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Urban Clue Solving Races

This website details the exploits of our "mob" as we compete in various "Urban Clue Solving Races". In these miniature versions of The Amazing Race, two-person teams receive clues to checkpoints around the city, and run around trying to find them. The clues can be difficult, but you're allowed to use cell phones to communicate with a support crew, who can look up stuff on the internet to assist you. Teams may travel by foot or public transportation only.

The original race series in this format was Urban Challenge, which ran nationwide from 2002-2005 (with a special return to Dallas in 2007 and 2008). Series with multiple clue solving races leading up to a national championship prize are:

  • Challenge Nation - Series with a national championship race for a $5,000 prize.
  • Xplore - Series with a cumulative point total for a variable grand prize.
Other organizations that put on multiple clue solving races (but don't have an overall championship prize) include:
CityScape Adventures, CitySolve Urban Race, Race and Seek, Scavenger Dash, Urban Bike Adventure, and Urban Dare.


Our Past Race Experiences:

National Championships That We've Won:

8 National Championship Wins:
2015Challenge NationNew Orleans, LAJohn Beard and Marcy Beard$4,000
2014Great Urban RaceVancouver, CanadaDavid Bogle and Kipley Fiebig$6,000
2013Great Urban RaceSan Juan, Puerto RicoDavid Bogle and Kipley Fiebig$6,000
2012Great Urban RaceLas Vegas, NVDavid Bogle and Kipley Fiebig$10,000
2011Great Urban RaceNew Orleans, LADavid Bogle and Kipley Fiebig$10,000
2009Great Urban RaceNew Orleans, LAJohn Beard and Marcy Beard$10,000
2008Great Urban RaceLas Vegas, NVJohn Beard and Marcy Beard$10,000
2002Urban ChallengeLas Vegas, NVJohn Beard and Marcy Beard$50,000

Local Races (NON-National Championships) That We've Won:

54 Local Race Wins

Our Complete Race History:

