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Fall 2024 Simulation Racing Series Results

Thank you to all of our contestants in Fall 2024 who participated in the Simulation Racing Series featuring the Monza Map v1. For the Fall 2024 season, we received 6 submissions by December 13. Please find the results below.

RankTeam NameContestantsTotal Sim time Elapsed(s)
1BHS RacingDerek Chen, Dylan Hackos, Ron Veksler, and Anthony Wen322.35 s
2The Dark HorseMark Menaker, Aryan Mukherjee, Radin Khosraviani, Pirouz Ruppert, and Chan Im324.4 s
3BCP ROARSid Arutla, Jaiveer Gill, Vivan Doshi,and Max Manolov324.55 s
4UniTrojanGeorge Zeng, Jonathan Zhu, Ethan Lou, Mark Khang, and Thomas Wu325.25 s
5Jung-Shao ChickenAnderson Shao, and Christian Jung390.1 s
6Oakton ARC Potential Roadside DebrisAaron Chen, Caitlin Houston, Shayaan Hooda, Jeffrey Chou, Vivienne Bao, and Michelle Qiu434 s

We are very pleased to announce the winners for the 2024 Fall ROAR Simulation Racing Series:

Grand Prize: BHS Racing – Derek Chen, Dylan Hackos, Ron Veksler, and Anthony Wen (322.35 s)
Second Place: The Dark Horse – Mark Menaker, Aryan Mukherjee, Radin Khosraviani, Pirouz Ruppert, and Chan Im (324.4 s)
Third Place: BCP ROAR – Sid Arutla, Jaiveer Gill, Vivan Doshi,and Max Manolov (324.55 s)

Our grand prize winners beat last season’s winners by 3.15 s!

Summer 2024 Simulation Racing Series Results

Thank you to all of our contestants in Summer 2024 who participated in the Simulation Racing Series featuring the Monza Map v1. For the Summer 2024 season, we received 16 submissions by August 23. Please find the results below.

RankTeam NameContestantsTotal Sim time Elapsed(s)
1BHS RacingDerek Chen, Dylan Hackos, Ron Veksler325.6 s
2😀Eric Le327.8 s
3Walnut High ROARYuehan(John) Yang, Alex Lin, Audrey Han, Gavin Chang, Brandon Koo331.6 s
4Roaring BlazeWilliam Yang333.8 s
5Ferrari FeverSid Arutla334.35 s
6Platypus PatrolMelinda Kuo, Carissa Penn, Altair Lee, Mikhil Kiran, Kusuma Vasireddy341.75 s
7KachowRyan Chow342.85 s
8DischargeJoshua Min343.95 s
9Rapid RivalMeadow Shen345.9 s
10Ashkon Chaghajerdi, Joey Wan346.7 s
11Toaster on WheelsBaron Chiang377.6 s
12ShaotimeAnderson Shao597.15 s
13GustersEddie Guo, Danny Gu1658.9 s
14racingIn3Kaiden Ashvini1660.15 s
15Five GuysArnav Kamath, Sanjay Anand, Shounak Ray Chaudhuri, Vaibhav Pradeep, Vinamra SinghalDNF

We are very pleased to announce the winners for the 2024 Summer ROAR Simulation Racing Series:

Grand Prize: BHS Racing – Derek Chen, Dylan Hackos, Ron Veksler (325.6 s)
Second Place: 🙂 – Eric Le (327.8 s)
Third Place: Walnut High ROAR – Yuehan(John) Yang, Alex Lin, Audrey Han, Gavin Chang, Brandon Koo (331.6 s)

Spring 2024 Simulation Racing Series Results

Thank you to all of our contestants in Spring 2024 who participated in the Simulation Racing Series featuring the Monza Map v1. For the Spring 2024 season, we received 8 submissions by May 17. Please find the results below.

