Biggest Playoff Upsets
The #1 seed usually wins. These are the times it didn't: the lowest seeds ever to win an event, and the top seeds sent home first. From 2,119 events with full eight-alliance brackets since 2004; TBA's alliance records are complete from 2010.
Who wins events
- #1 seed66%1,400
- #2 seed16%336
- #3 seed8%165
- #4 seed4%84
- #5 seed2%51
- #6 seed2%38
- #7 seed1%26
- #8 seed1%19
Lowest seeds to win
Every event won by the 6th seed or lower, lowest first.
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#1 seeds out first
Top seeds knocked out in the quarterfinals, or by two straight losses in double elimination.
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- #116763412232024Mid-AtlanticDistrict champs
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- #1413051147211District champs
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