The third round of Monster Energy Supercross was the first to use the new Triple Crown format, adding another layer of excitement to the start of the season. 

The format gave us racing that mattered as soon as the night show started, and by the end of the night we saw five different riders take the checkered flag in six motos. And because of the Olympic scoring system that was used to determine the overall, we still have close battles for the championship in both classes. 

Let’s dive into the lap data to figure out how these races were won and lost, and what the three-moto format changed with this week’s Sign of the (Lap) Times. First, our traditional lap time charts.

450SX Class — Main Event 1 — Lap Times

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	On Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	1st	49.894	2	50.509	Cole Seely
2	7th	50.242	9	50.773	Jason Anderson
3	5th	50.244	6	51.049	Eli Tomac
4	3rd	50.360	7	50.857	Blake Baggett
5	2nd	50.593	8	50.907	Justin Brayton
6	6th	50.589	9	51.279	Josh Grant
7	4th	50.601	3	51.074	Weston Peick
8	8th	50.632	8	51.161	Justin Barcia
9	18th	50.878	4	52.040	Vince Friese
10	9th	50.996	6	51.409	Marvin Musquin
11	16th	51.060	7	51.843	Malcolm Stewart
12	22nd	51.062	10	52.162	Broc Tickle
13	11th	51.319	3	51.971	Ken Roczen
14	15th	51.354	7	52.010	Jeremy Martin
15	10th	51.355	2	51.837	Cooper Webb
16	14th	51.502	6	52.270	Dean Wilson
17	12th	51.530	5	52.228	Chad Reed
18	13th	51.674	6	52.210	Tyler Bowers
19	21st	52.171	6	52.991	Ben LaMay
20	17th	52.254	7	53.401	Kyle Cunningham
21	19th	52.557	5	53.752	Alex Ray
22	20th	52.872	5	54.007	Dakota Tedder

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450SX Class — Main Event 2 — Lap Times

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	On Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	1st	50.589	4	51.446	Eli Tomac
2	2nd	50.711	7	51.524	Cole Seely
3	3rd	50.718	12	51.459	Jason Anderson
4	10th	50.760	8	52.088	Blake Baggett
5	5th	50.948	6	51.609	Justin Barcia
6	9th	51.009	8	52.692	Weston Peick
7	6th	51.260	4	52.342	Justin Brayton
8	4th	51.323	7	51.810	Josh Grant
9	7th	51.353	5	52.303	Cooper Webb
10	11th	51.456	6	52.633	Marvin Musquin
11	8th	51.503	6	52.476	Malcolm Stewart
12	12th	51.522	8	52.570	Ken Roczen
13	13th	51.751	6	52.738	Broc Tickle
14	19th	51.890	14	53.432	Vince Friese
15	14th	51.961	7	52.824	Dean Wilson
16	15th	52.320	10	52.866	Jeremy Martin
17	16th	52.468	10	53.463	Tyler Bowers
18	17th	52.536	5	53.870	Chad Reed
19	21st	52.728	8	54.068	Dakota Tedder
t-20	20th	53.056	8	53.930	Kyle Cunningham
t-20	18th	53.056	8	53.732	Alex Ray
22	22nd	53.082	6	54.537	Ben LaMay

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450SX Class — Main Event 3 — Lap Times

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	On Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	1st	50.472	7	51.683	Jason Anderson
2	2nd	51.178	9	52.066	Eli Tomac
3	6th	51.382	6	52.208	Blake Baggett
4	8th	51.508	6	52.456	Josh Grant
5	7th	51.546	7	52.131	Cole Seely
6	5th	51.610	10	52.286	Weston Peick
7	11th	51.571	7	52.734	Cooper Webb
8	4th	51.592	9	52.185	Ken Roczen
9	10th	51.593	11	52.542	Jeremy Martin
10	9th	51.659	19	52.317	Justin Barcia
11	3rd	51.735	7	52.120	Justin Brayton
12	12th	52.064	5	52.863	Broc Tickle
13	13th	52.281	4	53.784	Vince Friese
14	14th	52.443	4	53.740	Malcolm Stewart
15	18th	52.786	8	54.481	Alex Ray
16	15th	52.929	5	53.714	Kyle Cunningham
17	17th	52.950	6	54.019	Tyler Bowers
18	16th	53.227	6	54.132	Chad Reed
19	19th	53.757	4	56.086	Dakota Tedder
20	21st	53.858	4	54.968	Marvin Musquin
21	20th	54.246	7	56.300	Ben LaMay
22	22nd	DNF	DNF	DNF	Dean Wilson

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250SX Class — Main Event 1 — Lap Times

