Challengers and Cruisers in the WSC are strung out from Alice Springs to Glendambo. The map above (click to zoom) shows GPS positions extrapolated using GPS time lag and average speed. The table below shows team numbers, raw road distance from Darwin, average speed, extrapolated road distance, class (or number of seats for Cruiser class), team name, team social media links, and links to pictures or status reports. For a live map of raw GPS data, see the official tracker.
| 3 | 2394.9 km | 81.5 kph | 2396 km | C | Nuon       – photo |
| 2 | 2236.4 km | 76 kph | 2236.7 km | C | Michigan – update |
| 21 | 2227.3 km | 75.8 kph | 2229.3 km | C | Twente – update |
| 8 | 2224.1 km | 75.7 kph | 2226.6 km | C | Punch – video |
| 10 | 2208.2 km | 75.1 kph | 2208.5 km | C | Tokai |
| 11 | 2082.6 km | 69.6 kph | 2083.6 km | 4 | Bochum |
| 40 | 2008.7 km | 67.1 kph | 2008.7 km | 5 | Eindhoven |
| 30 | 1980.4 km | 66.3 kph | 1982.3 km | 2 | Arrow |
| 38 | 1972.6 km | 66 kph | 1972.6 km | A | NWU |
| 35 | 1932.9 km | 64.6 kph | 1932.9 km | 2 | HK IVE |
| 75 | 1907 km | 69.8 kph | 1907 km | A | Sunswift – update |
| 53 | 1886.1 km | 63.1 kph | 1886.1 km | A | Choctaw |
| 15 | 1865.8 km | 62.4 kph | 1865.8 km | C | WSU – photo |
| 45 | 1838.5 km | 61.5 kph | 1838.5 km | A | Lodz |
| 42 | 1803.7 km | 60.3 kph | 1803.7 km | A | TAFE SA |
| 88 | 1798.4 km | 60.2 kph | 1800 km | C | Kogakuin |
| 95 | 1796.6 km | 60.1 kph | 1799.1 km | 2 | Apollo – photo |
| 94 | 1786.2 km | 59.8 kph | 1788.4 km | 2 | Minnesota – video |
| 9 | 1782.5 km | 59.6 kph | 1782.5 km | A | PrISUm – update |
| 52 | 1768.9 km | 59.2 kph | 1768.9 km | A | Illini |
| 32 | 1766.1 km | 60.1 kph | 1766.1 km | A | Principia |
| 22 | 1765.9 km | 58.2 kph | 1765.9 km | A | MDH |
| 5 | 1732 km | 57 kph | 1732 km | A | Singapore |
| 77 | 1717.3 km | 56.5 kph | 1718 km | C | Blue Sky |
| 46 | 1706.8 km | 56.1 kph | 1706.9 km | C | JU |
| 4 | 1704.7 km | 56 kph | 1704.8 km | C | Antakari |
| 49 | 1700.1 km | 55.9 kph | 1700.1 km | A | Siam Tech |
| 25 | 1666.4 km | 54.8 kph | 1666.6 km | C | Nagoya |
| 28 | 1659.5 km | 54.6 kph | 1659.5 km | A | KNUT |
| 7 | 1651.7 km | 54.7 kph | 1651.7 km | A | Adelaide |
| 82 | 1647.4 km | 54.2 kph | 1647.4 km | A | KUST |
| 16 | 1630.3 km | 53.7 kph | 1632.2 km | C | Stanford |
| 20 | 1617.3 km | 53.6 kph | 1617.3 km | A | Durham |
| 18 | 1617.3 km | 55.7 kph | 1617.3 km | A | EcoPhoton |
| 37 | 1582.3 km | 52.1 kph | 1584 km | C | Goko |
| 70 | 1569.5 km | 51.6 kph | 1570.8 km | C | Aachen – update |
| 43 | 1496.2 km | 49.3 kph | 1496.2 km | A | ANU |
| 71 | 1493.9 km | 49.2 kph | 1495 km | C | ITU |
Clouds! (photo: Steven Schubert)
Scientific Gems 
Good to see Goko and Stanford back in. Goko’s pace looks rather suspicious though.
Not sure about Stanford their tracker had them covering about 20km in the first 90 mins this morning. That looked pretty terminal.
The time lags on the trackers can be a little deceptive. Goko looks like they stopped for some reason before Tennant Creek.
Everybody north of WSU is in trouble with time, but it does look like sun tomorrow, so cars should speed up.
With an hour to go until Kulgera closes ITU,Aachen and Goko are all well out of range. Stanford are just under 60km away so could make it. But then again WSC time is flexible.
So what happens now I wonder? Stanford were about 10km short at 17:00, the rest were nowhere near.
Have to sympathise with WSC – on the one hand there are people moaning about them throwing teams out, on the other they will get criticized if they bend the rules and keep them in. I suppose it just emphasizes the need to get the rules right in the first place.
There’s no time lag if you go by the time signal.
Stanford snuck in at 17:09.
Will be surprised if Punch doesnt pass Twente, theyve been on their heels all days, and the distance is only getting closer. Just a matter of time now.
One of my tools is forecasting that, with a Nuon / Punch / Twente finish on the cards.
Really? Why not Michigan?
It happened Frank! Three MJ arrays at the front – for now anyway.
This is great for race organizers, shows that the rules werent balanced between the two cell types, and it favoured the expensive type. Also isnt great for Twente, I get the feeling that if they arent in the top 3, they wont be back (although even if they finished 2nd, it would still be a doubt). I wonder how Tony got his prediction of Nuon, Punch, Twente. Maybe he will elaborate in his next post.
You probably know my feelings on GaAs – shouldn’t be allowed purely because they are unrealistic for most teams.
I’m not sure that Twente have the same pressure to succeed as they once did, I would think that 2015 bought them some time. Also did you see the viewing figures for the coverage in the Netherlands? Over 1.8 million watching!!
My personal feeling is that, in the heat, there’s an advantage for GaAs MJ. See this blog post.
That’s the puzzle isn’t it. Conventional wisdom seems to be that MJs are better in the heat but not under cloud yet the past two days have seen Michigan and Punch improving their positions. Is it just co-incidence are or they gaining an advantage from having MJs?
Was Punch into some extra time to reach Glendambo?
I was wondering this too. Looked they were still driving past the 17:10 limit. It is possible that they drew a line on the road and trailered the car, but it doesn’t seem like it.
Not on the results board, perhaps they just moved ahead to camp for the night.
Also, when Michigan pulled in to Glendambo they said that Punch were in sight.
7 news mentioned the pending time penalty.
What did they say?
Just saw that they mentioned the appeal for breaching the rules. I really cannot imagine that Twente got a penalty for using a white cloth but Delft did not. When there is clear footage of them doing the exact same thing. WSC should really give clarification
How long does “due process” take?
And, as you say, Tokai’s photo could not be more clear.
Expecting a stitch up in the Cruiser class soon.
Or maybe not.
What do the regulations say about using a puddle to boost your charge? See Michigan tweet.
Smart positioning!
Rule 3.18.3 says: External devices intended to increase the irradiance on the solar collector or increase the efficiency of the solar collector must not be used at any time. Ground sheets used when charging must not increase the irradiance on the solar collector.
Unless a puddle is categorized as an external device they should be OK. Creativity could be taken to the next level though by support teams creating a puddle in advance in the spot where the car will be set to charge .;)
Yeah, my first thought when I saw it was, why the hell didn’t they park somewhere else? Then it clicked when I saw the reflection.