RankTeam NameContestantsTotal Sim time Elapsed(s)
Prime DirectiveLaplace RacingVirgile Foussereau and Quang Huynh343.7 s
1University High Trojan HorsepowerMark Menaker, Ajay Sathish Preetha, Aryan Mukherjee, Radin Khosraviani, James Zhang346.4 s
2KachowRyan Chow347.05 s
3Uni-Bahn RacingSeaena Kim, Leo Kushnir, George Zeng409.65 s
4Oakton ARC Potential Roadside DebrisAaron Chen and Caitlin Houston481.05 s
5ROAR_LIONSCiana Tzuo, Eric, Luke Lu, Leo Yu647.45 s
6Walnut High ROARYuehan Yang, Gavin Chang, Audrey Han, Alex Lin, Brandon KooDNF
6BHS RacingDerek Chen, Dylan Hackos, Jason PurkeyDNF

We are very pleased to announce the winners for the 2024 Spring ROAR Simulation Racing Series:

Prime Directive: Laplace Racing – Virgile Foussereau and Quang Huynh (Record: 343.7 s) 
Grand Prize
: University High Trojan Horsepower – Mark Menaker, Ajay Sathish Preetha, Aryan Mukherjee, Radin Khosraviani, James Zhang (346.4 s)
Second Place: Kachow – Ryan Chow (347.05 s)
Third Place: Uni-Bahn Racing – Seaena Kim, Leo Kushnir, George Zeng (409.65 s)

Fall 2023 Simulation Racing Series Results

Thank you to all of our contestants in Fall 2023 who participated in the Simulation Racing Series featuring the new Monza Map v1. For the Fall 2023 season, we received 7 submissions by Dec. 8. Please find the results below.

RankTeam NameContestantsTotal Sim time Elapsed(s)
1TifosiMark Menaker356.9 s
2Walnut High ROARYuehang Yang, Audrey Han, Gavin Chang, Alex Lin, Brandon Koo385.2 s
3ChowieRyan Chow386.15 s
4Derek Chen418 s
5ImSpeedEric Li, Wayne, Leo, and Tianyu Li462.55 s
6Krishay Garg519.2 s
7MSJ RoarAvinash Karthik, Sourodeep Deb1658.9 s

We are very pleased to announce the winners for the 2023 Fall ROAR Simulation Racing Series:

Grand Prize: Tifosi – Mark Menaker (Record: 356.9 s)
Second Place: Walnut ROAR High – Yuehang Yang, Audrey Han, Gavin Chang, Alex Lin, Brandon Koo (385.2 s)
Third Place: Chowie – Ryan Chow (386.15 s)

Summer 2023 Simulation Racing Series Results

Thank you to all of our contestants in Summer 2023 for participating in the Simulation Racing Series that featured our Berkeley Major Map (v1.4). For the Summer 2023 season, we received 17 submissions by August 25. 

(Note: Please do not train or submit your ROAR Competition entries using earlier maps. The following links are only for benchmarking purposes to allow you to compare your new entries with past results. Your solutions trained on older maps may not be compatible with the Berkeley Major Map and subsequently may be subject to disqualification from the competition.)

RankTeam NameContestantsSim time Elapsed(s)
1Derek ChenDerek Chen486.2 s
2Initial BMark Menaker, Arvind Krishna Sivakumar, Saul Statman490.5 s
3Krishay GargKrishay Garg495.05 s
4Turbo-DYLLLeo Yu, Eric Li, George Lv, Wei Dewdne500.3 s
5ThunderMcQueenMichael Hum, Lawrence Wang, Lynna Xu, Hankyu Koo507 s
6Ocean Tech RacerPranav Vyas508.35 s
7Varun The GOATIriya Chou, Saaketh Shanbhogue, Ryan Chow, Varun Sriram510.9 s
8Adrenaline AllianceAnish Gupta, Vihaan Bhaduri, Ishaan Domkundwar, Pratyush Padhy511.3 s
9ROAR Special Military Task ForceLiqiao Zhu, Chongzhi Zhang, Caimuhe Liu511.8 s
10The Ones Who CodeDaniel Allen, Aden Lung, Youen Wu, Prajeeth Jilleumdi, Siddhant Patel512.85 s
11BarbiePrerita Babarjung517.75 s
11Lightning TurtleSabrina Cheung, Deepthi Konakanchi, Sophia Walz, Laura Murphy, Angie Yao517.75 s
12Curry MunchersSourodeep Deb, Avinash Karthik518.55 s
13Aadi DahakeAadi Dahakeg538.85 s
14Joseph GitongaJoseph GitongaDNF
14Walnut High ROARHarris SongDNF
14TekTravelerDhruv VijayDNF

We are very pleased to announce the winners for the 2023 Summer ROAR Simulation Racing Series:

Grand Prize: Derek Chen (Record: 486.2 s)
Second Place: Initial B – Mark Menaker, Arvind Krishna Sivakumar, Saul Statman (490.5 s)
Third Place: Krishay Garg (495.05 s)

Spring 2023 Simulation Racing Series Results

Thank you to all of our contestants in Spring 2023 for participating in the Simulation Racing Series Competition that featured our Berkeley Major Map v1.2. For the Spring 2023 season, we received 5 submissions by May 12.

