Neill Hollingsworth

Corryong Cup 2023 · Task 3 (Floater) (Wed, 11 Jan 2023) · floater · ranked #3 · times in Australia/Melbourne (GMT+11)

Scores computed

Made goal in 2:19:21 — 712.7 points

The flight

What the tracklog shows, and which crossings scored.

Crossed the start cylinder boundary 3 times. The scored start is the latest crossing from which the flight still makes its best run along the course — re-starting supersedes an earlier start, while simply flying back through the cylinder later in the task changes nothing.
Start time taken: the start gate — the speed-section clock runs from the gate, not from the crossing (FAI S7F §8.3.1).14:00:00
Completed the task — full task distance is credited.

Day quality — points on offer

Task validity 100% of a perfect day, so 1000 of 1000 points were available.

Launch validity — did enough registered pilots launch?100%
Distance validity — did the field fly far enough relative to the nominal distance?100%
Time validity — was the winning time long enough relative to the nominal time?100%
Points on offer for the day1000 pts

1000 × 1.00 × 1.00 × 1.00 = 1000

Split between the components by the goal ratio

distance 390.9 · time 426.4 · leading 106.6 · arrival 76.1

Distance points

390.9 pts
Scored distance22.8 km

Measured along the optimized task line, up to the furthest point on course.

Best distance in class22.8 km
Made goal — full available distance points.390.9 pts

Time points

254.9 pts
Time points use the 5⁄6 speed-fraction exponent (the current FAI S7F, S7F §11.2).
Your speed section time2:19:21

Timed from your 14:00:00 start gate to the end of the speed section (FAI S7F §8.7) — you crossed the start at 15:17:37.

Fastest time in class1:51:53
Time points fall off with the gap to the fastest time254.9 pts

speed fraction = max(0, 1 − ((T − Tbest) ÷ √Tbest)^5⁄6) = 0.5979; × 426.4 available = 254.9 (times in hours)

Leading points

47.8 pts
Leading points reward flying out front during the speed section — the pilot with the best leading coefficient takes all available leading points, others fall off with the gap.47.8 pts
Measured with the classic squared-distance leading coefficient (S7F §11.3.1, the hang-gliding / GAP2016–2018 variant).

Arrival points

19.1 pts
Arrival points reward crossing the end of the speed section early relative to the other pilots who reached it.19.1 pts

Total

712.7 pts
Distance + time + leading + arrival, minus penalties712.7 pts

round(390.9 + 254.9 + 47.8 + 19.1, 1 dp) = 712.7