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Winning strategies

Which behaviours went with better ranks on this task.

Analysis computed

Which behaviours went with better ranks

Each row is one behaviour, compared against the published ranks. Select a row to plot it against rank.

BehaviourStrengthWhat it meansPilots measured
How round and consistent the circles were
too few pilots
Share of race time spent hunting for the next climb
too few pilots
Final glide committed to when leaving the last climb
too few pilots
Climbing faster than the pilots sharing the thermal
too few pilots
Low saves dug out from the bottom of the band
too few pilots
Time to core thermals
too few pilots
Climb rate at thermal exit
too few pilots
Share of the flight spent in air that wasn’t sinking
too few pilots
How much of the thermal the pilot climbed before leaving it
too few pilots
Glide speed between climbs
too few pilots
Share of lift turned in that was kept as a climb
too few pilots

11 behaviours were measured on fewer than 8 pilots — too few to tell either way.