Metric details

Every pilot's reading on every behaviour, family by family.

Analysis computed

best: some pattern (0.47)

#	Pilot	NonSink%
1	Scott Barrett	51
2	Rohan Holtkamp	53
3	Rohan Taylor	54
4	Jon Durand	56
5	Steven Crosby	49
6	Peter Burkitt	56
7	Mitch Butler	55
8	Steve Docherty	55
9	Adam Stevens	60
10	Peter Adriaans	51
11	Olav Opsanger	56
12	Paul Bissett-Amess	51
13	Guy Hubbard	57
14	Steve Blenkinsop	57
15	Vic Hare	57
16	Neale Halsall	57
17	James Wynd	61
18	Jay Kubeil	55
19	Adrian Connor	61
20	Troy Horton	59
21	Richard Martin	58
22	Andrew Sutton	58
23	Neil Hooke	60
24	Dustan Hansen	54
25	Corinna Schwiegershausen	57
26	Stuart Cathcart	57
27	Peter Tolhurst	59
28	James Atkinson	54
29	Sam Prest	63
30	Hughbert Alexander	62
31	Ward Gunn	60
32	Randall Clotworthy	55
33	Dean Bayly	59
34	Mark Jeffree	63
35	Andrew Taylor	60
36	Magnus Ronningen	61
37	Alexander Kot	64
38	John Harriott	56
39	David Jackson	57
40	Jason Lannstrom	57
41	Ted Sadowski	52
42	Donny Gardner	50
43	Peter Garrone	59
44	Jason Carman	63
45	Richard Hughes	71

The day’s wind, hour by hour and leg by leg

Measured in kilometres per hour · no expected direction

What the air did, read from the field itself. We estimate the wind from the circling of every pilot. The first method is the drift of the circle centre, and the second method, used when the first is not available, is the modulation of the ground speed. We then combine the estimates two ways. The table by hour of day shows how the wind increased and changed direction through the day. The table by speed-section leg shows the wind on each part of the course. This metric describes the day, so it has no value for each pilot.

Wind by hour

Period	Speed (km/h)	Dir (°)	n
Whole task	9.4	245	4443
13:00 AEDT	10.2	244	242
14:00 AEDT	9.5	240	1559
15:00 AEDT	8.8	246	1857
16:00 AEDT	10.5	251	721
17:00 AEDT	9.4	251	64

Each circle gives one wind estimate. GlideComp uses centre drift where it can, and ground-speed modulation where it cannot. The direction is the vector mean of the estimates, in degrees the wind blows FROM (0° = north). The speed is the median of their magnitudes, because the length of a vector mean falls toward zero when the directions scatter.

Hours are shown in the competition’s time zone.

Wind by leg

Leg	Flown	Pilots	Circling	Speed (km/h)	Dir (°)	n	From pilots
ELLIOT (SSS)→TINTAL	14:16–16:30 AEDT	38	14:21–16:26 AEDT	7.4	188	696	32
TINTAL→CUDG	14:28–17:05 AEDT	30	14:31–17:03 AEDT	8.5	237	808	30
CUDG→TOWONG	14:51–17:09 AEDT	28	14:57–17:00 AEDT	9.4	257	799	26
TOWONG→CORRY (ESS)	15:22–17:08 AEDT	22	16:13–16:58 AEDT	12.8	254	107	4
CORRY (ESS)→CORRY (GOAL)	15:27–17:08 AEDT	22	—	—	—	0	0

“Flown” is when the field was ON the leg — the first pilot entering to the last leaving — over the “Pilots” who started and flew the whole leg.

“Circling” is the narrower window the wind was actually measured in: first to last circle estimate any pilot logged while on the leg, from “From pilots” pilots. Glides produce no estimate, so a leg the field mostly glided shows a sliver of its flown window (or “—” where no one circled at all) — and a late leg the leaders glided can be measured EARLIER than the leg before it without either being wrong.

How strong the day’s climbs were, hour by hour

Measured in metres per second · no expected direction

When the day started, reached its peak, and ended. We group the thermal climbs of all pilots by the hour in which each climb started, labelled in the time zone of the competition. The median and the 90th-percentile average climb rate for each hour show how the lift developed. The first row is the whole task, measured over every climb of the day in one set, and not as an average of the hourly rows. This metric describes the day, so it has no value for each pilot.

Climb by hour

Period	Median (m/s)	p90 (m/s)	n
Whole task	1.1	2.0	1246
13:00 AEDT	1.1	2.2	51
14:00 AEDT	1.2	2.2	432
15:00 AEDT	1.1	1.9	506
16:00 AEDT	1.0	1.7	226
17:00 AEDT	1.0	1.6	31

The average climb rate of every thermal use across the field, grouped by the start of the climb. The hours are in the time zone of the competition. The whole-task row is measured over all of those climbs together, not averaged from the hours.

Share of the flight spent in air that wasn’t sinking

Measured in percent · no expected direction

How much of the flight was in air worth being in. The value is the share of the airborne time of a pilot, on the shared grid, with a 30 s-smoothed vario at or above −0.5 m/s. The time they flew, the line they steered and the way the flight ended all feed this value. It is therefore a reading of the day as much as of the pilot. There is no expected direction, and the sign of the correlation is the finding. The timing table compares the window of the day’s best climbs against the time when the field launched.

Day timing

	Time
Best conditions	14:00–15:00 AEDT
Earliest takeoff	13:34 AEDT
Median takeoff	14:22 AEDT
Latest takeoff	17:08 AEDT

Best conditions is the one-hour window with the strongest median climb (1.2 m/s), among hours with enough climbs to be representative (≥20% of the busiest hour).

best: clear pattern (0.73)

