Official Electrek ASC Results
The Electrek American Solar Challenge 2024 is an 8 day 1550+ mile competition split into 4 stages. Teams will take the road following 7 National Historic Trails as they See America By National Historic Trail!
Scoring
The 2024 Event is once again a distance-based competition. The primary goal is to complete the 1560 mile base route; however, teams will have numerous opportuntities to complete additional optional loop segments to gain addition miles (or person miles for Multi-Occupant Vehicles) which will help increase their ranking. See our vehicle classes page for more info on the classes.
Single Occupant Vehicle (SOV) Class
The Single Occupant class is scored solely on miles driven. The team that completes the most miles, while completing the base route, will win the event. Stage winners are also determined by miles driven on that stage. Teams who do not finish the base route will be ranked below all teams who do. In the event of a tie, elapsed time is the tie-breaker.
Multi-Occupant Vehicle (MOV) Class
Multi-Occupant vehicles are scored on a variety of factors including person-miles driven, their practicality score, amount of external energy used, and whether they maintain the 35mph target average speed. MOV teams must also complete the base route, any team that does not will be ranked below all teams who do. The scoring formula is as follows: $$ S = \frac{1}{E} \times D \times C \times T \times P$$
Variable Definitions:
- S: MOV Score
- D: Person-Mile Distance - the sum of miles travelled by each occupant.
- E: External Energy Usage - the vehicles battery capacity (assumed to start FSGP full) plus any external charging during the event.
- C: Completion Factor - the number of miles driven less penalty miles divided by the highest number of miles driven by any team.
- P: Practicality Score - during display day a panel of judges will evalute the practical features of each vehicle and award a score from 0-100%.
- T: Target Speed Derating - vehicles must average at least 35 mph for the event, in which case this factor will be 1.0. Otherwise they have their score derated based on the following formula: $$ T = (0.6)^{(35-[Average Speed])^{0.4}} $$
Note: For individual stage winners, the pracitcality and external energy factors are not considered, only the “D x C x T” factors
Results
SOV Class Podium:
- 1st: University of Michigan (2095.5 miles)
- 2nd: École de technologie supérieure (2004.5 miles)
- 3rd: Illinois State University (1504.3 miles)
MOV Class Podium:
- 1st: Polytechnique Montréal (73.86 score)
- 2nd: Appalachian State (25.21 score)
- 3rd: Iowa State University (25.18 score)
Inspector Awards:
- Safety: Polytechnique Montréal
- Dick Roberto Mechanical Design: Polytechnique Montréal
- Electrical Design: École de technologie supérieure
- Aesthetics: University of Michigan
- Hot Sauce Award: Stanford
- Abe Poot Teamwork: École de technologie supérieure
- Spirit of the Event: Appalachian State
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July 20th-27th: Nashville, TN to Casper, WY
- 1562.2 Total Base Route Miles
- 7 Optional Loops
- 213.4 unique loop miles (teams may complete loops multiple times)
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July 20th & 21st: Nashville, TN to Edwardsville, IL via Paducah, KY
