Elon Musk's The Boring Company has announced the new edition of the now famous 'Can you beat the snail?' tunnel boring competition. The competition otherwise known as  the 'Not-a-Boring Competition' had been won by the following teams in 2021:

Team Safety: UMD Loop
Fastest Launch Design: The Diggeridoos
Innovation and Design: Swissloop Tunneling
Best Guidance System: TUM Boring
Overall Winner: TUM Boring

The 2021 edition of the competition was the first edition.

In the 2022-2023 Edition, the competitors will be racing to build tunnels of 30 meters which will at least have functional cross-sectional area of at least 0.2 square meters (equivalent to a circle with
a 0.5-meter diameter).

2022-2023 Competition Categories:

At the 2022-2023 Not-a-Boring Competition, teams will compete in four categories, in order of priority:
1. Fastest to complete the tunnel,
2. Innovative design, build, and/or test,
3. Most accurate tunnel, and
4. Tightest turn.

Important dates for the 2022-2023 Edition of the competition

The Boring Company has announced the following important dates:

(NET: Not Earlier Than)

Date                       Milestone                                          
02/15/22                Competition Application Opens
03/1/22                  Competition Application Closes
NET March            Preliminary Design Briefing Due
NET April               Final Design Briefing Due
NET October          Pre-Competition Presentation I
NET November      Pre-Competition Presentation II
NET January 2023 Competition Week

To learn the full set of rules, visit the https://www.boringcompany.com/competition and click on the 'Abbreviated Rules' link:

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6063b0835f68896079d7d643/t/620c1b698a29cc1513372eda/1644960617771/2022+Not-a-Boring+Competition+Abbreviated+Rules+v2_6.pdf