#	Pilot	Out-climb	Core s	LeaveRate	Kept%	TopOut%	Round
1	Scott Barrett	65 (13 shared climbs)	56 (13 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.2 (12 climbs ≥ 90 s)	78 (7/9 circling bouts led to climbs)	81 (mean on-course altitude 42% of band)	— (6 circles, 67% left)
2	Rohan Holtkamp	78 (19 shared climbs)	31 (9 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.2 (8 climbs ≥ 90 s)	88 (7/8 circling bouts led to climbs)	76 (mean on-course altitude 58% of band)	0.17 (95 circles, 81% left)
3	Rohan Taylor	74 (29 shared climbs)	55 (11 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.5 (8 climbs ≥ 90 s)	82 (9/11 circling bouts led to climbs)	85 (mean on-course altitude 58% of band)	0.16 (112 circles, 81% left)
4	Jon Durand	76 (19 shared climbs)	34 (14 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.3 (13 climbs ≥ 90 s)	90 (9/10 circling bouts led to climbs)	68 (mean on-course altitude 50% of band)	0.15 (125 circles, 86% left)
5	Steven Crosby	41 (9 shared climbs)	91 (9 climbs ≥ 60 s)	-0.4 (9 climbs ≥ 90 s)	63 (5/8 circling bouts led to climbs)	101 (mean on-course altitude 40% of band)	0.37 (12 circles, 75% left)
6	Peter Burkitt	73 (34 shared climbs)	36 (10 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.3 (8 climbs ≥ 90 s)	65 (13/20 circling bouts led to climbs)	80 (mean on-course altitude 55% of band)	0.17 (130 circles, 97% left)
7	Mitch Butler	70 (26 shared climbs)	59 (13 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.2 (12 climbs ≥ 90 s)	82 (9/11 circling bouts led to climbs)	81 (mean on-course altitude 66% of band)	0.16 (150 circles, 67% left)
8	Steve Docherty	53 (13 shared climbs)	61 (13 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.1 (10 climbs ≥ 90 s)	65 (13/20 circling bouts led to climbs)	72 (mean on-course altitude 55% of band)	— (4 circles, 100% left)
9	Adam Stevens	65 (28 shared climbs)	36 (17 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.0 (12 climbs ≥ 90 s)	75 (9/12 circling bouts led to climbs)	72 (mean on-course altitude 57% of band)	0.15 (201 circles, 81% left)
10	Peter Adriaans	76 (30 shared climbs)	51 (9 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.3 (8 climbs ≥ 90 s)	78 (7/9 circling bouts led to climbs)	78 (mean on-course altitude 66% of band)	0.15 (111 circles, 54% left)
11	Olav Opsanger	61 (13 shared climbs)	11 (6 climbs ≥ 60 s)	2.4 (4 climbs ≥ 90 s)	71 (10/14 circling bouts led to climbs)	19 (mean on-course altitude 21% of band)	0.17 (137 circles, 27% left)
12	Paul Bissett-Amess	73 (20 shared climbs)	62 (13 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.1 (11 climbs ≥ 90 s)	75 (6/8 circling bouts led to climbs)	87 (mean on-course altitude 53% of band)	0.19 (98 circles, 97% left)
13	Guy Hubbard	58 (17 shared climbs)	70 (14 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.6 (12 climbs ≥ 90 s)	73 (8/11 circling bouts led to climbs)	99 (mean on-course altitude 60% of band)	0.22 (35 circles, 89% left)
14	Steve Blenkinsop	62 (19 shared climbs)	90 (12 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.2 (9 climbs ≥ 90 s)	69 (9/13 circling bouts led to climbs)	80 (mean on-course altitude 61% of band)	0.15 (150 circles, 58% left)
15	Vic Hare	68 (39 shared climbs)	36 (16 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.2 (11 climbs ≥ 90 s)	71 (10/14 circling bouts led to climbs)	71 (mean on-course altitude 68% of band)	0.13 (206 circles, 78% left)
16	Neale Halsall	73 (29 shared climbs)	47 (15 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.4 (10 climbs ≥ 90 s)	77 (10/13 circling bouts led to climbs)	71 (mean on-course altitude 53% of band)	0.17 (132 circles, 54% left)
17	James Wynd	48 (15 shared climbs)	63 (16 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.4 (14 climbs ≥ 90 s)	75 (12/16 circling bouts led to climbs)	68 (mean on-course altitude 48% of band)	— (7 circles, 29% left)
18	Jay Kubeil	76 (33 shared climbs)	41 (14 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.1 (7 climbs ≥ 90 s)	69 (9/13 circling bouts led to climbs)	77 (mean on-course altitude 54% of band)	0.16 (87 circles, 69% left)
19	Adrian Connor	68 (45 shared climbs)	11 (19 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.4 (12 climbs ≥ 90 s)	74 (14/19 circling bouts led to climbs)	39 (mean on-course altitude 43% of band)	0.16 (186 circles, 23% left)
20	Troy Horton	69 (43 shared climbs)	51 (16 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.1 (13 climbs ≥ 90 s)	68 (13/19 circling bouts led to climbs)	50 (mean on-course altitude 46% of band)	0.18 (216 circles, 99% left)
21	Richard Martin	78 (21 shared climbs)	42 (13 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.0 (9 climbs ≥ 90 s)	61 (11/18 circling bouts led to climbs)	56 (mean on-course altitude 57% of band)	0.17 (214 circles, 45% left)
22	Andrew Sutton	69 (29 shared climbs)	36 (14 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.2 (10 climbs ≥ 90 s)	79 (11/14 circling bouts led to climbs)	71 (mean on-course altitude 57% of band)	0.14 (170 circles, 99% left)