Date Race Name Location Total
Teams
Rank Team Members Reports,
Pictures, etc.
4/2/16 Adventure Hunt Austin ? teams 1st Chris McCormick, Richard McCormick  
11/14/15 Challenge Nation
National
Championships
New Orleans Prelims
? teams
1st John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
2nd David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig
3rd Peter Friddle, Phillip Friddle
4th Gayla Harris, Richard McCormick
Finals
7 teams
1st John Beard, Marcy Beard
2nd David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig
4th Peter Friddle, Phillip Friddle
6th Gayla Harris, Richard McCormick
10/17/15 Challenge Nation Austin ? teams 1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig  
2nd Gayla Harris, Richard McCormick
4th Art Cook, Jillian Cook, Olivia Cook
10/17/15 Urban Dare Philadelphia ? teams 1st John Beard, Marcy Beard  
9/26/15 Urban Dare San Francisco 48 teams 1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig  
8/08/15 Challenge Nation Indianapolis 70 teams 2nd Peter Friddle, Phillip Friddle  
3/7/15 Urban Dare Austin ? teams 1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Dave's report
2nd Spencer Conklin, Tom Lane
11/16/14 Challenge Nation Las Vegas ? teams 2nd John Beard, Marcy Beard  
11/15/14 Challenge Nation
National
Championships
Las Vegas Prelims
29 teams
1st John Beard, Spencer Conklin Marcy's report
Finals
6 teams
2nd John Beard, Spencer Conklin
11/8/14 Urban Dare Fort Worth ? teams 1st John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
10/18/14 Challenge Nation Austin 60 teams 1st Spencer Conklin, Tom Lane  
8/9/14 Great Urban Race
National
Championships
Vancouver,
Canada
Prelims
54 teams
3rd David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Marcy's reports:
Prelims
Finals
5th John Beard, Marcy Beard
7th Chris McCormick, Richard McCormick
13th Peter Friddle, Phillip Friddle
22nd Cathy Cox, Tanner Sansbury
23rd Robyn Cantor, Art Cook
Finals
8 teams
1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig
4th John Beard, Marcy Beard
5th Chris McCormick, Richard McCormick
5/31/14
to
6/1/14
Urban Dare Super
Dare - National
Championships
Los Angeles Finals
? teams
2nd John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
5/31/14 Great Urban Race Chicago 254 teams 3rd Peter Friddle, Phillip Friddle  
5/10/14 Great Urban Race Boston 177 teams 3rd Maura Dargush, Phillip Friddle  
4/5/14 Xplore Race Austin 20 teams 1st David Bogle, Jason Mittman  
3/22/14 Great Urban Race Houston 109 teams 1st Chris McCormick, Richard McCormick  
4th Spencer Conklin, Tom Lane
3/1/14 Urban Dare Austin ? teams 1st Tom Lane, Chris McWaters  
2/22/14 Great Urban Race San Francisco 102 teams 3rd David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Dave's report
2/8/14 Great Urban Race Austin 77 teams 1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Dave's report
Marcy's report
2nd Robyn Cantor, Art Cook
5th John Beard, Marcy Beard
7th Cathy Cox, Tanner Sansbury
30th Spencer Conklin, Thomas Lane
12/7/13 Great Urban Race
National
Championships
San Juan,
Puerto Rico
Prelims
108 teams
1st John Beard, Marcy Beard Dave's report
Marcy's report
2nd Peter Friddle, Phillip Friddle
5th David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig
11th Cathy Cox, Tom Lane
? Robyn Cantor, Art Cook
Finals
8 teams
1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig
2nd John Beard, Marcy Beard
3rd Peter Friddle, Phillip Friddle
11/5/13 Xplore Race Austin 9 teams 1st David Bogle Dave's report
2nd Jason Mittman
9/21/13 Urban Dare New York 99 teams 1st John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
9/14/13 Xplore Race Boston 12 teams 2nd Marcy Beard Marcy's report
3rd John Beard
8/10/13 Xplore Race New York 10 teams 1st Marcy Beard Marcy's report