- Route Segments:
- Nashville to Paducah: 159.7 miles
- Paducah to Edwardsville: 217.1 miles
- Optional Loops:
- Paducah Loop: 48.8 miles
- Edwardsville Loop: 29.2 miles
- Route Segments:
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July 22nd & 23rd: Edwardsville, IL to St. Joseph, MO via Jefferson City, MO and Independence, MO
- Route Segments:s
- Edwardsville to Jefferson City: 165.6 miles
- Jefferson City to Independence: 156.6 miles
- Independence to St. Joseph: 74.8 miles
- Optional Loops:
- Jefferson City Loop: 28.2 miles
- St. Joseph Loop: 32.8 miles
- There is no loop at the Indpendence Checkpoint
- Route Segments:s
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July 24th-26th: St. Joseph, MO to Gering, NE via Beatrice, NE and Kearney, NE
- Route Segments:
- St. Joseph to Beatrice: 138.2 miles
- Beatrice to Kearney: 178.4 miles
- Kearney to Gering: 273.6 miles
- Optional Loops:
- Beatrice Loop: 25.4 miles
- Kearney Loop: 22.0 miles
- Gering Loop: 26.0 miles
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July 27th: Gering, NE to Casper, WY
- Route Segments:
- Gering to Casper: 198.3 miles
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SOV Results
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Scroll right to see all data on small screensTeam Base Route Completed Official Miles Official Time Checkpoint Base Miles Loop Miles Penalty Miles Avg. MPH #2 - Michigan Yes 2095.5 56:36:17 ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ 1558.3 561.2 24 37.51 mph #92 - ETS Yes 2004.5 59:32:40 ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ 1562.3 451.2 9 33.82 mph #17 - Illinois State Yes 1504.3 60:23:08 ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ 1554.3 0.0 50 25.87 mph #22 - Illinois No 1565.8 60:36:23 ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ 1486.6 96.2 17 26.28 mph #5 - Florida No 1465.8 60:27:42 ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ 1491.8 0.0 26 24.71 mph #1 - Purdue No 1310.6 56:36:36 ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ 1285.8 32.8 8 23.29 mph #12 - Texas A&M No 565.7 46:33:37 ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ 592.7 0.0 27 12.79 mph #786 - Western Michigan No 146.8 6:37:00 ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ 150.8 0.0 4 22.79 mph #26 - British Columbia No 142.1 6:38:00 ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ 142.1 0.0 0 21.42 mph ✅ indicates checkpoint made - ❌ indicates checkpoint missed
Last Updated at: 27 Jul 2024 - 11:11PM Central Daylight Time -
Scroll right to see all data on small screensTeam Base Route Completed Official Miles Official Time Checkpoint Base Miles Loop Miles Penalty Miles Avg. MPH #2 - Michigan Yes 506.2 15:30:57 ✅ 376.8 136.4 7 33.07 mph #92 - ETS Yes 481.0 15:55:59 ✅ 376.8 107.2 3 30.37 mph #22 - Illinois Yes 420.6 16:04:04 ✅ 376.8 48.8 5 26.48 mph #1 - Purdue Yes 374.8 17:25:59 ❌ 376.8 0.0 2 21.61 mph #17 - Illinois State Yes 370.8 15:33:09 ✅ 376.8 0.0 6 24.22 mph #5 - Florida Yes 370.8 16:35:47 ✅ 376.8 0.0 6 22.7 mph #12 - Texas A&M No 199.9 16:06:00 ✅ 205.9 0.0 6 12.78 mph #786 - Western Michigan No 146.8 6:37:00 ❌ 150.8 0.0 4 22.79 mph #26 - British Columbia No 142.1 6:38:00 ❌ 142.1 0.0 0 21.42 mph ✅ indicates checkpoint made - ❌ indicates checkpoint missed