23	Neil Hooke	58 (29 shared climbs)	41 (17 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.2 (9 climbs ≥ 90 s)	69 (11/16 circling bouts led to climbs)	66 (mean on-course altitude 57% of band)	0.14 (161 circles, 80% left)
24	Dustan Hansen	85 (14 shared climbs)	66 (9 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.4 (6 climbs ≥ 90 s)	56 (9/16 circling bouts led to climbs)	60 (mean on-course altitude 53% of band)	0.14 (118 circles, 72% left)
25	Corinna Schwiegershausen	49 (11 shared climbs)	100 (12 climbs ≥ 60 s)	-0.2 (12 climbs ≥ 90 s)	60 (9/15 circling bouts led to climbs)	80 (mean on-course altitude 55% of band)	0.27 (13 circles, 77% left)
26	Stuart Cathcart	57 (17 shared climbs)	57 (15 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.6 (13 climbs ≥ 90 s)	56 (10/18 circling bouts led to climbs)	86 (mean on-course altitude 67% of band)	0.20 (86 circles, 97% left)
27	Peter Tolhurst	59 (26 shared climbs)	29 (18 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.3 (12 climbs ≥ 90 s)	45 (9/20 circling bouts led to climbs)	61 (mean on-course altitude 58% of band)	0.18 (133 circles, 99% left)
28	James Atkinson	79 (23 shared climbs)	44 (13 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.2 (11 climbs ≥ 90 s)	67 (8/12 circling bouts led to climbs)	68 (mean on-course altitude 54% of band)	0.13 (159 circles, 76% left)
29	Sam Prest	61 (35 shared climbs)	34 (17 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.9 (9 climbs ≥ 90 s)	83 (15/18 circling bouts led to climbs)	52 (mean on-course altitude 49% of band)	0.17 (138 circles, 89% left)
30	Hughbert Alexander	72 (26 shared climbs)	37 (11 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.6 (7 climbs ≥ 90 s)	92 (12/13 circling bouts led to climbs)	37 (mean on-course altitude 42% of band)	0.17 (131 circles, 48% left)
31	Ward Gunn	74 (30 shared climbs)	36 (13 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.5 (9 climbs ≥ 90 s)	79 (19/24 circling bouts led to climbs)	64 (mean on-course altitude 45% of band)	0.18 (117 circles, 47% left)
32	Randall Clotworthy	78 (5 shared climbs)	25 (7 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.1 (6 climbs ≥ 90 s)	78 (7/9 circling bouts led to climbs)	46 (mean on-course altitude 36% of band)	0.15 (57 circles, 46% left)
33	Dean Bayly	65 (12 shared climbs)	34 (9 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.3 (6 climbs ≥ 90 s)	83 (10/12 circling bouts led to climbs)	20 (mean on-course altitude 28% of band)	0.13 (133 circles, 85% left)
34	Mark Jeffree	66 (13 shared climbs)	37 (14 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.7 (11 climbs ≥ 90 s)	61 (11/18 circling bouts led to climbs)	69 (mean on-course altitude 53% of band)	0.16 (98 circles, 99% left)
35	Andrew Taylor	37 (5 shared climbs)	90 (7 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.1 (6 climbs ≥ 90 s)	33 (3/9 circling bouts led to climbs)	57 (mean on-course altitude 44% of band)	— (3 circles, 67% left)
36	Magnus Ronningen	88 (6 shared climbs)	2 (7 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.3 (4 climbs ≥ 90 s)	43 (3/7 circling bouts led to climbs)	33 (mean on-course altitude 37% of band)	0.21 (164 circles, 99% left)
37	Alexander Kot	61 (32 shared climbs)	32 (10 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.4 (4 climbs ≥ 90 s)	50 (10/20 circling bouts led to climbs)	56 (mean on-course altitude 46% of band)	0.15 (97 circles, 62% left)
38	John Harriott	60 (18 shared climbs)	35 (5 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.0 (4 climbs ≥ 90 s)	20 (1/5 circling bouts led to climbs)	38 (mean on-course altitude 32% of band)	0.20 (59 circles, 46% left)
39	David Jackson	41 (6 shared climbs)	100 (11 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.2 (11 climbs ≥ 90 s)	58 (7/12 circling bouts led to climbs)	17 (mean on-course altitude 4% of band)	0.36 (16 circles, 75% left)
40	Jason Lannstrom	—	7 (3 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.1 (1 climb ≥ 90 s)	—	—	0.16 (27 circles, 93% left)
41	Ted Sadowski	53 (3 shared climbs)	80 (3 climbs ≥ 60 s)	-0.0 (3 climbs ≥ 90 s)	0 (0/3 circling bouts led to climbs)	—	— (5 circles, 100% left)
42	Donny Gardner	54 (3 shared climbs)	78 (4 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.3 (4 climbs ≥ 90 s)	—	19 (mean on-course altitude 9% of band)	— (5 circles, 100% left)
43	Peter Garrone	52 (2 shared climbs)	22 (4 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.8 (2 climbs ≥ 90 s)	60 (3/5 circling bouts led to climbs)	-8 (mean on-course altitude -14% of band)	0.23 (37 circles, 22% left)
44	Jason Carman	26 (5 shared climbs)	76 (6 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.1 (6 climbs ≥ 90 s)	—	—	— (4 circles, 100% left)
45	Richard Hughes	54 (3 shared climbs)	45 (4 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.1 (2 climbs ≥ 90 s)	—	-15 (mean on-course altitude -17% of band)	0.18 (99 circles, 98% left)

