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 — Escape artists

10 pilots · ranks 1–19 · median 6.5 · middle half 3.5–10.3

High — Low saves dug out from the bottom of the band group median P83 in this field (1.0 count)
Low — Share of race time spent hunting for the next climb group median P19 in this field (29 percent) · usually a strength
Low — Climb rate at thermal exit group median P20 in this field (0.8 metres per second)
Low — Final glide committed to when leaving the last climb group median P20 in this field (7.95 ratio)

1. Jon Durand
2. Mitch Butler
3. James Wynd
5. Todd Wisewould
6. Steve Docherty (most typical of this group)
7. Jason Kath
8. Michael Smith
11. Neale Halsall
18. Bruce Atkinson
19. Donny Gardner

Group B — Stop-often flyers

12 pilots · ranks 4–22 · median 14.5 · middle half 11.5–17.8

Low — Distance covered between climbs group median P19 in this field (1.2 kilometres) · usually costly
High — Share of the height gain made outside thermals group median P75 in this field (28 percent)
High — Final glide committed to when leaving the last climb group median P73 in this field (34.64 ratio)
Low — How low the pilot gets between climbs group median P28 in this field (20 percent)

4. Richard Martin
9. Mick Lamb (most typical of this group)
10. Paul Bissett-Amess
12. Hughbert Alexander
13. Peter Burkitt
14. Scotty Ireland
15. Tushar Pokle
16. Jay Kubeil
17. John Harriott
20. Jason Carman
21. Steven Crosby
22. Peter Adriaans

Not clustered: 23. Hossain Tefaili — only 8 of 20 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 24. Adrian Connor — only 9 of 20 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 25. Dustan Hansen — only 9 of 20 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 26. James Atkinson — only 3 of 20 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 27. Randall Clotworthy — only 1 of 20 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 28. Marcus De Vecchi — only 3 of 20 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 29. Neil Hooke — only 5 of 20 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 30. Jason Lannstrom — only 1 of 20 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 31. Keith Lavers — only 3 of 20 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 32. Paul Lawrence — only 1 of 20 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 33. Colin Mackie — only 1 of 20 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%).

22 pilots on 20 behavioural metrics formed 2 groups.