2nd John Beard
8/3/13 Great Urban Race Boston 180 teams 1st John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
7/27/13 Great Urban Race Chicago 280 teams 3rd Peter Friddle, Phil Friddle Pete's report
5/19/13 Challenge Nation Baltimore 152 teams 44th John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
5/4/13 Great Urban Race Philadelphia 122 teams 1st John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
4/27/13 Great Urban Race D.C. 175 teams 35th John Beard, Bob Trafton Marcy's report
37th Marcy Beard, Kathryn Kidd
4/6/13
to
4/7/13
Urban Dare Super
Dare - National
Championships
New Orleans Finals
32 teams
2nd John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
3rd David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig
3/23/13 Great Urban Race Austin 185 teams 1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Kip's report
2nd Art Cook, Robyn Cantor
3rd Cathy Cox, Tom Lane
1/12/13 CityScape Adventures San Antonio 118 teams 1st Robyn Cantor, Art Cook  
12/8/12 Challenge Nation
National
Championships
New Orleans Prelims
23 teams
1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Marcy's report
7th John Beard, Marcy Beard
Finals
5 teams
2nd David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig
11/10/12 Great Urban Race
National
Championships
Las Vegas Prelims
108 teams
1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Pictures, video
5th Spencer Conklin, Tom Lane
Finals
8 teams
1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig
4th Spencer Conklin, Tom Lane
10/21/12 Challenge Nation Austin 58 teams 1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig  
9/8/12 Great Urban Race Philadelphia 211 teams 1st John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
2nd Mary Pat Grzymala, Phyllis Scanlon
8/4/12 Great Urban Race New York 345 teams 1st John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
7/15/12 Challenge Nation New York 101 teams 4th John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
7/7/12 Urban Dare Providence 131 teams 1st John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
6/2/12 Urban Dare Super
Dare - National
Championships
Milwaukee Finals
? teams
3rd Spencer Conklin, Tom Lane  
5/12/12 Great Urban Race D.C. 229 teams 28th John Beard, Bob Trafton Marcy's report
30th Marcy Beard, Kathryn Kidd
5/5/12 Great Urban Race Boston 199 teams 2nd John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
4/28/12 Great Urban Race Austin 116 teams 1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Kip's report
2nd Spencer Conklin, Tom Lane
3/3/12 Great Urban Race Houston 309 teams 2nd Art Cook, Robyn Cantor  
3/3/12 Urban Dare Austin ? teams 1st Spencer Conklin, Tom Lane  
2/12/12 Scavenger Dash Austin 38 teams 1st Spencer Conklin, Tom Lane  
11/12/11 Great Urban Race
National
Championships
New Orleans Prelims
118 teams
1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Kip's report
Marcy's report
3rd Spencer Conklin, Tom Lane
4th Robyn Cantor, Art Cook
18th John Beard, Marcy Beard
23rd Darin Camp, Jim Sampson
Finals
8 teams
1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig
3rd Spencer Conklin, Tom Lane
5th Robyn Cantor, Art Cook
10/23/11 CityScape Adventures San Antonio 45 teams 1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Kip's report
10/22/11 Great Urban Race San Antonio 49 teams 2nd Spencer Conklin, Khamphoy Sayavong  
9/24/11 Great Urban Race Philadelphia 180 teams 1st John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
9/10/11 Great Urban Race Charlotte 84 teams 2nd Tom Lane, Cameron McDuffie  
5/7/11 Great Urban Race Boston 443 teams 4th John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
3/5/11 CityScape Adventures Austin 2 teams 1st David Bogle, Logan Bogle,
Michelle Bogle, Nick Bogle
 
