I read this article. 3D world themselves said it was purposley a very strict test. The main criteria was that the scene had to be created from scratch in 45 minutes, excluding render time. The purpose of the test was to see if 3d app's between 100 and 500 could compete with the big boys, producing profesional results to a deadline. I suspect people more famillier with these 'low end' apps would get better results in the allotted time. Having said that, although the 3dWorld crew claim to be 'experienced' with truespace, I'm supprised they managed to produce such a P.O.S render!