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2025 Event

UPS Battery Center SOLAR SPLASH 2025
Springfield, Ohio
June 3-7, 2025

SOLAR SPLASH 2025 Press Release

Schedule of Events (Updated June 6, 2025)

2025 Teams

See complete SOLAR SPLASH history here

Jump to:

  • Slalom Event
  • Solar Endurance Event
  • 300 Meter Sprint Event
  • Overall Results
  • Awards

2025 Slalom Event

Boat #Team NameSlalom
Time 1
# attempts
Slalom 1
Slalom
Time 2
# attempts
Slalom 2
Slalom
Time
1University of New Mexico116.81169.28169.28
2Carnegie Mellon University119.69178.27178.27
3Stony Brook University136.86194.90194.90
4University of Dayton202.841215.782202.84
6University of Southern Indiana70.07150.39150.39
8Cal-Poly PomonaDNS1153.381153.38

2025 Solar Endurance Event

Boat #Team NameEndurance
Round 1
Endurance
Round 2
Total
Laps
1University of New Mexico2627.2553.25
2Carnegie Mellon University2628.7554.75
3Stony Brook University1811.2529.25
4University of Dayton713.7520.75
6University of Southern Indiana11.752031.75
8Cal-Poly Pomona05.55.50

One lap was measured as 659 meters.

2025 Sprint Event

Boat #Team NameSprint
Time 1
Sprint
Time 2
Sprint
Time 3
Two Best Sprint times
1University of New Mexico53.96DNF68.27122.23
2Carnegie Mellon University92.08104.5466.65158.73
3Stony Brook UniversityDNF158.38106.19264.57
4University of DaytonDNFDNF152.62610.48
6University of Southern Indiana87.8847.0847.4894.56
8Cal-Poly PomonaDNS143.41DNS573.64

DNS = did not start, DNF = did not finish

Note the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the Overall Results table.

2025 SOLAR SPLASH Overall Results

RankBoat #Team NameTech
Rpt
(90)
Video
(40)
Work-
manship
(20)
Slalom
(200)
Endurance
(400)
Sprint
(250)
Overall
(1000)
11University of New Mexico823715145.47389.04193.41861.86
32Carnegie Mellon University673611128.76400.00148.93791.89
43Stony Brook University824015106.20213.7089.35546.20
54University of Dayton90391449.68151.6038.72383.33
26University of Southern Indiana843920200.00231.96250.00825.04
68Cal-Poly Pomona7536965.7140.1841.21266.80

SOLAR SPLASH 2025 Awards
Overall
Collegiate World Champion University of New Mexico
Second Place University of Southern Indiana
Third Place Carnegie Mellon University
Fourth Place Stony Brook University
Fifth Place University of Dayton
Sixth Place Cal-Poly Pomona
Sprint
First Place University of Southern Indiana
Second Place Carnegie Mellon University
Third Place University of New Mexico
Solar Endurance
First Place Carnegie Mellon University
Second Place University of New Mexico
Third Place University of Southern Indiana
Slalom
First Place University of Southern Indiana
Second Place University of New Mexico
Third Place Carnegie Mellon University
Technical Report
Outstanding Technical Report (First) University of Dayton
Outstanding Technical Report (Second) University of Southern Indiana
Outstanding Technical Report (Third) University of New Mexico
Video Presentation
Best Video Stony Brook University
Video (Second) University of Dayton
Video (Third) University of Southern Indiana
Design
Innovation Award University of Southern Indiana
Outstanding Solar System Design University of Southern Indiana
Outstanding Electrical System Design University of New Mexico
Outstanding Hull Design University of Southern Indiana
Outstanding Drive Train Design University of Dayton
Team
Most Improved Team University of Southern Indiana
Outstanding Workmanship University of Southern Indiana
Perseverance Award Cal-Poly Pomona
Teamwork Award Stony Brook University
Sportsmanship University of Dayton

Sponsors

Prime

UPS Battery Center

Gold

ASME Solar Energy Division

Silver

In memory of Dr. Norm Asper

Bronze

PELS company Logo

Contributors

UA Little Rock department of engineering technology
Dock Side Service LLC
IEEE Evansville-Owensboro section

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