The Race

Starting from the 9th floor, one team member is given two dollar bills when boarding the elevator. Once in the basement, one of the dollars is used to purchase a pop (soda for you east-coasters) from a specified machine. The pop is then used as the baton in a relay race up the stairs. Nine people will be positioned for the race on the landings from the basement to the 8th floor. After the pop is delivered to the 9th floor, it is opened and the shaken pop fizzes out into a container. The race ends when the can is placed in the containing bucket and is opened. The pop remaining in the can after it stops overflowing will be measured.

Rules

Each team will run the course twice.

Teams with fewer than 10 people available to run the race will have their team members positioned for the relay by the commissioner.

Team members may run in both races only if there are not enough people to complete two full slates of racers.

Every person must participate in some leg of the race to be counted.

Rules may be changed and new rules may be added at the discretion of the commissioner.

Scoring

The score will be computed based on three criteria: time taken, amount of soda left after fizzing and participation.

Time: The best run for each team will be ranked in Tier A; the worst run for each team will be ranken in Tier B. For each tier, the scoring will be 5-3-2-1.

Amount: The amount of soda left in the cans after both runs will be totalled, resulting in one ranking of teams. Scoring for this portion will be 5-3-2-1.

Participation: Each team will receive one point per person, up to a total of 20 for the two races. In the fine tradition of Charles' "suck up points," additional participation points can be gained by assisting the commissioner.

Did you know that Coke was developed in a brass pot?