Share of lift turned in that was kept as a climb

Measured in percent · no expected direction

How selective the pilot is about the lift they stop for. Each period of circling of 30 s or more after the start counts as lift that the pilot sampled. If the period overlaps a detected thermal, the pilot kept that lift. If it does not, they turned a few circles and left it. The value is the percentage kept. A low value means they are selective. A high value means they keep almost every climb they turn in. There is no expected direction: selection wins on a strong day and wastes time on a weak one.

Acceptance by hour

Hour	Median accepted (%)	pilots
14:00 AEDT	100	25
15:00 AEDT	63	42
16:00 AEDT	54	24
17:00 AEDT	0	7

Median per-pilot acceptance %, bucketed by the hour (competition time zone).

How round and consistent the circles were

Measured in ratio · no expected direction

Whether the pilot flies clean, repeatable circles, or moves around the thermal. We fit each detected circle by least squares. The RMS fit error divided by the fitted radius measures how round the turn was. The value is the median over all of the circles of the pilot. A lower value means smoother and more consistent turns. There is no expected direction: a rough trace can be a pilot chasing a drifting or broken core rather than a pilot circling badly.

Turn direction across the field: 73% left (4444 circles).

best: clear pattern (0.82)

#	Pilot	GlideSpd	GlideL/D	Wide%	Dolphin%
1	Scott Barrett	74.0 (6 glides, 26 min gliding)	1.12 (4 legs compared)	7 (4 legs completed)	2 (56 of 2734 m gained outside thermals)
2	Rohan Holtkamp	72.7 (10 glides, 32 min gliding)	1.15 (4 legs compared)	6 (4 legs completed)	6 (150 of 2512 m gained outside thermals)
3	Rohan Taylor	66.1 (13 glides, 40 min gliding)	1.12 (4 legs compared)	8 (4 legs completed)	15 (393 of 2696 m gained outside thermals)
4	Jon Durand	61.1 (14 glides, 44 min gliding)	1.10 (4 legs compared)	6 (4 legs completed)	8 (239 of 2910 m gained outside thermals)
5	Steven Crosby	66.5 (6 glides, 35 min gliding)	1.03 (4 legs compared)	8 (4 legs completed)	2 (76 of 3319 m gained outside thermals)
6	Peter Burkitt	63.1 (13 glides, 42 min gliding)	1.18 (4 legs compared)	11 (4 legs completed)	18 (481 of 2635 m gained outside thermals)
7	Mitch Butler	66.4 (8 glides, 45 min gliding)	1.09 (4 legs compared)	10 (4 legs completed)	5 (156 of 3022 m gained outside thermals)
8	Steve Docherty	64.6 (10 glides, 43 min gliding)	1.07 (4 legs compared)	14 (4 legs completed)	4 (115 of 3172 m gained outside thermals)
9	Adam Stevens	64.2 (12 glides, 45 min gliding)	1.14 (4 legs compared)	8 (4 legs completed)	17 (479 of 2742 m gained outside thermals)
10	Peter Adriaans	59.6 (9 glides, 48 min gliding)	0.97 (4 legs compared)	11 (4 legs completed)	8 (287 of 3444 m gained outside thermals)
11	Olav Opsanger	67.0 (20 glides, 51 min gliding)	0.95 (4 legs compared)	20 (4 legs completed)	29 (1637 of 5606 m gained outside thermals)
12	Paul Bissett-Amess	54.0 (8 glides, 53 min gliding)	1.40 (4 legs compared)	16 (4 legs completed)	6 (162 of 2694 m gained outside thermals)
13	Guy Hubbard	66.3 (6 glides, 43 min gliding)	0.95 (4 legs compared)	14 (4 legs completed)	4 (132 of 3631 m gained outside thermals)
14	Steve Blenkinsop	66.0 (12 glides, 49 min gliding)	0.98 (4 legs compared)	14 (4 legs completed)	5 (175 of 3462 m gained outside thermals)
15	Vic Hare	66.9 (13 glides, 51 min gliding)	1.03 (4 legs compared)	19 (4 legs completed)	9 (292 of 3356 m gained outside thermals)
16	Neale Halsall	63.3 (12 glides, 46 min gliding)	0.88 (4 legs compared)	14 (4 legs completed)	9 (354 of 3924 m gained outside thermals)
17	James Wynd	62.0 (8 glides, 44 min gliding)	1.02 (4 legs compared)	17 (4 legs completed)	3 (99 of 3880 m gained outside thermals)
18	Jay Kubeil	58.3 (14 glides, 52 min gliding)	1.19 (4 legs compared)	25 (4 legs completed)	12 (381 of 3314 m gained outside thermals)
19	Adrian Connor	49.1 (24 glides, 80 min gliding)	0.87 (4 legs compared)	39 (4 legs completed)	19 (944 of 5097 m gained outside thermals)
20	Troy Horton	49.3 (21 glides, 81 min gliding)	0.93 (4 legs compared)	32 (4 legs completed)	18 (822 of 4657 m gained outside thermals)
21	Richard Martin	59.3 (14 glides, 68 min gliding)	1.02 (4 legs compared)	28 (4 legs completed)	14 (574 of 3984 m gained outside thermals)
22	Andrew Sutton	52.2 (15 glides, 67 min gliding)	0.89 (4 legs compared)	34 (4 legs completed)	12 (597 of 5121 m gained outside thermals)
23	Neil Hooke	54.2 (15 glides, 64 min gliding)	0.88 (3 legs compared)	17 (3 legs completed)	19 (686 of 3574 m gained outside thermals)
24	Dustan Hansen	60.4 (15 glides, 62 min gliding)	1.08 (3 legs compared)	34 (3 legs completed)	13 (522 of 3951 m gained outside thermals)
25	Corinna Schwiegershausen	56.1 (5 glides, 38 min gliding)	1.15 (3 legs compared)	15 (3 legs completed)	8 (245 of 3026 m gained outside thermals)
26	Stuart Cathcart	50.1 (17 glides, 63 min gliding)	0.97 (3 legs compared)	22 (3 legs completed)	10 (321 of 3222 m gained outside thermals)
27	Peter Tolhurst	50.3 (18 glides, 72 min gliding)	0.74 (3 legs compared)	30 (3 legs completed)	15 (643 of 4246 m gained outside thermals)
28	James Atkinson	56.8 (12 glides, 54 min gliding)	0.92 (3 legs compared)	19 (3 legs completed)	13 (521 of 3939 m gained outside thermals)
29	Sam Prest	63.8 (23 glides, 55 min gliding)	1.01 (2 legs compared)	35 (2 legs completed)	17 (690 of 4156 m gained outside thermals)
30	Hughbert Alexander	53.4 (26 glides, 63 min gliding)	0.89 (2 legs compared)	58 (2 legs completed)	32 (1357 of 4246 m gained outside thermals)
31	Ward Gunn	54.9 (28 glides, 84 min gliding)	1.18 (1 leg compared)	55 (1 leg completed)	19 (954 of 5080 m gained outside thermals)
32	Randall Clotworthy	57.9 (7 glides, 30 min gliding)	1.12 (1 leg compared)	13 (1 leg completed)	20 (346 of 1714 m gained outside thermals)
33	Dean Bayly	43.8 (16 glides, 55 min gliding)	1.00 (1 leg compared)	33 (1 leg completed)	17 (463 of 2703 m gained outside thermals)
34	Mark Jeffree	47.3 (13 glides, 52 min gliding)	0.81 (1 leg compared)	93 (1 leg completed)	14 (394 of 2721 m gained outside thermals)
35	Andrew Taylor	43.8 (5 glides, 46 min gliding)	1.15 (1 leg compared)	70 (1 leg completed)	14 (257 of 1862 m gained outside thermals)
36	Magnus Ronningen	45.1 (11 glides, 40 min gliding)	1.17 (1 leg compared)	10 (1 leg completed)	27 (379 of 1420 m gained outside thermals)
37	Alexander Kot	54.5 (16 glides, 45 min gliding)	1.20 (1 leg compared)	126 (1 leg completed)	29 (535 of 1839 m gained outside thermals)
38	John Harriott	51.1 (2 glides, 29 min gliding)	1.00 (1 leg compared)	47 (1 leg completed)	52 (200 of 388 m gained outside thermals)
39	David Jackson	45.7 (6 glides, 36 min gliding)	—	—	6 (174 of 2783 m gained outside thermals)
40	Jason Lannstrom	—	—	—	—
41	Ted Sadowski	—	—	—	—
42	Donny Gardner	42.5 (1 glides, 8 min gliding)	—	—	—
43	Peter Garrone	47.1 (3 glides, 9 min gliding)	—	—	—
44	Jason Carman	—	—	—	—
45	Richard Hughes	48.7 (1 glides, 3 min gliding)	—	—	—

Glide speed between climbs

Measured in kilometres per hour · higher is better

How fast the pilot moves down the course when they are on a glide. The value is the duration-weighted mean ground speed over every glide after the start, which is the glide distance divided by the glide time. A higher value means more ground covered in each minute between climbs.

