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 — Unfussy climbers

20 pilots · ranks 2–49 · median 26.5 · middle half 19.3–33.8

High — Share of lift turned in that was kept as a climb group median P79 in this field (83 percent)
Low — Time to core thermals group median P24 in this field (60 seconds)
Low — How low the pilot gets between climbs group median P24 in this field (8 percent)
High — Share of the flight spent in air that wasn’t sinking group median P74 in this field (40 percent)

2. Hugo Armstrong
11. Freya Foster
14. Jack Grant
15. Willow Harding
17. Harry Ingram
20. Mia Jensen
21. Ethan Kelly
23. Matilda Larsen
25. Jasper Mercer
26. Lucas Murphy
27. Harper Newton
28. Chloe Nolan
30. Toby Osborne
31. Georgia Palmer
33. Oliver Quinn
36. Thomas Singh (most typical of this group)
39. Isla Turner
46. Lily Xu
47. Cody Yates
49. Amelia Zammit

Group B — Slow corers

24 pilots · ranks 4–50 · median 33 · middle half 17.5–41.3

High — Time to core thermals group median P76 in this field (80 seconds)
High — Climbing faster than the pilots sharing the thermal group median P74 in this field (81 percent) · usually a strength
High — How low the pilot gets between climbs group median P70 in this field (12 percent)
Low — Share of lift turned in that was kept as a climb group median P31 in this field (67 percent)

4. Poppy Boyle
5. Finn Carter
8. Scarlett Doyle
9. Archie Ellison
13. George Gibson
16. Ava Hughes
18. William Irwin
19. Evie Jarvis (most typical of this group)
22. Oscar Knight
24. Grace Lowe
29. Henry OConnor
32. Zoe Patel
34. Angus Rankin
35. Ruby Reid
37. Maya Sutton
38. Fergus Tobin
40. Alice Underhill
41. Charlie Underwood
42. Ella Vaughan
43. Rory Voss
44. Max Walker
45. Hazel Whelan
48. Leo Young
50. Frankie Zeller

Not clustered: 1. James Abbott — only 1 of 13 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 3. Sarah Baker — only 1 of 13 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 6. Liam Chen — only 2 of 13 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 7. Olivia Dixon — only 7 of 13 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 10. Noah Evans — only 7 of 13 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 12. Emma Fraser — only 7 of 13 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%).

44 pilots on 13 behavioural metrics formed 2 groups.