2/26/11 Great Urban Race Austin 144 teams 1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Kip's report
2nd Robyn Cantor, Art Cook
3rd Tom Lane, Sarah Lyons
4th Darin Camp, Jim Sampson
60th Kristi Fleming, Mary Ann Hubbard
11/14/10 Challenge Nation Austin 105 teams 1st Jason Mittman Pictures
2nd David Bogle
3rd Kipley Fiebig
11/13/10 Urban Dare
(on bikes!)
Austin ? teams 1st Sheila Torres-Blank, Sheila Reiter Tom raced solo,
so was unofficial
UO Tom Lane
11/6/10 Great Urban Race
National
Championships
Las Vegas Prelims
117 teams
1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Kip's report
2nd John Beard, Marcy Beard
4th Tom Lane, Richard McCormick
Finals
8 teams
2nd John Beard, Marcy Beard
7th Tom Lane, Richard McCormick
8th David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig
10/30/10 CitySolve Urban Race
National
Championships
New Orleans Prelims
40 teams
1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Kip's report
Marcy's report
2nd John Beard, Marcy Beard
Finals
10 teams
5th David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig
6th John Beard, Marcy Beard
10/3/10 City Chase Austin 92 teams 6th Robyn Cantor, Cathy Cox  
10/2/10 Great Urban Race Fort Worth 259 teams 6th Tom Lane, Sarah Lyons  
5/1/10 CitySolve Urban Race Austin 90 teams 1st Jason Mittman, Adam Reardon Kip's report
2nd David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig
4/10/10 CitySolve Urban Race Dallas 66 teams 2nd David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Kip's report
Marcy's report
3rd John Beard, Marcy Beard
3/27/10 Great Urban Race Austin 334 teams 1st
(tie)
David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Kip's report
Marcy's report
John Beard, Marcy Beard
3rd Richard McCormick, Sharon Williamson
4th Becky Sampson, Jim Sampson
6th Mike Koranek, Jason Mittman
49th Tim Hicks, Zack Hicks
3/6/10 Urban Dare Austin ? teams 1st Robyn Cantor, Art Cook  
2/26/10
to
2/28/10
Urban Dare
Super Dare
National
Championships
Nassau,
Bahamas
Finals
29 teams
2nd John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
3rd Spencer Conklin, Tom Lane
4th David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig
6th Shauna Metcalf, Jason Mittman
9th Scott Appleton, Sheila Torres-Blank
12/12/09 Urban Dare Fort Worth 37 teams 1st Scott Appleton, Sheila Torres-Blank  
11/21/09 Urban Dare Houston ? teams 3rd Richard McCormick, Sharon Williamson  
11/14/09 High Trek Adventure
National
Championships
Las Vegas Prelims
41 teams
1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Marcy's recap
Marcy's report
Kip's report
2nd John Beard, Marcy Beard
4th Mike Koranek, Jason Mittman
5th Chris McCormick, Richard McCormick
6th Spencer Conklin, Tom Lane
Finals
10 teams
3rd John Beard, Marcy Beard
4th Chris McCormick, Richard McCormick
6th David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig
8th Spencer Conklin, Tom Lane
9th Mike Koranek, Jason Mittman
11/7/09 Great Urban Race
National
Championships
New Orleans Prelims
91 teams
1st John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's recap
Marcy's report
Kip's report
7th David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig
10th Chris McCormick, Richard McCormick
12th Robyn Cantor, Art Cook
22nd Robert Butler, Jason Mittman
Finals
8 teams
1st John Beard, Marcy Beard
2nd David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig
10/10/09 High Trek Adventure San Antonio 33 teams 1st
(tie)
John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
Mike Koranek, Jason Mittman
10/3/09 Great Urban Race Dallas 187 teams 1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Kip's report
9/19/09 Urban Dare San Antonio 53 teams 1st Spencer Conklin, Tom Lane  
2nd Mike Koranek, Jason Mittman
7/18/09 Urban Dare Denver 42 teams 1st John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
5/2/09 Urban Dare Dallas 80 teams 1st Robert Butler, Jason Mittman  
5/2/09 Great Urban Race D.C. 331 teams 33rd Sandy Kimbrough, Gail Loving  
4/11/09 High Trek Adventure Austin 41 teams 1st Spencer Conklin, Tom Lane Kip's report
Marcy's report
2nd Mike Koranek, Jason Mittman
3rd David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig
4th John Beard, Marcy Beard
7th Robyn Cantor, Cathy Cox
4/4/09 Great Urban Race Austin 216 teams 1st John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
Kip's report
2nd David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig
3rd Chris McCormick, Richard McCormick
4th Robert Butler, Jason Mittman
5th Robyn Cantor, Art Cook
6th Spencer Conklin, Tom Lane
8th Becky Sampson, Jim Sampson
13th Sandy Kimbrough, Gail Loving
3/21/09 Urban Dare Austin 56 teams 1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Kip's report
2nd Mike Koranek, Jason Mittman
3/14/09 High Trek Adventure Houston 38 teams 1st John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
