Olympic Road Race Group Five Chris Murphy Ratul Malli John Cieslewicz Lawrence Wang

Introduction Initial Findings Strategies and Concepts Implementation Tournament Analysis Conclusion

Initial Findings Drafting, Forming a Line Optimal Velocity Working with other groups Working against other groups

Strategies and Concepts Calculating optimal velocity Follow the leader Follow one player Handling obstructions Determining the leader Winning the race

Implementation Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Assemble the line Travel at optimal velocity Phase 2 Follow the “leader” Phase 3 Leapfrog Win!

Tournament Analysis Different Number of Riders Consistently finished in top three Different Number of Teams Performed better with more teams Different Number of Lanes Performed better with more lanes Energy Level Outperformed the competition in scarce environment

Conclusion Demonstrated that parasitic “follow-the-leader” strategy is beneficial. Consistently finished within the top three average scores for most race configurations. In the “arms-race,” a follow-the-leader strategy is intrinsically one step behind, but this forced our player to be robust.