Field glide speed: median 57.3 km/h · p90 66.5 km/h (42 pilots)

best: clear pattern (0.67)

#	Pilot	Floor%	LowSaves	km/climb	Search%
1	Scott Barrett	69 (5 descents, lowest 28% of band)	0.0	6.5 (mean shared-climb pctile 48%)	10
2	Rohan Holtkamp	34 (8 descents, lowest -9% of band)	0.0	3.5 (mean shared-climb pctile 65%)	15
3	Rohan Taylor	41 (7 descents, lowest 13% of band)	0.0	2.9 (mean shared-climb pctile 57%)	27
4	Jon Durand	57 (9 descents, lowest -36% of band)	0.0	2.7 (mean shared-climb pctile 63%)	18
5	Steven Crosby	68 (5 descents, lowest -29% of band)	0.0	7.4 (mean shared-climb pctile 29%)	7
6	Peter Burkitt	65 (7 descents, lowest 27% of band)	0.0	2.4 (mean shared-climb pctile 50%)	35
7	Mitch Butler	63 (6 descents, lowest 36% of band)	0.0	4.0 (mean shared-climb pctile 50%)	21
8	Steve Docherty	57 (7 descents, lowest 15% of band)	0.0	4.7 (mean shared-climb pctile 36%)	22
9	Adam Stevens	54 (5 descents, lowest 19% of band)	0.0	2.1 (mean shared-climb pctile 52%)	33
10	Peter Adriaans	69 (6 descents, lowest 32% of band)	0.0	3.5 (mean shared-climb pctile 51%)	25
11	Olav Opsanger	9 (17 descents, lowest -46% of band)	0.0	1.4 (mean shared-climb pctile 72%)	41
12	Paul Bissett-Amess	21 (6 descents, lowest -33% of band)	0.0	4.0 (mean shared-climb pctile 59%)	18
13	Guy Hubbard	70 (5 descents, lowest 5% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from 12% of band)	5.8 (mean shared-climb pctile 35%)	18
14	Steve Blenkinsop	46 (7 descents, lowest 18% of band)	0.0	3.5 (mean shared-climb pctile 46%)	23
15	Vic Hare	67 (7 descents, lowest 40% of band)	0.0	2.7 (mean shared-climb pctile 51%)	30
16	Neale Halsall	61 (8 descents, lowest -6% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from -9% of band)	2.4 (mean shared-climb pctile 55%)	25
17	James Wynd	29 (6 descents, lowest -4% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from -4% of band)	4.0 (mean shared-climb pctile 38%)	17
18	Jay Kubeil	27 (5 descents, lowest 12% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from 12% of band)	2.1 (mean shared-climb pctile 57%)	24
19	Adrian Connor	24 (9 descents, lowest -20% of band)	0.0	1.0 (mean shared-climb pctile 53%)	34
20	Troy Horton	31 (7 descents, lowest -33% of band)	2.0 (deepest save from -32% of band)	1.4 (mean shared-climb pctile 46%)	38
21	Richard Martin	38 (8 descents, lowest 0% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from 4% of band)	2.1 (mean shared-climb pctile 49%)	42
22	Andrew Sutton	58 (9 descents, lowest -16% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from -16% of band)	1.7 (mean shared-climb pctile 55%)	29
23	Neil Hooke	36 (6 descents, lowest -15% of band)	0.0	2.0 (mean shared-climb pctile 43%)	33
24	Dustan Hansen	37 (7 descents, lowest -3% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from 6% of band)	2.3 (mean shared-climb pctile 57%)	33
25	Corinna Schwiegershausen	39 (4 descents, lowest 30% of band)	0.0	5.6 (mean shared-climb pctile 32%)	16
26	Stuart Cathcart	55 (10 descents, lowest -40% of band)	0.0	2.5 (mean shared-climb pctile 34%)	33
27	Peter Tolhurst	51 (7 descents, lowest 2% of band)	0.0	1.4 (mean shared-climb pctile 39%)	43
28	James Atkinson	38 (6 descents, lowest 20% of band)	0.0	2.3 (mean shared-climb pctile 64%)	29
29	Sam Prest	50 (9 descents, lowest 9% of band)	0.0	0.9 (mean shared-climb pctile 42%)	28
30	Hughbert Alexander	8 (12 descents, lowest -50% of band)	0.0	0.9 (mean shared-climb pctile 56%)	43
31	Ward Gunn	41 (11 descents, lowest -24% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from 14% of band)	0.7 (mean shared-climb pctile 53%)	40
32	Randall Clotworthy	12 (5 descents, lowest 2% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from 14% of band)	1.8 (mean shared-climb pctile 67%)	34
33	Dean Bayly	2 (7 descents, lowest -27% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from -3% of band)	1.2 (mean shared-climb pctile 40%)	43
34	Mark Jeffree	38 (7 descents, lowest -19% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from 11% of band)	1.2 (mean shared-climb pctile 54%)	45
35	Andrew Taylor	43 (2 descents, lowest 13% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from 5% of band)	6.0 (mean shared-climb pctile 18%)	25
36	Magnus Ronningen	-7 (2 descents, lowest -8% of band)	0.0	1.3 (mean shared-climb pctile 86%)	55
37	Alexander Kot	43 (6 descents, lowest -30% of band)	0.0	—	58
38	John Harriott	—	0.0	—	64
39	David Jackson	-18 (5 descents, lowest -34% of band)	4.0 (deepest save from -34% of band)	—	38
40	Jason Lannstrom	—	0.0	—	21
41	Ted Sadowski	—	0.0	—	44
42	Donny Gardner	—	0.0	—	28
43	Peter Garrone	—	0.0	—	72
44	Jason Carman	—	0.0	—	100
45	Richard Hughes	—	0.0	—	94

Share of race time spent hunting for the next climb

Measured in percent · lower is better

Time that goes into neither a climb nor progress down the course. This is the time spent to find lift, to stay up, and to decide what to do next. The value is the share of the speed-section time, from the start to ESS or to the landing, in which the pilot neither climbed in a thermal nor glided with real net speed. A lower value means less time lost between climbs.

Speed-section phase shares, field p25/median/p75: climb 29/33/36% · glide 27/36/42% · search 23/33/42%

best: clear pattern (0.76)