5th Jason Mittman, Lee Schwartz
2/21/09 High Trek Adventure Dallas 50 teams 1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Kip's report
11/8/08 Great Urban Race
National
Championships
Las Vegas Prelims
83 teams
1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Prescouting
Marcy's recap
Marcy's report
Kip's report
Jim's photos
Video
2nd John Beard, Marcy Beard
3rd Chris McCormick, Richard McCormick
5th Robyn Cantor, Art Cook
6th Robert Butler, Jim Sampson
9th Sandy Kimbrough, Gail Loving
Finals
8 teams
1st John Beard, Marcy Beard
2nd Robyn Cantor, Art Cook
3rd Chris McCormick, Richard McCormick
4th David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig
6th Robert Butler, Jim Sampson
10/5/08 Great Urban Race Austin 101 teams 1st Robert Butler, Jim Sampson Kip's report
Marcy's report
2nd Robyn Cantor, Art Cook
3rd Scott Appleton, Sheila Torres-Blank
4th Sandy Kimbrough, Gail Loving
5th Chris McCormick, Richard McCormick
6th
(tie)
David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig
John Beard, Marcy Beard
10th Spencer Conklin, Tim Sharp
7/26/08 Great Urban Race Denver 187 teams 1st John Beard, Marcy Beard Prescouting
Marcy's recap
Marcy's report
5/31/08 AAFAME
Adventure Quest
Austin 51 teams 2nd David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Pictures
3rd Chris McCormick, Richard McCormick
12th Art Cook, Jillian Cook
19th Charles Cartwright, Jason Mittman
4/5/08 Great Urban Race Dallas 132 teams 1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Kip's report
7th Spencer Conklin, Tom Lane
26th Sandy Kimbrough, Gail Loving
72nd Garrett Cantor-Cox, Robyn Cantor
3/22/08 Urban Dare Austin 80 teams 1st David Bogle, Kipley Fiebig Dave's report
Video
5th Spencer Conklin, Tom Lane
1/12/08 Urban Dare
National
Championships
Miami Finals
18 teams
2nd John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
Pictures
5th Kipley Fiebig, Elias Jimenez
12/1/07 Urban Challenge Dallas 16 teams 1st Kipley Fiebig, Jason Mittman Kip's report
Pictures
2nd Spencer Conklin, Richard McCormick
6th Garrett Cantor-Cox, Robyn Cantor
DQ John Beard, Marcy Beard
9/28/07 Race Fantastique Cozumel,
Mexico
5 teams 1st John Beard, Marcy Beard,
Kipley Fiebig
We set a record
time for the race
4/28/07 Urban Dare Boston 65 teams 8th Rodney Jacobson, Christine Palmer Rod's report
3/24/07 Urban Dare Austin 30 teams 1st Kipley Fiebig, Jason Mittman Kip's report
Marcy's report
2nd Shawn Bostad, Spencer Conklin
4th John Beard, Marcy Beard
10/8/06 Austin Found Austin 10 teams 1st John Beard, Art Cook,
Kipley Fiebig, Hal Taylor
Pictures
9/30/06 The Amazing
Vermont Race
Hyde Park 5 teams 1st John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
10/1/05 Austin Found Austin ? teams 1st Gayla Harris, Richard McCormick Pictures
2nd Robert Butler, Art Cook, Kipley Fiebig
3rd Chris McCormick
4th Tom Lane, Coby Osborne, Elaine Scott
5th Sarah Lane
11/20/04 Urban Challenge
National
Championships
Miami Prelims
43 teams
4th Becky Sampson, Jim Sampson UC Prelims
UC Finals
6th Gayla Harris, Richard McCormick
16th Spencer Conklin, Tom Lane
17th Kipley Fiebig, Rodney Jacobson
31st John Beard, Marcy Beard
Finals
7 teams
4th Becky Sampson, Jim Sampson
5th Gayla Harris, Richard McCormick
10/2/04 Urban Challenge Austin 56 teams 1st Spencer Conklin, Tom Lane Pictures
UC Austin
3rd Gayla Harris, Richard McCormick
4th Reyna Bishop, Robert Butler
5th Kipley Fiebig, Elaine Scott
7th Becky Sampson, Jim Sampson
11th Sheila Torres-Blank, Elizabeth Wills
40th John Beard, Chris Childs
DQ Art Cook, Hal Taylor
6/19/04 Urban Challenge Boston 80 teams 12th Kipley Fiebig, Rodney Jacobson UC Boston
DQ Becky Sampson, Jim Sampson
11/15/03 Urban Challenge
National
Championships
New Orleans Prelims
225 teams
7th John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
Prelims clues
Finals clues
Chat transcript
UC N'awlins
25th Gayla Harris, Richard McCormick
44th Robert Butler, Spencer Conklin
47th Becky Sampson, Jim Sampson
Finals
7 teams
2nd John Beard, Marcy Beard
9/20/03 Urban Challenge Austin 57 teams 4th Kipley Fiebig, Jason Mittman Clues
Chat transcript
Pictures
UC Austin
7th Becky Sampson, Jim Sampson
8th Robert Butler, Spencer Conklin
9th Gayla Harris, Richard McCormick
11th Chris McCormick, Jamie Patterson
11/2/02 Urban Challenge
National
Championships
Las Vegas Prelims
100 teams
6th John Beard, Marcy Beard Marcy's report
Prelims clues
Prelims chat
Finals clues
Finals chat
Pictures
UC Vegas
10th Becky Sampson, Jim Sampson
17th Robert Butler, Kipley Fiebig
33rd Gayla Harris, Richard McCormick
Finals
7 teams
1st John Beard, Marcy Beard
9/28/02 Urban Challenge Dallas 75 teams 1st John Beard, Marcy Beard Clues
Chat transcript
Pictures
UC Dallas
2nd Robert Butler, Kipley Fiebig
3rd Becky Sampson, Jim Sampson
9th Gayla Harris, Richard McCormick