Leaders
The official board tells you what was lifted, not when — and the broadcasts are seven-hour VODs with no chapters. Same board, same figures, plus one column: the moment each record happens on video. Open a row for the evidence behind it.
01 Xtreme Aerial Concepts 55 lb167 lb3.04:1in aug 5 · 11:48:12
On screen at that moment — vehicle 54.9 lb · payload 166.9 lb · ratio 3.04:1. Matched on payload + ratio.
Other televised runs with weights
- Wed Aug 5 · 11:08 AM ET payload 141.9 lb · ratio 2.58:1
- Wed Aug 5 · 11:28 AM ET payload 141.9 lb · ratio 2.58:1
In the 15-lane grid
02 MacGyver 55 lb137 lb2.51:1in aug 4 · 9:16–10:46
The Monday and Tuesday feeds carry no weight columns, so no frame can reproduce this record. Located instead by the team name in the lane banner.
In the 15-lane grid
03 H-Squared 55 lb127 lb2.32:1in aug 5 · 9:06–10:04
No telemetry frame reproduced these numbers. Located by the team name in the lane banner.
In the 15-lane grid
Chasers
01 DefendTex 12 lb112 lb9.63:1in aug 4 · 2:02–3:37
The Monday and Tuesday feeds carry no weight columns, so no frame can reproduce this record. Located instead by the team name in the lane banner.
In the 15-lane grid
02 MTech Operations LLC 32 lb112 lb3.46:1in aug 5 · 11:45:42
On screen at that moment — vehicle 32.49 lb · ratio 3.46:1 · payload cell unreadable. Matched on vehicle + ratio.
In the 15-lane grid
03 Capstone AirLift Systems 43 lb112 lb2.62:1in aug 5 · 2:38:17
On screen at that moment — vehicle 42.9 lb · payload 112.4 lb · ratio 2.62:1. Matched on payload + ratio.
Other televised runs with weights
- Wed Aug 5 · 2:14 PM ET payload 47.49 lb · ratio 1.14:1
In the 15-lane grid
04 Mimino 46 lb117 lb2.56:1in aug 4 · 9:30–10:46
The Monday and Tuesday feeds carry no weight columns, so no frame can reproduce this record. Located instead by the team name in the lane banner.
In the 15-lane grid
05 Advanced Vertical Flight Laboratory 44 lb112 lb2.55:1in aug 5 · 9:31–10:05
No telemetry frame reproduced these numbers. Located by the team name in the lane banner.
Other televised runs with weights
- Wed Aug 5 · 9:23 AM ET payload 111.9 lb · ratio 2.4:1
In the 15-lane grid
- Wed Aug 5 · lane 13 · 9:31 AM–10:05 AM ET · 34m
- Mon Aug 3 · lane 13 · 2:05 PM–2:29 PM ET · 24m
- Mon Aug 3 · lane 13 · 2:53 PM–3:10 PM ET · 17m
- Wed Aug 5 · lane 13 · 10:12 AM–10:28 AM ET · 16m
- Tue Aug 4 · lane 13 · 4:09 PM–4:21 PM ET · 12m
- Wed Aug 5 · lane 13 · 9:05 AM–9:17 AM ET · 12m
- Tue Aug 4 · lane 13 · 5:09 PM–5:16 PM ET · 7m
- Mon Aug 3 · lane 13 · 2:44 PM–2:48 PM ET · 4m
- Tue Aug 4 · lane 13 · 5:31 PM–5:35 PM ET · 4m
- Wed Aug 5 · lane 13 · 9:22 AM–9:26 AM ET · 4m
06 Dronesmith 52 lb112 lb2.16:1in aug 5 · 9:08–9:55
No telemetry frame reproduced these numbers. Located by the team name in the lane banner.
Other televised runs with weights
- Wed Aug 5 · 9:39 AM ET payload 7.4 lb · ratio 0.13:1
In the 15-lane grid
07 InSky 52 lb112 lb2.14:1in aug 4 · 2:13–2:57
The Monday and Tuesday feeds carry no weight columns, so no frame can reproduce this record. Located instead by the team name in the lane banner.
In the 15-lane grid
08 Advanced Tactical Lift Aircraft System 55 lb112 lb2.06:1in aug 5 · 9:05–10:31
No telemetry frame reproduced these numbers. Located by the team name in the lane banner.
In the 15-lane grid
09 Driftless Robotics 51 lb47 lb0.92:1in aug 5 · 2:27–3:33
No telemetry frame reproduced these numbers. Located by the team name in the lane banner.
Other televised runs with weights
- Wed Aug 5 · 2:27 PM ET payload 1.9 lb · ratio 0.03:1
- Wed Aug 5 · 2:35 PM ET payload 1.9 lb · ratio 0.03:1
- Wed Aug 5 · 2:48 PM ET payload 1.9 lb · ratio 0.03:1
- Wed Aug 5 · 2:57 PM ET payload 1.9 lb · ratio 0.03:1
In the 15-lane grid
10 APTOS AERO 30 lb2 lb0.06:1in aug 4 · 9:28–10:21
The Monday and Tuesday feeds carry no weight columns, so no frame can reproduce this record. Located instead by the team name in the lane banner.
In the 15-lane grid
11 Mohyi Labs 33 lb2 lb0.06:1in aug 4 · 9:16–10:46
The Monday and Tuesday feeds carry no weight columns, so no frame can reproduce this record. Located instead by the team name in the lane banner.
In the 15-lane grid
12 Ragin' Cajuns Drone Team 44 lb2 lb0.06:1in aug 5 · 11:23:52
On screen — vehicle 44.49 lb · payload 2.4 lb · ratio 0.05:1. That reads 0.05:1, not the 0.06:1 on the board, so this is a neighbouring attempt and not the record itself.
In the 15-lane grid
13 Dmaterial 38 lb2 lb0.05:1in aug 4 · 9:16–10:46
The Monday and Tuesday feeds carry no weight columns, so no frame can reproduce this record. Located instead by the team name in the lane banner.
In the 15-lane grid
14 CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES 51 lb2 lb0.05:1in aug 5 · 11:14–12:38
No telemetry frame reproduced these numbers. Located by the team name in the lane banner.
In the 15-lane grid
15 Virginia Tech DARPA Lift Team 51 lb2 lb0.04:1in aug 4 · 2:06–3:15
The Monday and Tuesday feeds carry no weight columns, so no frame can reproduce this record. Located instead by the team name in the lane banner.
In the 15-lane grid
16 RockSolid Team 2 54 lb2 lb0.03:1in aug 3 · 1:13–3:11
The Monday and Tuesday feeds carry no weight columns, so no frame can reproduce this record. Located instead by the team name in the lane banner.
In the 15-lane grid
Both feeds carry machine-readable data burned into the picture, and both are livestreams — so video time maps straight onto wall-clock ET.
- The main broadcast shows a telemetry strip: lane, team, run time, speed, vehicle lb, payload lb, ratio — the exact leaderboard fields. Where those numbers reproduce a record, the moment is pinned to the second.
- The 15-lane grid puts the team name in every lane banner all day, which gives complete coverage of who flew where even when no numbers were shown.
- The catch: only Wednesday Aug 5 renders the weight columns. On Mon and Tue that screen area reads “full broadcast begins Thursday” — a record set on those days has its numbers nowhere on screen, so the best available answer is the lane and the window.
Read a timestamp as the moment the figures were on screen. Broadcast telemetry updates live during a run, so the aircraft is usually already flying when you land there.