#	Pilot	InGaggle%	Marked%	LeaveWin%
1	Scott Barrett	67	50 (4/8 climbs marked)	100 (3W–0L (3 departures))
2	Rohan Holtkamp	81	53 (8/15 climbs marked)	100 (1W–0L (1 departure))
3	Rohan Taylor	62	56 (10/18 climbs marked)	100 (1W–0L (1 departure))
4	Jon Durand	70	53 (10/19 climbs marked)	100 (1W–0L (1 departure))
5	Steven Crosby	47	29 (2/7 climbs marked)	100 (3W–0L (3 departures))
6	Peter Burkitt	45	73 (16/22 climbs marked)	50 (1W–1L (2 departures))
7	Mitch Butler	70	85 (11/13 climbs marked)	100 (1W–0L (1 departure))
8	Steve Docherty	77	45 (5/11 climbs marked)	33 (1W–2L (3 departures))
9	Adam Stevens	45	28 (7/25 climbs marked)	100 (1W–0L (1 departure))
10	Peter Adriaans	44	80 (12/15 climbs marked)	100 (1W–0L (1 departure))
11	Olav Opsanger	14	6 (2/36 climbs marked)	100 (2W–0L (2 departures))
12	Paul Bissett-Amess	20	46 (6/13 climbs marked)	—
13	Guy Hubbard	37	22 (2/9 climbs marked)	67 (2W–1L (3 departures))
14	Steve Blenkinsop	84	87 (13/15 climbs marked)	0 (0W–2L (2 departures))
15	Vic Hare	75	53 (10/19 climbs marked)	50 (1W–1L (2 departures))
16	Neale Halsall	62	55 (12/22 climbs marked)	—
17	James Wynd	39	54 (7/13 climbs marked)	0 (0W–1L (1 departure))
18	Jay Kubeil	25	32 (8/25 climbs marked)	—
19	Adrian Connor	24	30 (16/53 climbs marked)	0 (0W–1L (1 departure))
20	Troy Horton	37	42 (15/36 climbs marked)	—
21	Richard Martin	18	16 (4/25 climbs marked)	—
22	Andrew Sutton	28	29 (9/31 climbs marked)	—
23	Neil Hooke	39	65 (17/26 climbs marked)	0 (0W–1L (1 departure))
24	Dustan Hansen	11	5 (1/22 climbs marked)	—
25	Corinna Schwiegershausen	36	67 (6/9 climbs marked)	0 (0W–2L (2 departures))
26	Stuart Cathcart	26	20 (4/20 climbs marked)	—
27	Peter Tolhurst	22	24 (8/34 climbs marked)	—
28	James Atkinson	27	38 (8/21 climbs marked)	100 (1W–0L (1 departure))
29	Sam Prest	33	42 (18/43 climbs marked)	—
30	Hughbert Alexander	10	0 (0/42 climbs marked)	—
31	Ward Gunn	16	38 (15/40 climbs marked)	—
32	Randall Clotworthy	0	7 (1/15 climbs marked)	—
33	Dean Bayly	1	0 (0/22 climbs marked)	100 (1W–0L (1 departure))
34	Mark Jeffree	3	10 (2/20 climbs marked)	—
35	Andrew Taylor	16	0 (0/4 climbs marked)	—
36	Magnus Ronningen	9	0 (0/17 climbs marked)	—
37	Alexander Kot	9	19 (5/27 climbs marked)	—
38	John Harriott	65	40 (2/5 climbs marked)	—
39	David Jackson	0	17 (1/6 climbs marked)	—
40	Jason Lannstrom	0	—	—
41	Ted Sadowski	11	—	—
42	Donny Gardner	44	—	—
43	Peter Garrone	0	0 (0/4 climbs marked)	—
44	Jason Carman	0	—	—
45	Richard Hughes	0	—	—

Time spent flying with a gaggle

Measured in percent · no expected direction

Whether the pilot raced with other pilots or alone. The value is the share of their flying time after the start inside a detected gaggle, that is, clustered with one other racing pilot or more on the shared time grid. There is no expected direction. A gaggle increases the power to search for lift, but it also holds a pilot to its own speed. The sign of the correlation says which of the two occurred here.

66 gaggle episodes detected (peak size 9 pilots).

best: clear pattern (0.66)

#	Pilot	StartDly	TimeLost	Behind	Spare m	FinalGl
1	Scott Barrett	97	13	0.0	-53	4.58 (left last climb 6.8 km out at 1786 m)
2	Rohan Holtkamp	142	0	0.2	-132	8.05 (left last climb 4.4 km out at 834 m)
3	Rohan Taylor	41	0	5.2	-37	2.86 (left last climb 4.8 km out at 1963 m)
4	Jon Durand	154	236	11.4	-2	2.33 (left last climb 4.4 km out at 2166 m)
5	Steven Crosby	130	103	11.7	61	4.31 (left last climb 7.2 km out at 1952 m)
6	Peter Burkitt	104	314	13.4	-40	4.26 (left last climb 6.1 km out at 1731 m)
7	Mitch Butler	131	489	17.5	35	3.97 (left last climb 6.3 km out at 1875 m)
8	Steve Docherty	117	542	20.6	-102	4.67 (left last climb 7.4 km out at 1871 m)
9	Adam Stevens	98	596	21.4	-104	2.38 (left last climb 3.9 km out at 1936 m)
10	Peter Adriaans	162	506	21.5	-205	3.83 (left last climb 6.1 km out at 1875 m)
11	Olav Opsanger	128	1028	23.1	-128	12.70 (left last climb 1.0 km out at 373 m)
12	Paul Bissett-Amess	172	618	23.5	200	6.99 (left last climb 5.3 km out at 1054 m)
13	Guy Hubbard	111	716	24.1	-80	3.91 (left last climb 6.4 km out at 1936 m)
14	Steve Blenkinsop	127	836	25.4	56	3.59 (left last climb 5.8 km out at 1901 m)
15	Vic Hare	108	881	25.5	-67	4.21 (left last climb 6.3 km out at 1779 m)
16	Neale Halsall	149	987	26.7	-30	3.90 (left last climb 6.2 km out at 1870 m)
17	James Wynd	167	1837	43.8	-8	2.48 (left last climb 4.0 km out at 1895 m)
18	Jay Kubeil	891	1189	44.3	82	5.67 (left last climb 7.8 km out at 1659 m)
19	Adrian Connor	709	4504	97.2	-109	9.29 (left last climb 8.0 km out at 1154 m)
20	Troy Horton	198	3737	75.9	-154	7.17 (left last climb 8.8 km out at 1523 m)
21	Richard Martin	868	2463	65.9	127	7.31 (left last climb 8.8 km out at 1496 m)
22	Andrew Sutton	518	3151	71.5	-177	7.08 (left last climb 10.5 km out at 1778 m)
23	Neil Hooke	241	1682	—	—	11.61 (left last climb 5.2 km out at 739 m)
24	Dustan Hansen	2008	1925	—	—	10.57 (left last climb 6.4 km out at 901 m)
25	Corinna Schwiegershausen	127	527	—	—	2.56 (left last climb 4.7 km out at 2139 m)
26	Stuart Cathcart	12	2294	—	—	23.78 (left last climb 3.3 km out at 428 m)
27	Peter Tolhurst	97	2997	—	—	3.46 (left last climb 5.5 km out at 1865 m)
28	James Atkinson	413	1354	—	—	2.73 (left last climb 4.6 km out at 1956 m)
29	Sam Prest	75	1044	—	—	7.78 (left last climb 8.2 km out at 1346 m)
30	Hughbert Alexander	2609	2460	—	—	—
31	Ward Gunn	402	1215	—	—	19.13 (left last climb 6.4 km out at 628 m)
32	Randall Clotworthy	4486	198	—	—	5.46 (left last climb 3.6 km out at 946 m)
33	Dean Bayly	1634	1168	—	—	10.02 (left last climb 6.4 km out at 928 m)
34	Mark Jeffree	950	2713	—	—	9.72 (left last climb 3.9 km out at 693 m)
35	Andrew Taylor	2131	1748	—	—	8.17 (left last climb 8.7 km out at 1350 m)
36	Magnus Ronningen	7	613	—	—	11.85 (left last climb 6.5 km out at 842 m)
37	Alexander Kot	1013	2621	—	—	36.00 (left last climb 9.4 km out at 551 m)
38	John Harriott	2174	1068	—	—	6.74 (left last climb 8.1 km out at 1487 m)
39	David Jackson	2147	—	—	—	40.28 (left last climb 10.8 km out at 560 m)
40	Jason Lannstrom	9068	—	—	—	—
41	Ted Sadowski	1021	—	—	—	—
42	Donny Gardner	2034	—	—	—	12.61 (left last climb 10.7 km out at 1143 m)
43	Peter Garrone	802	—	—	—	17.29 (left last climb 9.8 km out at 859 m)
44	Jason Carman	2837	—	—	—	—
45	Richard Hughes	3658	—	—	—	16.83 (left last climb 7.1 km out at 715 m)