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	On Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	5th	50.461	4	51.635	Shane McElrath
2	1st	50.544	6	51.049	Joey Savatgy
3	2nd	50.723	3	51.263	Christian Craig
4	6th	50.809	5	51.388	Aaron Plessinger
5	3rd	50.998	5	51.378	Mitchell Oldenburg
6	4th	51.015	3	51.775	Adam Cianciarulo
7	7th	51.807	2	52.110	Hayden Mellross
8	8th	51.894	3	52.619	Phil Nicoletti
9	18th	51.921	3	52.780	Mitchell Harrison
10	15th	51.985	5	52.733	Chase Sexton
11	11th	51.997	7	52.572	Justin Hill
12	13th	52.502	8	53.682	Bradley Taft
13	9th	52.558	4	53.151	Kyle Chisholm
14	10th	52.684	5	53.474	Cole Martinez
15	14th	52.770	8	53.470	Dakota Alix
16	12th	52.823	6	53.543	Ryan Breece
17	17th	52.989	3	53.855	Justin Starling
18	16th	53.036	6	53.978	Jean Carlo Ramos
19	20th	53.192	6	55.006	Chase Marquier
20	19th	53.549	4	54.750	Killian Auberson
21	21st	54.023	6	54.580	Brandan Leith
22	22nd	54.115	9	54.754	Justin Hoeft

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250SX Class — Main Event 2 — Lap Times

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	On Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	1st	50.168	2	51.319	Shane McElrath
2	2nd	50.819	5	51.477	Joey Savatgy
3	8th	50.980	8	53.134	Chase Sexton
4	3rd	51.014	4	51.538	Christian Craig
5	4th	51.086	11	51.563	Aaron Plessinger
6	6th	51.106	8	52.192	Mitchell Oldenburg
7	5th	51.255	8	51.750	Adam Cianciarulo
8	10th	51.915	7	52.775	Hayden Mellross
9	7th	52.143	5	52.717	Phil Nicoletti
10	9th	52.173	8	52.798	Justin Hill
11	13th	52.290	12	53.135	Bradley Taft
12	12th	52.642	12	53.066	Mitchell Harrison
13	11th	52.643	7	53.429	Kyle Chisholm
14	15th	52.818	5	54.023	Justin Starling
15	17th	53.072	4	54.105	Ryan Breece
16	18th	53.179	6	54.812	Chase Marquier
17	19th	53.377	5	54.844	Brandan Leith
18	14th	53.595	2	54.480	Cole Martinez
19	20th	53.640	4	55.175	Killian Auberson
20	16th	53.725	6	54.655	Jean Carlo Ramos
21	21st	DNS	DNS	DNS	Dakota Alix
22	22nd	DNS	DNS	DNS	Justin Hoeft

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250SX Class — Main Event 3 — Lap Times

Lap Rank	Finish	Best Lap	On Lap	Avg Lap Time	Rider
1	3rd	51.570	7	52.617	Chase Sexton
2	4th	51.654	8	52.295	Shane McElrath
3	6th	51.662	7	52.455	Mitchell Oldenburg
4	7th	51.674	7	52.441	Aaron Plessinger
5	1st	51.745	5	52.344	Joey Savatgy
6	2nd	51.818	3	52.251	Adam Cianciarulo
7	8th	52.513	5	53.103	Hayden Mellross
8	5th	51.889	10	52.599	Christian Craig
9	9th	52.648	11	53.452	Justin Hill
10	10th	52.689	4	53.704	Kyle Chisholm
11	11th	52.694	6	53.686	Phil Nicoletti
12	12th	52.993	6	53.831	Mitchell Harrison
13	15th	53.548	3	55.297	Justin Starling
14	17th	53.576	4	55.729	Killian Auberson
15	16th	53.599	5	55.394	Ryan Breece
16	13th	54.225	5	54.791	Cole Martinez
17	14th	54.299	6	54.689	Jean Carlo Ramos
18	19th	54.975	3	57.411	Brandan Leith
19	18th	55.091	5	56.510	Chase Marquier
20	20th	57.625 (1 lap)	2	57.625 (1 lap)	Bradley Taft
21	21st	DNS	DNS	DNS	Dakota Alix
22	22nd	DNS	DNS	DNS	Justin Hoeft

The Format

The new format was a big hit with many, but one complaint was the appearance of less race time on TV and a lot more down time in between the races. Throughout the night, we got about seven minutes less of actual race time when compared to the traditional format that was used at Anaheim 1. So, really, there wasn't much of a difference. 

Jason Weigandt reported earlier this week that Feld is working on some solutions to fix the gaps, so we'll see if they can get something figured out by the Minneapolis Supercross, which will also use the new format.