Technical Info/ Rules

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A short informational post on how the top performing teams succeed in Red Clay Rally.

Year after year, teams (and we) have refined different methods used use to calculate what speed we need to be going using the GPX file given.

As of 2024 we believe the best method to calculate this is to convert your .gpx file to a .csv file.

A .csv file is a "comma separated values" file. Basically a nerdy way of saying a spreadsheet.

I personally use software called GPSBabel to perform this action. I am sure there are several more free alternatives.

Once converted to a csv file it can be opened in Microsoft Excel. A good free alternative is Google Sheets. Once inside one of these programs. You can view every metric preserved by the GPX file. Elevation, average elevation, moving speed, stopped time, and all kinds of other useless (to you) information.

Red Clay Rally has used Gaia since 2017 with great results. As time progressed new apps have become available that appear to have some promising features.

Our mapping team will be testing numerous other apps in the coming months. The released maps will remain in GPX format everyone is used to, but the new app may display information differently.

This may prove challenging to the ultra-timers.

Just a heads up

Z