How long after the gate opened the pilot started

Measured in seconds · lower is better

Every second between the opening of the gate and the crossing of the start line is a second lost for nothing. The value is the seconds from the start gate taken to the scored SSS crossing. On an elapsed-time task, the pilot’s own crossing is the reference, so the delay is 0 by definition. The start table adds the crossing altitude, and the distance behind the leading pilot who had already started.

Start execution

Pilot	Delay	Alt m	Band %	Behind km
Scott Barrett	1:37	2105	97	9.4
Rohan Holtkamp	2:22	1991	88	9.9
Rohan Taylor	0:41	2036	91	9.9
Jon Durand	2:34	2052	93	9.9
Steven Crosby	2:10	2042	92	0.4
Peter Burkitt	1:44	2016	90	9.6
Mitch Butler	2:11	2070	94	0.4
Steve Docherty	1:57	2072	94	0.2
Adam Stevens	1:38	1925	82	9.0
Peter Adriaans	2:42	2002	89	1.0
Olav Opsanger	2:08	2060	93	0.4
Paul Bissett-Amess	2:52	1902	80	9.5
Guy Hubbard	1:51	2083	95	0.1
Steve Blenkinsop	2:07	2129	99	0.4
Vic Hare	1:48	2086	95	0.0
Neale Halsall	2:29	1926	82	0.8
James Wynd	2:47	1661	61	9.9
Jay Kubeil	14:51	1689	63	10.6
Adrian Connor	11:49	1618	58	9.7
Troy Horton	3:18	2031	91	9.0
Richard Martin	14:28	2217	106	9.7
Andrew Sutton	8:38	1788	71	9.2
Neil Hooke	4:01	1850	76	9.4
Dustan Hansen	33:28	1903	81	9.9
Corinna Schwiegersha	2:07	2030	91	9.8
Stuart Cathcart	0:12	2246	108	9.3
Peter Tolhurst	1:37	2106	97	7.9
James Atkinson	6:53	1656	61	9.7
Sam Prest	1:15	1692	64	9.1
Hughbert Alexander	43:29	1681	63	8.9
Ward Gunn	6:42	1596	56	9.9
Randall Clotworthy	74:46	1824	74	9.9
Dean Bayly	27:14	1496	48	10.4
Mark Jeffree	15:50	2010	89	10.6
Andrew Taylor	35:31	1907	81	10.0
Magnus Ronningen	0:07	2125	99	9.2
Alexander Kot	16:53	1882	79	10.9
John Harriott	36:14	1943	84	10.2
David Jackson	35:47	1046	11	9.7
Jason Lannstrom	151:08	1542	51	0.0
Ted Sadowski	17:01	1873	78	10.8
Donny Gardner	33:54	1664	61	9.8
Peter Garrone	13:22	987	7	9.1
Jason Carman	47:17	654	-20	8.5
Richard Hughes	60:58	981	6	9.3

Delay = gate taken → SSS crossing. Behind km = extra distance to the next turnpoint vs the furthest-along already-started pilot at the moment of this start (time grid).

Race time lost against the fastest pilots, leg by leg

Measured in seconds · lower is better

For each completed speed-section leg, we compare the leg time of the pilot with the mean of the top 10 pilots by rank who completed that leg. Only the losses count, and we add them together. The sum of the leg times is the race time, and the rank defines the reference, so this metric follows the result by construction. Read the waterfall table, which shows every leg against the task winner, for the diagnosis. Do not read the correlation as a finding.

Rohan Holtkamp, over 4 compared legs: -0:31 overall. — marks a leg the pilot or the winner did not complete; the table below has every pilot.

Leg waterfall — leg time vs the task winner

Pilot	SSS→TINTAL	TINTAL→CUDG	CUDG→TOWONG	TOWONG→ESS	Total
Scott Barrett	+0:00	+0:00	+0:00	+0:00	+0:00
Rohan Holtkamp	+0:10	-0:54	+1:14	-1:01	-0:31
Rohan Taylor	+1:29	+2:00	+3:29	-0:47	+6:10
Jon Durand	+3:13	-1:28	+9:07	-0:24	+10:27
Steven Crosby	+4:41	+4:02	+4:21	-1:53	+11:11
Peter Burkitt	+7:02	-0:54	+7:30	-0:18	+13:20
Mitch Butler	+4:48	+10:21	+2:18	-0:33	+16:54
Steve Docherty	+4:23	+9:51	+6:59	-0:54	+20:18
Adam Stevens	+9:41	+2:21	+9:02	+0:18	+21:22
Peter Adriaans	+5:45	+3:31	+7:46	+3:21	+20:23
Olav Opsanger	+2:34	-2:08	+22:16	-0:10	+22:32
Paul Bissett-Amess	+10:11	+3:42	+7:38	+0:45	+22:15
Guy Hubbard	+4:24	+9:27	+10:08	-0:06	+23:54
Steve Blenkinsop	+4:13	+9:14	+12:40	-1:11	+24:55
Vic Hare	+4:23	+17:19	+4:57	-1:19	+25:20
Neale Halsall	+4:55	+1:26	+20:49	-1:20	+25:51
James Wynd	+21:36	+6:29	+13:41	+0:48	+42:35
Jay Kubeil	+17:09	+2:10	+10:06	+1:38	+31:03
Adrian Connor	+32:16	+12:04	+23:19	+19:22	+87:01
Troy Horton	+9:41	+11:08	+24:08	+29:17	+74:14
Richard Martin	+11:12	+22:23	+19:17	+0:08	+53:00
Andrew Sutton	+11:56	+15:12	+17:44	+19:38	+64:28
Neil Hooke	+15:00	+9:41	+15:31	—	+40:12
Dustan Hansen	+22:48	+16:17	+5:11	—	+44:16
Corinna Schwiegersha	+8:31	+1:04	+9:34	—	+19:09
Stuart Cathcart	+18:48	+18:04	+13:33	—	+50:25
Peter Tolhurst	+22:37	+12:22	+27:09	—	+62:08
James Atkinson	+12:19	+8:31	+13:55	—	+34:45
Sam Prest	+10:53	+13:32	—	—	+24:24
Hughbert Alexander	+31:09	+16:51	—	—	+48:00
Ward Gunn	+24:23	—	—	—	+24:23
Randall Clotworthy	+7:25	—	—	—	+7:25
Dean Bayly	+23:35	—	—	—	+23:35
Mark Jeffree	+49:20	—	—	—	+49:20
Andrew Taylor	+33:15	—	—	—	+33:15
Magnus Ronningen	+14:20	—	—	—	+14:20
Alexander Kot	+47:48	—	—	—	+47:48
John Harriott	+21:55	—	—	—	+21:55

