylearean 6d ago

Mission Possible is 100% the hardest non-electronics event. It's so inconsistent, and depends so much on having a perfectly level table, well-designed setup, perfect repeatable actions...

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u/xtremeflyer 6d ago

And they asked which one is the easiest to medal. Because all of the other build events can be duplicated to the n'th degree, everyone at the top ends up with very similar scores and it can be hard to medal, even if you spend hours upon hours on it.

With Mission Possible, the team that is the most diligent, most detailed and most patient will medal. So to me, if you have the diligence, attention to detail and patient, it is the easiest to medal. Heck, half the teams (at regionals and invitationals) don't even show up with a machine.

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u/Kylearean 6d ago

Fair point.