Last Updated at: 21 Jul 2024 - 11:17PM Central Daylight Time -
Scroll right to see all data on small screensTeam Base Route Completed Official Miles Official Time Checkpoint Base Miles Loop Miles Penalty Miles Avg. MPH #2 - Michigan Yes 512.6 14:06:34 ✅ | ✅ 397.0 126.6 11 37.11 mph #92 - ETS Yes 484.8 15:40:07 ✅ | ✅ 397.0 93.8 6 31.32 mph #22 - Illinois Yes 395.0 15:04:56 ✅ | ✅ 397.0 0.0 2 26.32 mph #17 - Illinois State Yes 361.0 15:47:00 ❌ | ✅ 397.0 0.0 36 25.15 mph #5 - Florida No 316.5 17:53:00 ❌ | ❌ 328.5 0.0 12 18.37 mph #1 - Purdue No 151.3 9:32:50 ❌ | ❌ 120.5 32.8 2 16.06 mph #12 - Texas A&M No 112.5 6:53:37 ❌ | ❌ 121.5 0.0 9 17.63 mph #786 - Western Michigan No 0.0 - ❌ | ❌ 0 0.0 0 - mph #26 - British Columbia No 0.0 - ❌ | ❌ 0 0.0 0 - mph ✅ indicates checkpoint made - ❌ indicates checkpoint missed
Last Updated at: 24 Jul 2024 - 11:29PM Central Daylight Time -
Scroll right to see all data on small screensTeam Base Route Completed Official Miles Official Time Checkpoint Base Miles Loop Miles Penalty Miles Avg. MPH #2 - Michigan Yes 886.4 21:23:22 ✅ | ✅ 590.2 298.2 2 41.53 mph #92 - ETS Yes 840.4 21:47:28 ✅ | ✅ 590.2 250.2 0 38.57 mph #22 - Illinois Yes 637.6 22:13:23 ✅ | ✅ 590.2 47.4 0 28.69 mph #17 - Illinois State Yes 590.2 21:46:55 ✅ | ✅ 590.2 0.0 0 27.1 mph #1 - Purdue Yes 586.2 23:27:00 ✅ | ✅ 590.2 0.0 4 25.17 mph #5 - Florida Yes 584.2 20:33:34 ✅ | ✅ 590.2 0.0 6 28.71 mph #12 - Texas A&M No 253.9 19:26:00 ❌ | ❌ 262.9 0.0 9 13.53 mph #786 - Western Michigan No 0.0 - ❌ | ❌ 0 0.0 0 - mph #26 - British Columbia No 0.0 - ❌ | ❌ 0 0.0 0 - mph ✅ indicates checkpoint made - ❌ indicates checkpoint missed
Last Updated at: 26 Jul 2024 - 10:30PM Central Daylight Time -
Scroll right to see all data on small screensTeam Base Route Completed Official Miles Official Time Checkpoint Base Miles Loop Miles Penalty Miles Avg. MPH #1 - Purdue Yes 198.3 6:10:47 N/A 198.3 0.0 0 32.09 mph #92 - ETS Yes 198.3 6:09:06 N/A 198.3 0.0 0 32.24 mph #5 - Florida Yes 194.3 5:25:21 N/A 196.3 0.0 2 36.57 mph #2 - Michigan Yes 190.3 5:35:24 N/A 194.3 0.0 4 35.47 mph #17 - Illinois State Yes 182.3 7:16:04 N/A 190.3 0.0 8 27.28 mph #22 - Illinois No 112.6 7:14:00 N/A 122.6 0.0 10 18.33 mph #12 - Texas A&M No -0.6 4:08:00 N/A 2.4 0.0 3 1.31 mph #26 - British Columbia No 0 - N/A 0 0 0 - mph #786 - Western Michigan No 0 - N/A 0 0 0 - mph ✅ indicates checkpoint made - ❌ indicates checkpoint missed
Last Updated at: 27 Jul 2024 - 11:11PM Central Daylight Time
MOV Scores
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Normalized MOV Score Component Charts
Scroll right to see all dataCalculated Values Data Points Team Score Practicality Score [P] Completion Factor [C] Speed Derating [T] Total External Energy [E] (kWh) Base Route Completed Miles Driven Person Miles [D] Penalty Miles Avg. Speed (mph) Battery Capacity (kWh) External Charging (kWh) #55 - Poly Montreal 73.86 0.87% 99.57% 1 37.930 Yes 1,610.3 3220.6 7 36.2 9.160 28.770 #828 - App State 25.21 0.73% 96.34% 1 87.319 Yes 1,562.3 3124.6 11 35.39 22.469 64.850 #9 - Iowa State 25.18 0.67% 91.37% 1 76.510 Yes 1,562.3 3124.6 91 38.9 17.640 58.870 #4 - MIT 2.01 60.0% 76.15% 0.235 119.436 No 1,297.3 2198.0 71 21.53 14.308 105.128 #35 - Minnesota 0.00 77.0% 0.65% 0.125 23.328 No 10.4 20.8 0 1.84 23.328 0.000 -
