SOLAR SPLASH ® 2006
Results and Awards

Qualifying Event
Boat Team 70m Sprint Time (s)

Sprint
Attempts

 Maneuver. Time (s) Maneuver.
Attempts		 Total Time (s)
1
 Cedarville University 8.42 1 83.51 1 91.93
2
 University of Arkansas 8.15 1 75.60 2 159.35
3
 Cal-Poly Pomona 41.41 1 95.31 2 232.03
4
 United States Naval Academy 9.92 1 65.17 1 75.09
5
 Washington State University 12.77 1 83.18 1 95.95
6
 Webb Institute 9.84 1 65.74 1 75.58
7
 University of South Carolina 9.29 1 83.64 1 92.93
8
 University of Northern Iowa 14.68 1 96.33 1 111.01
10
 École de Technologie Supérieur 13.80 1 88.70 1 102.50
11
 Middle Tennessee State University 14.61 1 88.67 1 103.28
12
 Geneva College 10.28 1 89.62 1 99.90
13
 University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez 26.67 1 294.01 1 320.68
14
 Long Beach Polytechnic 21.98 1 106.38 1 128.36
18
 Carnegie Mellon University 39.84 1 188.17 1 228.01
21 University of Miami 34.23 1 137.27 1 171.50

#1 Cedarville and #14 Long Beach both struck buoys in the Maneuverability run (10 s penalty)

Solar Slalom Event
Boat # Team Time (s) # of attempts Resulting time (s)
1
 Cedarville University 37.03 1 37.03
2
 University of Arkansas 54.64 1 54.64
3
 Cal-Poly Pomona 181.25 1 181.25
4
 United States Naval Academy 59.21 1 59.21
5
 Washington State University 63.86 1 63.86
6
 Webb Institute 50.47 1 50.47
7
 University of South Carolina 49.99 1 49.99
8
 University of Northern Iowa 54.86 1 54.86
10
 École de Technologie Supérieur 102.81 1 102.81
11
 Middle Tennessee State University 73.44 1 73.44
12
 Geneva College 47.30 1 47.30
13
 University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez 112.47 1 112.47
14
 Long Beach Polytechnic 82.50 1 82.50
18
 Carnegie Mellon University 161.26 1 161.26
21 University of Miami 141.29 1 141.29

#11 MTSU struck a buoy (5 s penalty)

Solar Endurance Event
Boat # Team Morning Heat Distance
laps		 Afternoon Heat Distance
laps		 Total Distance
laps
1
 Cedarville University 16.25 11.00 27.25
2
 University of Arkansas 19.25 19.75 39.00
3
 Cal-Poly Pomona 17.00 8.75 25.75
4
 United States Naval Academy 18.25 19.25 37.50
5
 Washington State University 14.75 16.50 31.25
6
 Webb Institute 13.50 15.00 28.50
7
 University of South Carolina 15.50 15.75 31.25
8
 University of Northern Iowa 10.50 8.25 18.75
10
 École de Technologie Supérieur 19.75 21.00 40.75
11
 Middle Tennessee State University 7.25 6.50 13.75
12
 Geneva College 13.25 13.25 26.50
13
 University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez 11.25 11.50 22.75
14
 Long Beach Polytechnic 12.50 13.00 25.50
18
 Carnegie Mellon University 8.75 9.00 17.75
21 University of Miami 8.00 8.00 16.00

One lap was measured as 1180 meters.

Sprint Event
Boat # Team First Time (s) Second Time (s) Third Time (s) Sum of Two Best Times (s)
1
 Cedarville University
27.42
27.06 27.74 54.48
2
 University of Arkansas 28.42 29.12 27.18 55.60
3
 Cal-Poly Pomona 75.32 175.45 250.77
4
 United States Naval Academy 38.28 36.40 74.68
5
 Washington State University 174.02 41.47 41.38 82.85
6
 Webb Institute 34.78 33.13 67.91
7
 University of South Carolina 31.70 29.59 28.45 58.04
8
 University of Northern Iowa 48.65 50.49 99.14
10
 École de Technologie Supérieur 52.44 148.07 200.51
11
 Middle Tennessee State University 53.51 67.78 59.84 113.35
12
 Geneva College 39.02 38.62 77.64
13
 University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez 131.35 175.45 306.80
14
 Long Beach Polytechnic 75.53 60.45 58.37 118.82
18
 Carnegie Mellon University 169.02 170.45 339.47
21 University of Miami 145.73 147.82 143.07 288.80

