From the Official Iditarod website, here are the current standings.
The most striking thing is that Wild and Free Mushing (Brent Sass) is still in 1st place even after he stopped and took his mandatory 8 hour rest. Dallas Seavy is still in 2nd after taking his mandatory 8. Jessie Holmes, on the other hand, who did not have any further mandatory rest stops to make, has dropped to 5th while the two teams that were 5th & 6th, advanced two places. However, as I cautioned on my last post, rest stops are strategic and an extra hour of rest that allows teams to pass, may actually make up time by allowing the dogs to reach and maintain higher average speeds.
Although all voluntary mandatory rest stops (rests that do not have a specific schedule, but do have a mandated length) have been taken by the leaders, all teams have a mandatory 8 hour rest at White Mountain.
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