Each cell is the leg time of this pilot minus the leg time of the winner. A + value is slower than the winner, and a − value is faster. A — means that the pilot or the winner did not complete the leg.

The scalar metric instead adds the losses against the mean of the top 10 pilots who completed each leg. A leg flown faster than that reference contributes 0.

Race time behind the leader at ESS

Measured in minutes · lower is better

At each speed-section turnpoint, we compare the elapsed race time of the pilot, which is the reaching time minus their own start, with the fastest pilot to that turnpoint. The value is the minutes behind at ESS. It follows the final rank almost exactly, because this metric is the sanity check of the evaluation.

A line that stops early is a pilot who landed. The top 5 are coloured; the table below has every pilot.

Horserace — minutes behind the leader at each turnpoint

Pilot	ELLIOT	TINTAL	CUDG	TOWONG	CORRY	CORRY
Scott Barrett	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rohan Holtkamp	2.2	0.9	0.0	1.2	0.2	0.2
Rohan Taylor	0.6	0.6	2.5	6.0	5.2	5.2
Jon Durand	2.5	4.2	2.7	11.8	11.4	11.4
Steven Crosby	2.1	5.2	9.3	13.6	11.7	11.7
Peter Burkitt	1.6	7.1	6.2	13.7	13.4	13.4
Mitch Butler	2.1	5.4	15.7	18.0	17.5	17.5
Steve Docherty	1.8	4.7	14.6	21.5	20.6	20.6
Adam Stevens	1.5	9.7	12.0	21.1	21.4	21.4
Peter Adriaans	2.6	6.8	10.3	18.1	21.5	21.5
Olav Opsanger	2.0	3.1	1.0	23.2	23.1	23.1
Paul Bissett-Amess	2.8	11.4	15.1	22.8	23.5	23.5
Guy Hubbard	1.7	4.6	14.1	24.2	24.1	24.1
Steve Blenkinsop	2.0	4.7	13.9	26.6	25.4	25.4
Vic Hare	1.7	4.6	21.9	26.8	25.5	25.5
Neale Halsall	2.4	5.8	7.2	28.0	26.7	26.7
James Wynd	2.7	22.8	29.3	42.9	43.8	43.8
Jay Kubeil	14.7	30.4	32.6	42.7	44.3	44.3
Adrian Connor	11.7	42.5	54.5	77.9	97.2	97.2
Troy Horton	3.2	11.4	22.5	46.6	75.9	75.9
Richard Martin	14.4	24.1	46.5	65.7	65.9	65.9
Andrew Sutton	8.5	18.9	34.1	51.9	71.5	71.5
Neil Hooke	3.9	17.4	27.1	42.6	—	—
Dustan Hansen	33.3	54.7	70.9	76.1	—	—
Corinna Schwiegersha	2.0	9.0	10.1	19.7	—	—
Stuart Cathcart	0.1	17.4	35.5	49.0	—	—
Peter Tolhurst	1.5	22.6	35.0	62.1	—	—
James Atkinson	6.8	17.6	26.1	40.0	—	—
Sam Prest	1.1	10.5	24.0	—	—	—
Hughbert Alexander	43.4	73.0	89.9	—	—	—
Ward Gunn	6.6	29.5	—	—	—	—
Randall Clotworthy	74.6	80.6	—	—	—	—
Dean Bayly	27.1	49.2	—	—	—	—
Mark Jeffree	15.7	63.6	—	—	—	—
Andrew Taylor	35.4	67.2	—	—	—	—
Magnus Ronningen	0.0	12.8	—	—	—	—
Alexander Kot	16.8	63.1	—	—	—	—
John Harriott	36.1	56.5	—	—	—	—
David Jackson	35.7	—	—	—	—	—
Jason Lannstrom	151.0	—	—	—	—	—
Ted Sadowski	16.9	—	—	—	—	—
Donny Gardner	33.8	—	—	—	—	—
Peter Garrone	13.2	—	—	—	—	—
Jason Carman	47.2	—	—	—	—	—
Richard Hughes	60.9	—	—	—	—	—

The elapsed race time, from the pilot’s own start, minus the fastest elapsed time to that turnpoint. A — means that the pilot did not reach the turnpoint.

Arriving at ESS with height to spare

Measured in metres · lower is better

Height still available at ESS that the pilot no longer needed. That altitude was available for more speed, and the pilot did not use it. The value is the altitude at ESS minus the altitude needed to glide to goal at the standard glide ratio of the sport, which is 5.0 for HG and 4.0 for PG (S7F §13.4.6). A large positive margin means the pilot arrived too high. A margin near zero means they flew the final glide with little height to spare.

ESS altitude margin over final glide: top-10 median -47 m (n=10) vs rest median -48 m (n=12).

Metric details

Day profile & windbest: some pattern (0.47)

Climbingbest: clear pattern (0.73)

Glidingbest: clear pattern (0.82)

Glide speed between climbs

Decision-makingbest: clear pattern (0.67)

Gagglebest: clear pattern (0.76)

Time spent flying with a gaggle

Race craftbest: clear pattern (0.66)

best: some pattern (0.47)

best: clear pattern (0.73)

best: clear pattern (0.82)

best: clear pattern (0.67)

best: clear pattern (0.76)

best: clear pattern (0.66)