Stuart Cathcart

Corryong Cup 2023 · Task 3 (Open) (Thu, 12 Jan 2023) · open · ranked #9 · times in Australia/Melbourne (GMT+11)

Scores computed

Made goal in 2:23:05 — 714.3 points

The flight

What the tracklog shows, and which crossings scored.

Start time taken: gate 4 of 4 — the last start gate at or before the crossing. The speed-section clock runs from the gate, not from the crossing (FAI S7F §8.3.1).15:00:00
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 406.2 · time 415.7 · leading 103.9 · arrival 74.2

Distance points

406.2 pts
Scored distance73.5 km

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

Best distance in class73.5 km
Made goal — full available distance points.406.2 pts

Time points

256.1 pts
Time points use the 5⁄6 speed-fraction exponent (the current FAI S7F, S7F §11.2).
Your speed section time2:23:05

Timed from your 15:00:00 start gate to the end of the speed section (FAI S7F §8.7) — you crossed the start at 15:03:15.

Fastest time in class1:56:35
Time points fall off with the gap to the fastest time256.1 pts

speed fraction = max(0, 1 − ((T − Tbest) ÷ √Tbest)^5⁄6) = 0.616; × 415.7 available = 256.1 (times in hours)

Leading points

27.4 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.27.4 pts
Measured with the classic squared-distance leading coefficient (S7F §11.3.1, the hang-gliding / GAP2016–2018 variant).

Arrival points

24.5 pts
Arrival points reward crossing the end of the speed section early relative to the other pilots who reached it.24.5 pts

Total

714.3 pts
Distance + time + leading + arrival, minus penalties714.3 pts

406.2 + 256.1 + 27.4 + 24.5 ≈ 714.3 — the points above are shown rounded to 0.1; the total is rounded from their exact sum.