Here are the World Solar Challenge GPS positions as at 09:59 Tuesday October 20 (Darwin time) – Day 3 of the race.
Calculated road distances below are approximate, based on interpolation between the known road distances to control stops. The second road distance shown (in grey) is adjusted to compensate for GPS delays. The top five teams – Twente (21), Nuon (3), Michigan (2), Tokai (10), and Punch (8), in that order – have all reached Alice Springs, although Nuon seems to have surged ahead since then. The weather outlook seems to have improved slightly, although teams carrying a meteorologist along will probably have a strategy edge. Punch were initially given a one-hour penalty, but apparently a phone call put this on hold. Eindhoven have a non-functioning GPS, so it’s not clear where they are.
Western Sydney (13) took pictures on reaching Barrow Creek. Liberty confirm that they are partially trailering, because their car doesn’t meet the minimum speed requirements. They will be ranked by number of solar-powered kilometres travelled. Cambridge had to partially trailer to Tennant Creek. See the tracker page, timing board, and social media for continued updates.
| 3 | Nuon  (Nuna8, Challenger)         |
Approx 1547 km from Darwin | 92 km/h | (Adjusted 1547 km from Darwin) |
| 2 | Michigan  (Aurum, Challenger)  |
12 km behind Nuon | 90 km/h | (12 km behind Nuon) |
| 21 | Twente (Red One, Challenger) |
13 km behind Nuon | 92 km/h | (13 km behind Nuon) |
| 10 | Tokai  (Tokai Challenger, Challenger) |
40 km behind Nuon | 89 km/h | (40 km behind Nuon) |
| 8 | Punch  (Punch One, Challenger) |
40 km behind Nuon | 89 km/h | (40 km behind Nuon) |
| 16 | Stanford (Arctan, Challenger)  |
93 km behind Nuon | 83 km/h | (93 km behind Nuon) |
| 23 | Kecskemét  (MegaLux, Challenger) |
143 km behind Nuon | 81 km/h | (143 km behind Nuon) |
| 88 | Kogakuin (OWL, Cruiser) |
173 km behind Nuon | 79 km/h | (173 km behind Nuon) |
| 30 | Arrow  (Arrow1-GT, Challenger) |
194 km behind Nuon | 78 km/h | (194 km behind Nuon) |
| 5 | EAFIT  (Primavera, Challenger) |
262 km behind Nuon | 74 km/h | (262 km behind Nuon) |
| 43 | Ardingly  (Ardingly Solar Car, Cruiser)  |
277 km behind Nuon | 73 km/h | (Trailered) |
| 13 | Western Sydney (Unlimited, Challenger)  |
312 km behind Nuon | 71 km/h | (312 km behind Nuon) |
| 77 | Blue Sky  (Horizon, Challenger) |
336 km behind Nuon | 68 km/h | (336 km behind Nuon) |
| 17 | NWU  (Sirius X25, Challenger) |
336 km behind Nuon | 67 km/h | (Trailered) |
| 14 | UKZN (Hulamin, Challenger) |
337 km behind Nuon | 68 km/h | (337 km behind Nuon) |
| 40 | Eindhoven (Stella Lux, Cruiser) |
337 km behind Nuon | ? km/h | (337 km behind Nuon) |
| 25 | Goko (Musoushin, Challenger) |
364 km behind Nuon | 66 km/h | (364 km behind Nuon) |
| 46 | JU  (Solbritt, Challenger) |
411 km behind Nuon | 63 km/h | (411 km behind Nuon) |
| 45 | Lodz  (Eagle One, Cruiser) |
428 km behind Nuon | 62 km/h | (428 km behind Nuon) |
| 47 | Nagoya (Horizon Z, Challenger) |
429 km behind Nuon | 63 km/h | (429 km behind Nuon) |
| 12 | Cambridge (Evolution, Challenger) |
443 km behind Nuon | 62 km/h | (Trailered) |
| 18 | EcoPhoton  (Stingray, Challenger) |
446 km behind Nuon | 61 km/h | (446 km behind Nuon) |
| 11 | Bochum  (SunRiser, Cruiser) |
448 km behind Nuon | 62 km/h | (448 km behind Nuon) |
| 33 | HK IVE  (Sophie V, Cruiser) |
456 km behind Nuon | 61 km/h | (456 km behind Nuon) |
| 35 | Minnesota (Eos, Cruiser) |
474 km behind Nuon | 60 km/h | (474 km behind Nuon) |
| 75 | Sunswift (eVe, Cruiser) |
487 km behind Nuon | 59 km/h | (487 km behind Nuon) |
| 51 | Kanazawa (Golden Eagle 5.1, Challenger) |
487 km behind Nuon | 59 km/h | (487 km behind Nuon) |
| 38 | Tehran  (Persian Gazelle III, Cruiser) |
506 km behind Nuon | 58 km/h | (Trailered) |
| 28 | Singapore  (SunSPEC4, Cruiser) |
520 km behind Nuon | 57 km/h | (Trailered) |
| 32 | Principia (Ra 9, Challenger) |
559 km behind Nuon | 55 km/h | (559 km behind Nuon) |
| 36 | Anadolu  (Sunatolia 2, Challenger) |
560 km behind Nuon | 54 km/h | (560 km behind Nuon) |
| 82 | KUST  (Baek-Ho, Challenger) |
586 km behind Nuon | 52 km/h | (586 km behind Nuon) |
| 9 | Adelaide (Lumen, Challenger) |
649 km behind Nuon | 49 km/h | (649 km behind Nuon) |
| 34 | Liberty (Solis Bellator, Adventure) |
669 km behind Nuon | 48 km/h | (Trailered) |
| 26 | Durham (DUSC2015, Challenger) |
731 km behind Nuon | 44 km/h | (Trailered) |
| 15 | Solaris (DesTech Solaris, Challenger) |
732 km behind Nuon | 44 km/h | (Trailered) |
| 7 | MIT (Arcturus, Challenger) |
737 km behind Nuon | 44 km/h | (737 km behind Nuon) |
| 20 | Houston (Sundancer, Adventure) |
742 km behind Nuon | 44 km/h | (742 km behind Nuon) |
| 80 | Beijing  (Sunshuttle II, Challenger) |
783 km behind Nuon | 42 km/h | (783 km behind Nuon) |
| 31 | ITS  (Widya Wahana V, Cruiser) |
822 km behind Nuon | 40 km/h | (Trailered) |
| 22 | Siam  (STC-1, Challenger) |
914 km behind Nuon | 0 km/h | (914 km behind Nuon) |
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