Data Sources & Attribution
FRCinsights combines official competition data with its own experimental analytics. Every important value carries a source label so you always know whether you're looking at an official result or a APEX estimate.
Source labels
Source of truth by category
| Category | Authoritative order |
|---|---|
| Team identity & metadata | FIRST→TBA→MOCK |
| Event schedules & dates | FIRST→TBA→MOCK |
| Official rankings | FIRST→TBA→MOCK |
| Match results | FIRST→TBA→MOCK |
| Score breakdowns | FIRST→TBA→MOCK |
| Alliance selections | FIRST→TBA→MOCK |
| Awards | FIRST→TBA→MOCK |
| Match videos | TBA |
| APEX ratings | APEX |
| Win probabilities | APEX |
| Match predictions | APEX |
| Confidence scores | APEX |
| Team contribution estimates | EST |
| Detailed scouting metrics | USER→AI→EST |
How source conflicts are handled
- • Both raw values are preserved, official scores and rankings are never averaged.
- • The configured authoritative source is selected; the other is recorded.
- • Official data is never overwritten by AI-inferred or estimated data.
- • A temporary source delay is not treated as an error until a configurable freshness window passes; only then is it flagged as a conflict.
- • When a disagreement affects a visible metric, a data-quality warning is shown.
2026 REBUILT game data
The 2026 REBUILT scoring values are set from official score data from completed 2026 events, so points, fouls, and ranking-point rules match official results. 2 endgame climb point values are still marked as estimates until they can be confirmed against the official 2026 Game Manual. Those values are clearly labeled wherever they appear.
Refresh timing
- • Team identity & historical data: cached up to 24 hours.
- • Event metadata: cached up to 6 hours.
- • Upcoming schedules: refreshed about every 30 minutes.
- • Active-event results & rankings: refreshed about every minute.
- • Failed or empty responses never erase good cached data (stale-while-error).
Report an error
Spotted something that looks wrong? Official FIRST / FMS results always take priority over APEX estimates, so if a number here disagrees with the official result, trust the official one, and we work to correct it.