[hackpelican]

This debacle smells of ill-preparation. Seems that none of the teams actually spent time or effort testing their systems in real life before the event.

[jeffreygoesto]

For me it shows that you need both computer and domain knowledge to solve something with "the tool commuter". Having both is rare in most fields. Looks like they underestimated the breadth and amount of domain knowledge necessary to be good at racing.

Being good at a computer is not equal to being good with a computer (as tool).