For stage ranking MOV teams are scored solely on Distance, Completion Factor, and Target Speed. Other factors are not considered
Normalized MOV Score Component Charts
Scroll right to see all dataCalculated Values Data Points Team Rank [DxCxT] Completion Factor [C] Speed Derating [T] Total External Energy [E] (kWh) Base Route Completed Miles Driven Person Miles [D] Penalty Miles Avg. Speed (mph) Battery Capacity (kWh) External Charging (kWh) #55 - Poly Montreal 365.76 99.73% 0.486 18.320 Yes 376.8 753.6 1 32.64 9.160 9.160 #9 - Iowa State 357.47 94.69% 0.5 30.470 Yes 376.8 753.6 20 32.87 17.640 12.830 #828 - App State 356.46 100.00% 0.473 22.469 Yes 376.8 753.6 0 32.4 22.469 0.000 #4 - MIT 178.39 86.46% 0.273 44.136 Yes 376.8 753.6 51 24.76 14.308 29.828 #35 - Minnesota 0.07 2.76% 0.125 23.328 No 10.4 20.8 0 1.84 23.328 0.000 -
For stage ranking MOV teams are scored solely on Distance, Completion Factor, and Target Speed. Other factors are not considered
Normalized MOV Score Component Charts
Scroll right to see all dataCalculated Values Data Points Team Rank [DxCxT] Completion Factor [C] Speed Derating [T] Total External Energy [E] (kWh) Base Route Completed Miles Driven Person Miles [D] Penalty Miles Avg. Speed (mph) Battery Capacity (kWh) External Charging (kWh) #9 - Iowa State 434.19 94.21% 0.58 22.380 Yes 397.0 794.0 23 33.83 17.640 4.74 #828 - App State 360.22 97.23% 0.466 29.400 Yes 397.0 794.0 11 32.28 22.469 6.931 #55 - Poly Montreal 267.79 98.99% 0.34 2.350 Yes 397.0 794.0 4 28.55 9.160 0 #4 - MIT 16.84 34.38% 0.164 18.580 No 148.5 297.0 12 11.62 14.308 4.272 #35 - Minnesota 0 0.00% 0 0.000 No 0.0 0.0 0 - 23.328 0 -
For stage ranking MOV teams are scored solely on Distance, Completion Factor, and Target Speed. Other factors are not considered
Normalized MOV Score Component Charts
Scroll right to see all dataCalculated Values Data Points Team Rank [DxCxT] Completion Factor [C] Speed Derating [T] Total External Energy [E] (kWh) Base Route Completed Miles Driven Person Miles [D] Penalty Miles Avg. Speed (mph) Battery Capacity (kWh) External Charging (kWh) #55 - Poly Montreal 1272.44 99.69% 1 13.940 Yes 638.2 1276.4 2 44.59 9.160 4.78 #828 - App State 1091.63 92.48% 1 31.670 Yes 590.2 1180.4 0 40.54 22.469 9.201 #9 - Iowa State 1036.15 87.78% 1 23.640 Yes 590.2 1180.4 30 47.38 17.640 6 #4 - MIT 263.63 88.95% 0.258 32.600 No 573.7 1147.4 6 23.57 14.308 18.292 #35 - Minnesota 0 0.00% 0 0.000 No 0.0 0.0 0 - 23.328 0 -
For stage ranking MOV teams are scored solely on Distance, Completion Factor, and Target Speed. Other factors are not considered
Normalized MOV Score Component Charts
Scroll right to see all dataCalculated Values Data Points Team Rank [DxCxT] Completion Factor [C] Speed Derating [T] Total External Energy [E] (kWh) Base Route Completed Miles Driven Person Miles [D] Penalty Miles Avg. Speed (mph) Battery Capacity (kWh) External Charging (kWh) #828 - App State 396.6 100.00% 1 3.780 Yes 198.3 396.6 0 35.01 22.469 0 #55 - Poly Montreal 396.6 100.00% 1 3.320 Yes 198.3 396.6 0 41.97 9.160 0 #9 - Iowa State 360.58 90.92% 1 0.020 Yes 198.3 396.6 18 43.98 17.640 0 #4 - MIT 0 98.99% 0.277 24.120 Yes 198.3 0.0 2 25.05 14.308 9.812 #35 - Minnesota 0 0.00% 0 0.000 No 0.0 0.0 0 - 23.328 0