(Note: Please do not train or submit your ROAR Competition entries using earlier maps. The following links are only for benchmarking purposes to allow you to compare your new entries with past results. Your solutions trained on older maps may not be compatible with the Berkeley Major Map and subsequently may be subject to disqualification from the competition.)

RankTeam NameContestantsSim time Elapsed(s)
1Campo CougarsAaron Xie, Tristan Needham516.9 s
2PhastasPhuckHin Kit Eric Wong, Elizabeth Hsu522.15 s
3Aadi DahakeAadi Dahake537.85 s
4ROAR Special Military Task ForceCongzhi Zhang,Liqiao Zhu,Caimuhe Liu,Yihui Huang,Yiyang Jiang545.7 s
5Walnut High ROARHarris SongCan't complete

We are very pleased to announce the winners for the 2023 Spring ROAR Simulation Racing Series:

Grand Prize: Campo Cougar – Aaron Xie, Tristan Needham (Record: 516.9 s)
Second Place: PhastasPhuck – Hin Kit Eric Wong, Elizabeth Hsu (522.15 s)
Third Place: Aadi Dahake (537.85 s)

Special Awards:
Prime Directive (Fastest solution that successfully follows safe on-road traffic rules): Aaron Xie

Fall 2022 Competition Results:

Thank you to all of our contestants in Fall 2022 for participating in the S1/S2 Series Competition that featured our Berkeley Major Map. For the Fall 2022 season, we received 2 submissions by December 16. We ran each submission in three trials, and recorded the total number of crashes. These are the final results in terms of the average of three trials and # of crashes recorded.

  • For the 2022 Fall, we used the Berkeley Major Map V. 1

(Note: Please do not train or submit your ROAR Competition entries using earlier maps. The following links are only for benchmarking purposes to allow you to compare your new entries with past results. Your solutions trained on older maps may not be compatible with the Berkeley Major Map and subsequently may be subject to disqualification from the competition.)

RankTeam NameContestantsAverage of 3 trials# of Crashes
1CougarAaron Xie546.85 sMinor
2Crashy McCrashfaceAaron Chen607.05 s2

We are very pleased to announce the winners for the 2022 Fall ROAR S1/S2 series:

Grand Prize: Cougar – Aaron Xie (Record: 546.85 s)
Second Place: Crashy McCrashface – Aaron Chen (607.05 s)

Special Awards:
Prime Directive (Fastest solution that successfully follows safe on-road traffic rules): N/A

Summer 2022 Competition Results:

Thank you to all of our contestants in Summer 2022 for participating in the S1/S2 Series Competition that featured our Berkeley Major Map. For the Summer 2022 season, we received 13 submissions by August 26. We ran each submission in three trials, and recorded the total number of crashes. These are the final results in terms of the average of three trials and # of crashes recorded.

  • For the 2022 Summer, we used the Berkeley Major Map V. 1

(Note: Please do not train or submit your ROAR Competition entries using earlier maps. The following links are only for benchmarking purposes to allow you to compare your new entries with past results. Your solutions trained on older maps may not be compatible with the Berkeley Major Map and subsequently may be subject to disqualification from the competition.)

