The results board went up after the last rescue team left the course.
Evan reached it with Bram and found Jory already there. He stood near the front, one finger pressed against their line as if somebody might change the numbers while he looked away. Kelan was buying food. Nella had stayed behind to replace what they had used.
Twenty-one parties had passed from forty-six entrants.
Their own line showed eight survivors and a qualification mark. Rod's showed seven. The Five Knots had eight, Golden Axe's leading team seven. Evan read the figures without saying anything. They had done better than parties he had watched with admiration, but the time beside their own result reminded him how narrow their margin had been.
Bram studied the full list.
"Some of these finished much faster."
"With six." Jory said.
"That's all they needed."
