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After a brief pause, we start afresh for the MERIT University Tournament 2023 Final as four teams; Crazy Brick Movers (Glasgow Caledonian University), Legends Never Die (The University of Manchester), BlueSkies (National University of Singapore) and UMN Gopher 1 (University of Minnesota) are all competing to become the 2023 Champions in a truly international Final.
The Final is more exciting and we’re looking forward to it probably more than the competitors because it comes with some tension. Starting with two familiar Early Year rounds to ease the teams back in, the game will then transition into the 'Final Years' for a much more competitive play. This increase in competitivity has in the past found the limitations in the strategies of quite a few teams!
Good luck to the Finalists, let's roll those dice!
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The last round in the early phase saw the same teams at the top. The only difference in ranking was one Glasgow Caledonian team 'It takes four' jumped over another GCal team 'JIT Engineering Company' to move up one place to fourth while 'JIT Engineering Company' slipped back to fifth. It looks like it was the decisions of 'JIT Engineering Company' that cost them their place as their improvement was -3%.
GCal's 'Crazy Brick Movers' stayed ahead of Manchester's 'Legends never Die' and Manchester's 'Greenfield' had a poor improvement of -3% but just managed to say ahead of 'It takes four' who had the best improvement of this round with10%. NUS's 'Blue Skies' held sixth place and Minnesota's 'UMN Gopher 1' remained in seventh.
Next are the final rounds!
With increased competitivity the Final is likely to be an exciting affair and we're looking forward to it.
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In the penultimate round of the Early Years, Glasgow Caledonian's 'Crazy brick mover' remain in first and Manchester's 'Legends Never Die' hold second. In Period 8 we said it was tight at the top with a gap of 91 points, well GCal has stretched it to 113 points. Its still very tight, but GCal are still leading the way.
The same teams are all in the top six with only two changes in ranking. Manchester's 'Greenfield' rise to third while Glasgow Caledonian's 'JIT Engineering Company' slip to fourth. Meanwhile, GCal's 'It takes four' and NUS's 'Blue Skies' stay locked in fifth and sixth respectively.
Looking at performance 'Crazy brick mover' and 'Legends Never Die' both improved by 12%. 'Greenfield' improved by 16% making them the best performing team this round, which is why they overtook 'JIT Engineering Company' who only improved by 7%. What decisions did 'Greenfield' take that drove their performance? Can they repeat it?
'Greenfield' has demonstrated that with the right decisions you can out-perform other teams.
We're excited to see who will make the biggest splash in the next round.