RankTeam NameContestantsAverage of 3 trials# of Crashes
1TEAM SCISSORSDaniel Chuang, Yuxuan (Lucy) Zhang, Christopher Yongduo Zhang489.750
2TEAM SHARPINCLUDEDaniel Chuang523.030
3VistaVivian Zhu538.380
4PID CougarAaron Xie, Casey Dow, Tristan Needham542.180
5Zeyu "Benny" Liu554.430
6JusteamJustin Tsai559.220
7Season 3 KidsEric Wei, Jeffery Tseng, Ronald Luo, Lian Linton, Alex Tan559.470
8Harris Song562.531
9The OwlsCameron Shaw, Phillip McClure, Dorian Kolis, Kaveer Gera646.18
10Vedant Singhania704.683
11Dumpster on WheelsAaron Chen723.620
12Q CougarAaron Xie875.770
13Carla RacersKabir MinhasN/AN/A

We are very pleased to announce the winners for the 2022 Summer ROAR S1/S2 series:

Grand Prize: Team Scissors (Daniel Chuang Yuxuan (Lucy) Zhang, Chris Zhang)
Second Place: Team Sharpinclude (Daniel Chuang)
Third Place: Team Vista (Vivian Zhu)

Special Awards:
Prime Directive (Fastest solution that successfully follows safe on-road traffic rules): N/A

Spring 2022 Competition Results:

Thank you to all of our contestants in Spring 2022 for participating in the S1/S2 Series Competition that featured our new Berkeley Major Map. For the Spring 2022 season, we received 4 submissions by May 13. These are the final results in terms of the three team’s total time for 1 lap.

  • For the 2022 Spring, we used the Berkeley Major Map V. 1

(Note: Please do not train or submit your ROAR Competition entries using earlier maps. The following links are only for benchmarking purposes to allow you to compare your new entries with past results. Your solutions trained on older maps may not be compatible with the Berkeley Major Map and subsequently may be subject to disqualification from the competition.)

RankTeam NameContestantsSim time Elapsed(s)
1CougarAaron Xie559 s
2The OwlsCameron Shaw, Kaveer Gera, Dorian Kolis, Phillip McClure669 s
3RCAIRyan Chen832.3 s
4Team_RLe2eFranco Huang, Federico Palacios, Aman Saraf, Tianlun Zhang, Xuan Liu997.5 s

We are very pleased to announce the winners for the 2022 Spring ROAR S1/S2 series:

Grand Prize: Aaron Xie (Record: 559 s)
Second Place: Cameron Shaw, Kaveer Gera, Dorian Kolis, and Phillip McClure (669 s)
Third Place: Ryan Chen (832.3 s)

Special Awards:
Prime Directive (Fastest system that had zero crashes during competition): Aaron Xie

Fall 2021 Competition Results:

For the Fall 2021 season, we received 4 submissions by December 3. These are the final results in terms of the four team’s total time for 10 laps.

  • For the 2021 season, we used the Berkeley Minor Map
(Note: Please do not train or submit your ROAR Competition entries using earlier maps. The following links are only for benchmarking purposes to allow you to compare your new entries with past results. Your solutions trained on older maps may not be compatible with the Berkeley Major Map and subsequently may be subject to disqualification from the competition.)
RankTeam NameContestants10 Lap timeFastest Single Lap
1RCAIRyan Chen1014.77 s1:41 s
2The WhalesAaron Xie1023.80 s
3LeagueOfRacersTianlun Zhang and Star Li1259.56 s
4Camshaft54Cameron Shaw2242.01 s

We are very pleased to announce the winners for the 2021 Fall ROAR S1/S2 series:

Grand Prize: Ryan Chen (Record: 1014.77 s)
Second Place: Aaron Xie
Third Place: Tianlun Zhang and Star Li

Special Awards:
Fastest Single Lap Time: 
Ryan Chen (Record: 1.41 s)
Prime Directive (Fastest system that had zero crashes during competition): Ryan Chen

Summer 2021 Competition Results:

For the Summer 2021 season, we received 8 submissions by August 27. These are the final results in terms of the eight team’s total time for 10 laps.

  • For the 2021 season, we used the Berkeley Minor Map

(Note: Please do not train or submit your ROAR Competition entries using earlier maps. The following links are only for benchmarking purposes to allow you to compare your new entries with past results. Your solutions trained on older maps may not be compatible with the Berkeley Major Map and subsequently may be subject to disqualification from the competition.)

