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Richard Hughes

Corryong Cup 2023 · Task 1 (Open) (Sun, 8 Jan 2023) · open · ranked #45 · times in Australia/Melbourne (GMT+11)

Scores computed

Landed out at 5.0 km — 68.6 points

The flight

What the tracklog shows, and which crossings scored.

Start time taken: gate 5 of 5 — 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).15:00:00

Day quality — points on offer

Task validity 88.25% of a perfect day, so 882.5 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?100%
Time validity — was the winning time long enough relative to the nominal time?88.25%
Points on offer for the day882.5 pts

1000 × 1.00 × 1.00 × 0.8825 = 882.5

Split between the components by the goal ratio

distance 384.6 · time 498

Distance points

68.6 pts
Flew 3.3 km, less than the 5.0 km minimum — scored as the minimum distance.
Scored distance5.0 km

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

Best distance in class52.0 km
Linear half — half the available points scale with your share of the best distance18.5 pts

0.5 × (5.0 km ÷ 52.0 km) × 384.6 = 18.5

Difficulty half — rewards flying past stretches where many pilots landed50.1 pts

The difficulty curve is built from where the whole field landed out (FAI S7F §11.1.1).

Time points

0 pts
Time points are only awarded to pilots who reach the end of the speed section.

Total

68.6 pts
Distance + time + leading + arrival, minus penalties68.6 pts

round(68.6 + 0.0, 1 dp) = 68.6