Adventure Racing World Rankings Released

News Release / 06.12.2012

Thule Adventure Team has topped the first official AR World Rankings released December 2012.

Team Seagate are placed closely in second, recently receiving a points boost through winning the 2012 AR World Championship.

The AR World Rankings are a ranking order of the world’s best adventure racing teams based on their previous two years of results. A teams four best results are summed to give the team an AR World Ranking Points total. The rankings are an ongoing comparison of a team’s overall competitiveness, consistency and performance.

The current top five ranked adventure racing teams in the world are Thule Adventure Team (663 points), Seagate (633 points), Silva (580 points), FJS Boosted by Midroc (374 points) and Columbia Vidaraid (370 points).

The top 10 finishing teams at each Qualifier race are awarded AR World Ranking points based on their finishing position. The top 20 finishing teams at the annual AR World Championship are awarded points, which are more heavily weighted to reflect the increased competition level at the annual championship race.

AR World Rankings are calculated and released on an ongoing cycle of approximately 4-6 months. A ranked team maintains their AR World Ranking for the duration of a ranking cycle. At the end of a cycle, rankings are re-calculated using the current cycles results, and the new AR World Rankings are released.

A detailed list of all AR World Rankings is available for download via www.arworldseries.com

The next release of AR World Rankings is scheduled for end May 2013. Teams looking to improve their ranking will now be looking to the next races on the calendar, including Huairasinchi (Ecuador), Godzone Adventure (New Zealand), Tierra Viva (Argentina), and Expedition Africa (South Africa).

More information at www.arworldseries.com