My Role and Process

As the navigator in the Great Race, my job is to translate detailed paper instructions into a working system of timing, speed, and communication. Each day begins with calibration, where I record how our car’s performance changes with temperature, terrain, and tire pressure. During the race, I track every maneuver, including accelerations, stops, and turns, using paper charts and stopwatches to measure our accuracy down to the second.

Over time, I started building my own tools to make this process more efficient. By collecting and analyzing race data, I created timing charts that predict how long specific maneuvers take based on our car’s behavior. These tools turn raw timing data into something visual and actionable, allowing us to stay consistent across thousands of miles.

The video below walks through how these systems developed and how I combine data analysis, design thinking, and problem solving to make a complex race process both understandable and repeatable.