As the World Solar Challenge teams leave Darwin, it’s a nail-biting contest for the lead. To allow for GPS lag, the map above shows GPS positions extrapolated using GPS time lag and the average speed since the start of the race (i.e. it’s a best guess for the true position of the car at the indicated time). The table below shows team numbers, raw road distance from Darwin (calculated using a route provided by Sasha Zbrozek), average speed, extrapolated road distance, class (or number of seats for Cruiser class), team name, and team social media links. Team 49 is missing from the GPS feed for some reason. For a live map of raw GPS data, see the official tracker.
| 8 | – 92 km | 78.1 kph | 93.6 km | – C | Punch       |
| 3 | – 90.5 km | 77.4 kph | 92.8 km | – C | Nuon |
| 15 | – 88.6 km | 76.5 kph | 91.8 km | – C | WSU |
| 10 | – 88.3 km | 76.2 kph | 91.4 km | – C | Tokai |
| 25 | – 81.5 km | 73.6 kph | 88.3 km | – C | Nagoya |
| 88 | – 84.6 km | 72 kph | 86.4 km | – C | Kogakuin |
| 2 | – 74.2 km | 67.5 kph | 80.9 km | – C | Michigan |
| 16 | – 75.4 km | 65.7 kph | 78.7 km | – C | Stanford |
| 21 | – 72.6 km | 63.3 kph | 75.9 km | – C | Twente |
| 77 | – 75 km | 63 kph | 75.5 km | – C | Blue Sky |
| 70 | – 65.8 km | 55.7 kph | 66.8 km | – C | Aachen |
| 32 | – 64.5 km | 55.4 kph | 66.4 km | – C | Principia |
| 4 | – 63.1 km | 54.9 kph | 65.8 km | – C | Antakari |
| 46 | – 63.6 km | 54.8 kph | 65.7 km | – C | JU |
| 22 | – 59.9 km | 52.3 kph | 62.7 km | – C | MDH |
| 38 | – 62 km | 52.2 kph | 62.6 km | – C | NWU |
| 37 | – 60.6 km | 51.9 kph | 62.2 km | – C | Goko |
| 82 | – 57.4 km | 49.5 kph | 59.4 km | – C | KUST |
| 40 | – 58.1 km | 49 kph | 58.8 km | – 5 | Eindhoven |
| 75 | – 54 km | 45 kph | 54 km | – 4 | Sunswift |
| 28 | – 50.5 km | 43 kph | 51.6 km | – C | KNUT |
| 30 | – 48.9 km | 42.8 kph | 51.3 km | – 2 | Arrow |
| 71 | – 27.7 km | 42.5 kph | 51 km | – C | ITU |
| 94 | – 48.2 km | 41.1 kph | 49.3 km | – 2 | Minnesota |
| 20 | – 46.1 km | 39.4 kph | 47.3 km | – C | Durham |
| 45 | – 46.6 km | 39.2 kph | 47 km | – 5 | Lodz |
| 35 | – 44.8 km | 37.6 kph | 45.1 km | – 2 | HK IVE |
| 95 | – 42.6 km | 36.3 kph | 43.6 km | – 2 | Apollo |
| 5 | – 38.5 km | 33.2 kph | 39.8 km | – 2 | Singapore |
| 9 | – 38.9 km | 33.1 kph | 39.7 km | – 4 | PrISUm |
| 18 | – 36.4 km | 30.8 kph | 36.9 km | – C | EcoPhoton |
| 42 | – 29.4 km | 24.7 kph | 29.6 km | – 2 | TAFE SA |
| 52 | – 16.2 km | 15.2 kph | 18.2 km | – A | Illini |
| 43 | – 15.6 km | 13.7 kph | 16.4 km | – C | ANU |
| 11 | – 5.4 km | 9.9 kph | 11.8 km | – 4 | Bochum |
| 7 | – 1.7 km | 2.3 kph | 2.8 km | – C | Adelaide |
The Belgian Punch team in the lead (photo: Steven Schubert)
Scientific Gems 
Great work with the gps lag and extrapolation. Excellent