Compehensive Performance Reports

Hot Wheels Metrics Lab turns every Hot Wheels car into measured data. Each car is weighed, run through a timed lane on a 24-foot track, and logged run by run: its 11-foot split, its speed in real-world terms, and whether it reaches the 22-foot finish line. A car's individual report gives you its owner, team, driver and weight, along with its core statistics, colour-coded lane breakdown, a ranking of every car in its field, a run log, and charts covering finishes, lane comparison, run-to-run trend, consistency across the field, and performance against the other cars. It closes with a composite score, a plain-language guide to every metric, a qualitative look at the car's design and the forces that help or hinder it, and a light-hearted betting model for fun.

Rules & restrictions

• Stock and modified entries allowed
• g maximum weight
• 3.25in. long x 2in. tall x 1.25in. wide
• Limit entries per household
• FTE/NPA axles allowed.
• Dry lube only

Dates & deadlines

All entries must be received by the host before Friday, 11/6/2026. Racing is scheduled for Friday, 11/13/2026. Results will be posted on or after that date as is convenient for the host.

How to enter

Contact the tournament host to get the shipping address for entry.

Include at least $10.00 for return shipping if you want your entries back. Entries not getting returned will be given to the winner as part of the prize.

Include a Race Entry ID slip with your entry

Track

The raceway is a six-lane downhill track on which every car starts from the same automatic gate, released together by a servo-motor. Each lane runs straight for the first 11 feet, where a Play Robotics sensor records the 11-foot split to the thousandth of a second. The car then continues to the 22-foot line, where the finish is recorded as a yes or no. Because the split and the finish are measured separately, every car gets both a speed reading and a reliability reading from the same run.
The 22-foot line is where we check whether the car made it, and the 11-foot split is where we measure how fast it moved. Each car's speed is worked out from the 11-foot time at full scale, so results can be compared across the whole field.

Race format and scoring

This will be a single-elimination tournament. A car will move on in the bracket only when it wins two races in a row. Cars will alternate lanes between each race.

The car that wins the final race will be declared the winner. Race host has final decision in all races.

Bracket seeding will be random.

Penalties/DNF

Cars are given a grace of 1g over the stated weight limit to account for variance in scales.

If a car fails to meet any of the restrictions listed above, the car will not qualify for victory. Offending cars will still race. Finish position and any prize will go to the runner-up in the case of the penalty car winning.

Cars that fail to run or fit on the track, or that happen to break during racing, will forfeit their matches. Cars that arrive broken will attempt to be minimally repaired before the racing begins. Cars that break during racing will not be repaired or replaced.

Prizes

Individualized Compehensive Performance Report