RankTeam NameContestants10 Lap time
1Roll ContRollJames Cheney1046.61 s
2High School RookiesPeter Peng, Rooney Xu, Charlie Sun, Amanda Chiang, William Situ1999.4 s
3Camshaft54Cameron Shaw2160.05 s
4RCAIRyan Chen2470.29 s
5Team WhalesAaron Xie2847.65 s
6Yali TeamZizhou Shi, Binhang Huang, Yiming Sun, Ziyu Han3031.13 s
7Gourgui AIPeter Gourgui4342.74 s
8WashAndy Kuang, Jeff HuangDNF
We are very pleased to announce the winners for the 2021 Summer ROAR S1/S2 series:

S1 Series First Place: (Roll ContRoll) James Cheney
Fastest Lap Time Prize: James Cheney
Prime Directive Prize: James Cheney

S2 Series First Place: (High School Rookies) Peter Peng, Rooney Xu, Charlie Sun, Amanda Chiang, William Situ
S2 Series Second Place: (Camshaft54) Cameron Shaw
S2 Series Third Place: (RCAI) Ryan Chen

Spring 2021 Competition Results:

For the Spring 2021 season, we have received 4 submissions by May 8. These are the final results in terms of the four team’s total time for 10 laps and the best single lap time.

  • For the 2021 season, we used the Berkeley Minor Map

(Note: Please do not train or submit your ROAR Competition entries using earlier maps. The following links are only for benchmarking purposes to allow you to compare your new entries with past results. Your solutions trained on older maps may not be compatible with the Berkeley Major Map and subsequently may be subject to disqualification from the competition.)

Team MembersTotal Lap TimeBest Single Lap TimeRemarks
James Cheney, Chufan Guo3595.42750500887s355.1sUtilized custom Roll controller for steering and PID controller for throttle
Michael Wu, Mark Scheble, Adrian Liu4071.500061s405.97sDemonstrated usage of occupancy grid map and potential map
Michael Wu, Star Li8139.102934s808.76sReinforcement Learning Agent using Occupancy map outputting PID valuesr
Michael CuiDNF ---
We are very pleased to announce the winners for the 2021 Spring ROAR S1 series:
 
Grand Prize: James Cheney and Chufan Guo (Record: 3595.43s)
Second Place: Michael Wu, Mark Scheble, and Adrian Liu
Third Place: Michael Wu, Star Li
 
Special Awards:
Fastest Single Lap: James Cheney and Chufan Guo (Record: 355.1s)
Prime Directive (Fastest system that had zero crashes during competition): James Cheney and Chufan Guo

Fall 2020 Competition Results:

For the Fall 2020 season, we have received 8 submissions by December 12. These are the final results in terms of the eight team’s total time for 10 laps and the best single lap time.

  • For 2020 season, we used the Easy Map

(Note: Please do not train or submit your ROAR Competition entries using earlier maps. The following links are only for benchmarking purposes to allow you to compare your new entries with past results. Your solutions trained on older maps may not be compatible with the Berkeley Major Map and subsequently may be subject to disqualification from the competition.)

Team MembersTotal Lap TimeBest Single Lap TimeRemarks
Alfredo De Goyeneche, Alvin Tan, Sihao Chen, Wesley Wang, Aman Sidhant813.92 s77.23sUsing customized waypoint smoothing function & LQR Controller
Shuwen Deng, Zheyuan Wu, Linfeng Zang1104.00s77.15sFast driving using manually-tuned PID controller
Michael Wu, Flaviano Christian Reyes, James Cheney, Marleah Puckett, Jonathan Wong1207.45s120.45sUsing Reinforcement Learning DDPG network trained PID controller
Josephine Koe1294.13s126.96sUsing optimally tuned PID controller with customized local planner
Peter Peng, Amanda Chiang, William Situ2531.55253.10sDriving at 44 km/h. Safe but not fast
Jacky KwokDNF---
Kevin LiuDNF ---
We are very pleased to announce the winners for the 2020 Fall ROAR S1 series:
 
Grand Prize: Alfredo De Goyeneche, Alvin Tan, Sihao Chen, Wesley Wang, Aman Sidhant (Record: 813.92s)
Second Place: Shuwen Deng, Zheyuan Wu, Linfeng Zang
Third Place: Michael Wu, Flaviano Christian Reyes, James Cheney, Marleah Puckett, Jonathan Wong
 
Special Awards:
Fastest Single Lap: Shuwen Deng, Zheyuan Wu, Linfeng Zang (Record: 77.15s)
Prime Directive (Fastest system that had zero crashes during competition): Michael Wu, Flaviano Christian Reyes, James Cheney, Marleah Puckett, Jonathan Wong (Record: 1207.45s)

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