Dryfoot derby

The dryfoot derby is the hottest race this side of the Bertius Cluster.

Background
Developed during an extended communications failure, the derby follows the shortest path among the short-range remote sensor stations near the facility. With the goal of minimizing time spent outside, significant efforts were put into devising the fastest and safest route between all stations. Debates inevitably arose around which path was best, and without accurate enough simulation data the only way to settle it was to experiment.

Each scientist's path was mapped and timed, and before long the junior researchers became more interested in this data than the actual data retrieved from the stations. With the reparation of station communications, the derby became even more competitive due to the removal of necessity to stop at each station to uplink. A leaderboard was established, which has been a topic of breakroom banter ever since.

Course details
Nodes may be traversed in any order with the exception of starting and ending at the facility. No swimming is allowed for any segment of the race. Some purists insist that even damp ground must be avoided.
 * Start: Facility west entrance (time starts at exit door credential acceptance)
 * NRTS beacons 1-6 (signal beacon ping)
 * IRTS beacons 1-18 (signal beacon ping)
 * End: Facility (time stops at entrance door credential acceptance)
 * 1) Purists‽ Look at the name for christsakes. -Dr Hek