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 — Committed racers

17 pilots · ranks 1–25 · median 9 · middle half 5–14

Low — Share of race time spent hunting for the next climb group median P20 in this field (21 percent) · usually a strength
High — Time spent flying with a gaggle group median P80 in this field (62 percent)
Low — Share of the height gain made outside thermals group median P21 in this field (6 percent)
High — How much of the thermal the pilot climbed before leaving it group median P78 in this field (80 percent)

1. Scott Barrett
2. Rohan Holtkamp
3. Rohan Taylor
4. Jon Durand
5. Steven Crosby
6. Peter Burkitt
7. Mitch Butler (most typical of this group)
8. Steve Docherty
9. Adam Stevens
10. Peter Adriaans
12. Paul Bissett-Amess
13. Guy Hubbard
14. Steve Blenkinsop
15. Vic Hare
16. Neale Halsall
17. James Wynd
25. Corinna Schwiegershausen

Group B — Stop-often flyers

23 pilots · ranks 11–43 · median 29 · middle half 22.5–34.5

Low — Distance covered between climbs group median P24 in this field (1.4 kilometres) · usually costly
High — Gliding wide of the optimal course line group median P73 in this field (33 percent)
Low — Climbs joined on another pilot's marker group median P28 in this field (19 percent)
High — Final glide committed to when leaving the last climb group median P69 in this field (9.50 ratio)

11. Olav Opsanger
18. Jay Kubeil
19. Adrian Connor
20. Troy Horton
21. Richard Martin (most typical of this group)
22. Andrew Sutton
23. Neil Hooke
24. Dustan Hansen
26. Stuart Cathcart
27. Peter Tolhurst
28. James Atkinson
29. Sam Prest
30. Hughbert Alexander
31. Ward Gunn
32. Randall Clotworthy
33. Dean Bayly
34. Mark Jeffree
35. Andrew Taylor
36. Magnus Ronningen
37. Alexander Kot
38. John Harriott
39. David Jackson
43. Peter Garrone

Not clustered: 40. Jason Lannstrom — only 8 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 41. Ted Sadowski — only 9 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 42. Donny Gardner — only 11 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 44. Jason Carman — only 8 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 45. Richard Hughes — only 12 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%).

40 pilots on 21 behavioural metrics formed 2 groups.