#13 Puerto Rico left their lane in Round 2
#3 Cal-Poly Pomona had a DNS in Round 2
#10 ETS had a DNS in Round 3

 
SOLAR SPLASH ® 2006 Overall Results
Boat
#		 Team

Tech Rpt

(90 pts)

Visual Display

(40
pts)

Work-
man-
ship

(20 pts)

Qual

(100 pts)

Solar Slalom

(100 pts)

Sprint

(250 pts)

End.

(400 pts)

Total

(1000 pts)
2
 University of Arkansas 75 31 18 47.12 67.77 244.96 382.82 866.68
1
 Cedarville University 90 40 20 81.68 100.00 250.00 267.48 849.17
4
 United States Naval Academy 85 28 18 100.00 62.54 182.38 368.10 844.02
7
 University of South Carolina 80 34 16 80.80 74.07 234.67 306.75 826.29
6
 Webb Institute 65 19 16 99.35 73.37 200.56 279.75 753.04
5
 Washington State University 55 22 14 78.26 57.99 164.39 306.75 698.39
12
 Geneva College 75 22 12 75.17 78.29 175.43 260.12 698.00
10
 École de Technologie Supérieur 70 0 14 73.26 36.02 67.93 400.00 661.20
8
 University of Northern Iowa 65 25 14 62.64 62.50 132.38 184.05 545.57
14
 Long Beach Polytechnic 40 22 12 58.50 44.88 114.63 250.31 542.32
11
 Middle Tennessee State University 70 25 14 72.71 50.42 120.16 134.97 487.26
3
 Cal-Poly Pomona 55 22 10 32.36 20.43 54.31 252.76 446.87
13
 University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez 50 37 10 23.42 32.92 44.39 223.31 421.05
18
 Carnegie Mellon University 65 28 12 32.93 22.96 40.12 174.23 375.25
21 University of Miami 45 22 10 43.78 26.21 47.16 157.06 351.21

 

SOLAR SPLASH 2006 Awards
  Overall  
Collegiate World Champion University of Arkansas
Second Place Cedarville University
Third Place United States Naval Academy
Fourth Place University of South Carolina
Fifth Place Webb Institute
Sixth Place Washington State University
Seventh Place Geneva College
Eighth Place École de Technologie Supérieur
Ninth Place University of Northern Iowa
Tenth Place Long Beach Polytechnic
Sprint
First Place University of Arkansas
Second Place Cedarville University
Third Place University of South Carolina
Solar Endurance
First Place École de Technologie Supérieur
Second Place University of Arkansas
Third Place United States Naval Academy
Qualifying
First Place United States Naval Academy
Second Place Webb Institute
Third Place Cedarville University
Solar Slalom
First Place Cedarville University
Second Place Geneva College
Third Place University of South Carolina
Technical Report
Outstanding Technical Report (First) Cedarville University
Outstanding Technical Report (Second) United States Naval Academy
Outstanding Technical Report (Third) University of South Carolina
Visual Presentation
Best Visual Display Cedarville University
Visual Display (Second) University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
Design
Design Achievement United States Naval Academy
Outstanding System Design University of South Carolina
Outstanding Solar System Design University of Arkansas
Outstanding Electrical System Design École de Technologie Supérieur
Outstanding Hull Design United States Naval Academy
Outstanding Drive Train Design Webb Institute
Team
Most Improved Team École de Technologie Supérieur
Rookie Team with Highest Overall Score Middle Tennessee State University
Notable Performance by a Rookie Team Carnegie Mellon University
Hottest Looking Boat Cedarville University
Most Commercially Viable Hull University of Northern Iowa
Outstanding Workmanship Cedarville University
Perseverence Award Middle Tennessee State University
Teamwork Award University of Miami
Sportsmanship University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
Sportsmanship Washington State University