The standings in the 'race" have not changed much:
Update 20160716.
Extent: -53.8 (-542k vs 2015, -318k vs 2014, -202k vs 2013, +29k vs 2012)
Area: -92.4 (-469k vs 2015, -643k vs 2014, -477k vs 2013, -151k vs 2012)
The extent decline is a bit depressed by upticks in Chukchi (+35k) and Beaufort (+18k). A cyclone is passing over the area, some temporary disturbance is possible. Extent decline was big in the CAA (-45k) and Laptev (-23k).
Area dropped big way in the CAA (-49k), ESS (-38k) and CAB (-34k) regions. Laptev area increased +36k.
Regional delta map is CAA. Concentration drops around Prince of Wales Island, some below the 15% limit. A MODIS/Aqua image shows that this open water is for real and that all ice around the island has gone mobile. There is not much reason why not all of the remaining fast ice in the CAA will do so soon.