Detailed Results/Leg Splits

Yes, they are finally complete. I finished all the data entry on the way to and from the Impossible Panther last weekend.

• http://www.atomicar.com/index.php/results

There's all sorts of interesting tidbits in them--very cool stuff. Here's some of the fun stuff I've found:

• The fastest 10 teams at the Lindsey Ford orienteering section took at least 6 different strategies (we aren't sure on the order). There were some strategies (LF5,6,7,8 and LF4,5,6,7) that were very popular, but for the top 10 fastest teams through this section, were not popular by the same proportions. This proves that there were, in fact, strategies that worked better for different teams and that teams who carefully considered multiple paths the night before benefited from it.
  

• Despite the fact that the radiation burn points were mostly in a loop pattern, teams that attempted the first 3 in under 15 minutes and failed (having to do 2 loops) were mixed in with those that opted for all 5 up front. No doubt those teams that got burned by missing the 15 minute mark spent more energy doing so, though. This part of the course proved to benefit the following teams:
  
  1. athletically strong teams with speedy navigators
  2. experienced teams that know their limits
  
  It would be interesting to correlate the teams that DNFed with those that attempted and failed the Radiation Burn...
  

• I said early on that we were targeting 50% of the teams to be able to clear the course. After the final course design was complete and vetted, I announced that realistically, we saw that number being somewhere between 25%-50%. I'm proud to say that 33% of the teams cleared the course, with 1 team narrowly missing it. We also announced that the lead teams would complete the course in 22 hours, +- 1 hour. Lab Rats and Shake-A-Leg Miami came in at just around the 21 hour mark. Below are the other finishing teams times. The majority of the teams fell into the 24-25 hour mark:

20:57
21:08
21:13
22:05
22:27
23:15
23:42
23:45
24:15
24:16
24:17
24:27
24:43
24:48
25:11
25:12
25:25
25:27
25:33
25:33
25:33
25:48
25:48
26:14
26:28
27:05

Prologue & Hillclimb Champions:
1st: ROAM/Inov-8: 24min
2nd/3rd (tie): Shake-A-Leg Miami, Team Kickapoo Scouts, Angelman Syndrome Awareness, & Nature Cure: 25min

Lindsey Ford Orienteering Strategist Champions:
1st: Lab Rats: 1:47 (LF1, LF2, LF3, LF5)
2nd: Shake-A-Leg Miami: 1:55 (LF4, LF5, LF6, LF7)
3rd: Pangea Adventure Racing: 1:59 (LF4, LF5, LF7, LF8)

Radiation Burn Champions:
1st: Zombies Were People Too: 11:12
2nd: HTFU: 11:23
3rd: People's Temple Agricultural Project: 11:44

Wildcat Rogaine Strategist Champions:
1st: Nature Cure: 4:14
2nd: Paradofobia: 4:37
3rd: MGART: 4:44

Stair Climbing Champions:
1st: Layer 3: 21min
2nd/3rd (tie): Paradofobia and Nature Cure: 22min