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Andy Schmidt

Corryong Cup 2021 · Task 5 (Open) (Sat, 16 Jan 2021) · open · ranked #5 · times in Australia/Melbourne (GMT+11)

Scores computed

Made goal in 1:42:55 — 673.4 points

The flight

What the tracklog shows, and which crossings scored.

Crossed the start cylinder boundary 7 times. The scored start is the latest crossing from which the flight still makes its best run along the course — re-starting supersedes an earlier start, while simply flying back through the cylinder later in the task changes nothing.
Start time taken: gate 2 of 3 — 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).14:00:00
Completed the task — full task distance is credited.

Day quality — points on offer

Task validity 78.365% of a perfect day, so 783.7 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?78.44%
Time validity — was the winning time long enough relative to the nominal time?99.904%
Points on offer for the day783.7 pts

1000 × 1.00 × 0.7844 × 0.99904 ≈ 783.7 — the validity factors are shown rounded to 5 decimal places; the points on offer come from their full precision.

Split between the components by the goal ratio

distance 449.2 · time 334.4

Distance points

449.2 pts
Scored distance50.1 km

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

Best distance in class50.1 km
Made goal — full available distance points.449.2 pts

Time points

224.2 pts
Time points use the 2⁄3 speed-fraction exponent (the older GAP2016/2018 curve, S7F §11.2).
Your speed section time1:42:55

Timed from your 14:00:00 start gate to the end of the speed section (FAI S7F §8.7) — you crossed the start at 14:04:06.

Fastest time in class (among pilots who made goal)1:29:05
Time points fall off with the gap to the fastest time224.2 pts

speed fraction = max(0, 1 − ((T − Tbest) ÷ √Tbest)^2⁄3) = 0.6704; × 334.4 available = 224.2 (times in hours)

Total

673.4 pts
Distance + time + leading + arrival, minus penalties673.4 pts

round(449.2 + 224.2, 1 dp) = 673.4