MOV Distance Completed
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Scroll right to see all data on small screensTeam Base Route Completed Official Miles Official Time Checkpoint Base Miles Loop Miles Penalty Miles Avg. MPH #55 - Poly Montreal Yes 1603.3 44:29:14 ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 1562.3 48.0 7 36.2 mph #828 - App State Yes 1551.3 44:08:59 ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 1562.3 0.0 11 35.39 mph #9 - Iowa State Yes 1453.3 40:09:43 ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | 1544.3 0.0 91 38.9 mph #4 - MIT No 1224.3 60:15:07 ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | 1295.3 0.0 71 21.53 mph #35 - Minnesota No 10.4 5:40:00 ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | 10.4 0.0 0 1.84 mph ✅ indicates checkpoint made - ❌ indicates checkpoint missed
Last Updated at: 27 Jul 2024 - 11:11PM Central Daylight Time -
Scroll right to see all data on small screensTeam Base Route Completed Official Miles Official Time Checkpoint Base Miles Loop Miles Penalty Miles Avg. MPH #828 - App State Yes 376.8 11:37:43 ✅ 376.8 0.0 0 32.4 mph #55 - Poly Montreal Yes 375.8 11:32:33 ✅ 376.8 0.0 1 32.64 mph #9 - Iowa State Yes 356.8 11:27:50 ✅ 376.8 0.0 20 32.87 mph #4 - MIT Yes 325.8 15:12:58 ✅ 376.8 0.0 51 24.76 mph #35 - Minnesota No 10.4 5:40:00 ❌ 10.4 0.0 0 1.84 mph ✅ indicates checkpoint made - ❌ indicates checkpoint missed
Last Updated at: 21 Jul 2024 - 11:17PM Central Daylight Time -
Scroll right to see all data on small screensTeam Base Route Completed Official Miles Official Time Checkpoint Base Miles Loop Miles Penalty Miles Avg. MPH #55 - Poly Montreal Yes 393.0 13:54:27 ✅ | ✅ 397.0 0.0 4 28.55 mph #828 - App State Yes 386.0 12:17:54 ✅ | ✅ 397.0 0.0 11 32.28 mph #9 - Iowa State Yes 374.0 11:44:02 ✅ | ✅ 397.0 0.0 23 33.83 mph #4 - MIT No 136.5 12:46:50 ❌ | ✅ 148.5 0.0 12 11.62 mph #35 - Minnesota No 0.0 - ❌ | ❌ 0.0 0.0 0 - mph ✅ indicates checkpoint made - ❌ indicates checkpoint missed
Last Updated at: 26 Jul 2024 - 10:59PM Central Daylight Time -
Scroll right to see all data on small screensTeam Base Route Completed Official Miles Official Time Checkpoint Base Miles Loop Miles Penalty Miles Avg. MPH #55 - Poly Montreal Yes 636.2 14:18:43 ✅ | ✅ 590.2 48.0 2 44.59 mph #828 - App State Yes 590.2 14:33:29 ✅ | ✅ 590.2 0.0 0 40.54 mph #9 - Iowa State Yes 560.2 12:27:20 ✅ | ✅ 590.2 0.0 30 47.38 mph #4 - MIT No 567.7 24:20:26 ✅ | ❌ 573.7 0.0 6 23.57 mph #35 - Minnesota No 0.0 - ❌ | ❌ 0.0 0.0 0 - mph ✅ indicates checkpoint made - ❌ indicates checkpoint missed
Last Updated at: 26 Jul 2024 - 10:30PM Central Daylight Time -
Scroll right to see all data on small screensTeam Base Route Completed Official Miles Official Time Checkpoint Base Miles Loop Miles Penalty Miles Avg. MPH #828 - App State Yes 198.3 5:39:53 N/A 198.3 0.0 0 35.01 mph #55 - Poly Montreal Yes 198.3 4:43:31 N/A 198.3 0.0 0 41.97 mph #4 - MIT Yes 194.3 7:54:53 N/A 196.3 0.0 2 25.05 mph #9 - Iowa State Yes 162.3 4:30:31 N/A 180.3 0.0 18 43.98 mph #35 - Minnesota No 0 - N/A 0 0 0 - mph ✅ indicates checkpoint made - ❌ indicates checkpoint missed
Last Updated at: 27 Jul 2024 - 11:11PM Central Daylight Time