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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 — Lift keepers

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

  • High — Share of the flight spent in air that wasn’t sinking group median P78 in this field (40 percent)
  • Low — Climb rate at thermal exit group median P24 in this field (1.7 metres per second)
  • Low — Climbing faster than the pilots sharing the thermal group median P24 in this field (22 percent) · usually costly
  • High — Share of lift turned in that was kept as a climb group median P75 in this field (77 percent)
  • 1. Hugo Armstrong
  • 1. Freya Foster
  • 1. Willow Harding
  • 1. Harry Ingram
  • 1. Mia Jensen
  • 1. Ethan Kelly
  • 1. Oscar Knight
  • 1. Matilda Larsen
  • 1. Jasper Mercer
  • 1. Lucas Murphy
  • 1. Harper Newton (most typical of this group)
  • 1. Chloe Nolan
  • 1. Henry OConnor
  • 1. Toby Osborne
  • 1. Georgia Palmer
  • 1. Oliver Quinn
  • 1. Thomas Singh
  • 1. Isla Turner
  • 1. Ella Vaughan
  • 1. Max Walker
  • 1. Lily Xu
  • 1. Cody Yates
  • 1. Amelia Zammit

Group B — Leave-it-lifting climbers

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

  • High — Climb rate at thermal exit group median P76 in this field (2.6 metres per second)
  • High — Climbing faster than the pilots sharing the thermal group median P76 in this field (84 percent) · usually a strength
  • Low — Share of the flight spent in air that wasn’t sinking group median P29 in this field (29 percent)
  • High — Share of race time spent hunting for the next climb group median P65 in this field (25 percent) · usually costly
  • 1. Poppy Boyle
  • 1. Finn Carter
  • 1. Scarlett Doyle
  • 1. Archie Ellison
  • 1. George Gibson (most typical of this group)
  • 1. Jack Grant
  • 1. Ava Hughes
  • 1. William Irwin
  • 1. Evie Jarvis
  • 1. Grace Lowe
  • 1. Zoe Patel
  • 1. Angus Rankin
  • 1. Ruby Reid
  • 1. Maya Sutton
  • 1. Fergus Tobin
  • 1. Alice Underhill
  • 1. Charlie Underwood
  • 1. Rory Voss
  • 1. Hazel Whelan
  • 1. Leo Young
  • 1. Frankie Zeller

Not clustered: 1. James Abbott — only 1 of 11 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 1. Sarah Baker — only 1 of 11 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 1. Liam Chen — only 2 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%).

44 pilots on 11 behavioural metrics formed 2 groups.