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Flying style

Pilots grouped by how alike their flying was.

Analysis computed

The groups are flying style, and not score. The spread of ranks in each group shows where that style paid and where it did not.

Group A — Strong climbers

26 pilots · ranks 1–1 · median 1 · middle half 1–1

  • High — Climbing faster than the pilots sharing the thermal group median P73 in this field (77 percent) · usually a strength
  • High — Climb rate at thermal exit group median P71 in this field (2.5 metres per second)
  • Low — Glide speed between climbs group median P34 in this field (41.2 kilometres per hour) · usually costly
  • 1. Hugo Armstrong
  • 1. Poppy Boyle
  • 1. Finn Carter
  • 1. Scarlett Doyle
  • 1. George Gibson
  • 1. Willow Harding
  • 1. Harry Ingram
  • 1. Matilda Larsen
  • 1. Jasper Mercer
  • 1. Lucas Murphy
  • 1. Harper Newton
  • 1. Chloe Nolan
  • 1. Toby Osborne
  • 1. Georgia Palmer
  • 1. Zoe Patel
  • 1. Angus Rankin
  • 1. Ruby Reid
  • 1. Fergus Tobin
  • 1. Alice Underhill
  • 1. Ella Vaughan (most typical of this group)
  • 1. Rory Voss
  • 1. Hazel Whelan
  • 1. Cody Yates
  • 1. Leo Young
  • 1. Amelia Zammit
  • 1. Frankie Zeller

Group B — Outclimbed in company

15 pilots · ranks 1–1 · median 1 · middle half 1–1

  • Low — Climbing faster than the pilots sharing the thermal group median P17 in this field (16 percent) · usually costly
  • High — Share of the flight spent in air that wasn’t sinking group median P82 in this field (40 percent)
  • High — Glide speed between climbs group median P80 in this field (45.6 kilometres per hour) · usually a strength
  • High — Share of lift turned in that was kept as a climb group median P79 in this field (82 percent)
  • 1. Archie Ellison
  • 1. Freya Foster
  • 1. Evie Jarvis
  • 1. Mia Jensen
  • 1. Ethan Kelly
  • 1. Oscar Knight
  • 1. Grace Lowe
  • 1. Henry OConnor (most typical of this group)
  • 1. Oliver Quinn
  • 1. Thomas Singh
  • 1. Maya Sutton
  • 1. Isla Turner
  • 1. Charlie Underwood
  • 1. Max Walker
  • 1. Lily Xu

Not clustered: 1. James Abbott — only 1 of 11 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 1. Sarah Baker — only 4 of 11 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 1. Liam Chen — only 1 of 11 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 1. Olivia Dixon — only 6 of 11 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 1. Noah Evans — only 6 of 11 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 1. Emma Fraser — only 6 of 11 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 1. Jack Grant — only 6 of 11 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 1. Ava Hughes — only 6 of 11 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 1. William Irwin — only 6 of 11 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%).

41 pilots on 11 behavioural metrics formed 2 groups.