The last teams are on trail between Elim and White Mountain, but I tried to look a bit of what really happended on the Yukon river. Looking at this, I kind of understand why I had problems to hang in on the standings.
A total of 51 mushers took their 8 hour rest before the 24 hour mandatory rest. This is an opportunity that only exists on this route.
An overview of where mushers rested:
In Tanana, 38 rested mand. 8
In Ruby, 12 rested mand. 8
In Ruby, 12 rested mand. 24
In Galena, 2 rested mand. 8
In Galena, 44 rested mand. 24
In Huslia, 2 rested mand. 8
In Huslia, 13 rested mand. 24
In Koyukuk, 9 rested mand. 8
In Nulato, 2 rested mand. 8
In Kaltag, 5 rested mand. 8
Mitch Seavey was the only musher who did not take any mandatory rest before Huslia... and he had one of the fastest time into Huslia, Nicolas Petit were faster.
Dallas Seavey took 24 in Ruby and 8 in Koyukuk.
Nicolas Petit took 8 in Galena and 24 in Huslia.
Joar L. Ulsom took 24 in Galena and 8 in Koyukuk.
Jessie Royer, 8 in Ruby and 24 in Huslia
Wade Marrs, 24 in Ruby and 8 in Koyukuk
Ray Redington jr., 8 in Tanana, 24 in Galena
Aliy Zirkle, 8 in Ruby and 24 in Galena
Peter Kaiser, 24 in Galena, 8 in Koyukuk
Paul Gebhardt, 24 in Galena, 8 in Kaltag
Jeff King, 8 in Tanana, 24 in Ruby
Robert Redington, 24 in Galena, 8 in Kaltag
Sebastien Vergnaud, 8 in Ruby, 24 in Galena
Not very surprising it might look like the teams that were able to take their mandatory rest late gained an advantage, maybe the resting of dogs made Mitch able to go that far and keep the speed? All the five top mushers took their latest mandatory rest in Huslia or later.
Were the trail to Huslia harder than expected? Nicolas took 8 in Galena and then 24 in Huslia, 8 hours weren't enough? He had a fast time coming into Huslia.