Metric details
Every pilot's reading on every behaviour, family by family.
Analysis computed
best: could be chance (0.06)
best: clear pattern (0.77)
| # | Pilot | Out-climb | Core s | LeaveRate | Kept% | TopOut% | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Barrett | 52 (15 shared climbs) | 66 (15 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 0.2 (12 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 85 (11/13 circling bouts led to climbs) | 63 (mean on-course altitude 43% of band) | — (7 circles, 29% left) |
| 2 | Olav Opsanger | 75 (64 shared climbs) | 2 (8 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.7 (4 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 93 (13/14 circling bouts led to climbs) | 52 (mean on-course altitude 51% of band) | 0.17 (210 circles, 7% left) |
| 3 | Rohan Taylor | 71 (43 shared climbs) | 35 (19 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.4 (18 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 87 (13/15 circling bouts led to climbs) | 51 (mean on-course altitude 54% of band) | 0.14 (173 circles, 48% left) |
| 4 | Rohan Holtkamp | 74 (33 shared climbs) | 37 (14 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.2 (7 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 71 (10/14 circling bouts led to climbs) | 48 (mean on-course altitude 46% of band) | 0.15 (196 circles, 25% left) |
| 5 | Adam Stevens | 67 (60 shared climbs) | 33 (22 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.3 (14 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 79 (11/14 circling bouts led to climbs) | 64 (mean on-course altitude 56% of band) | 0.13 (287 circles, 64% left) |
| 6 | Steve Docherty | 66 (42 shared climbs) | 38 (21 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.2 (13 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 75 (12/16 circling bouts led to climbs) | 52 (mean on-course altitude 55% of band) | 0.13 (201 circles, 60% left) |
| 7 | Stuart Cathcart | 64 (49 shared climbs) | 53 (22 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 0.9 (15 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 93 (13/14 circling bouts led to climbs) | 61 (mean on-course altitude 52% of band) | 0.17 (177 circles, 55% left) |
| 8 | Paul Bissett-Amess | 64 (36 shared climbs) | 44 (18 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 0.9 (11 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 87 (13/15 circling bouts led to climbs) | 80 (mean on-course altitude 63% of band) | 0.17 (204 circles, 26% left) |
| 9 | Corinna Schwiegershausen | 53 (12 shared climbs) | 170 (13 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 0.1 (13 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 86 (12/14 circling bouts led to climbs) | 70 (mean on-course altitude 29% of band) | 0.38 (24 circles, 71% left) |
| 10 | Jon Durand | 68 (38 shared climbs) | 50 (20 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.1 (18 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 92 (12/13 circling bouts led to climbs) | 44 (mean on-course altitude 46% of band) | 0.15 (278 circles, 45% left) |
| 11 | Steve Blenkinsop | 63 (53 shared climbs) | 38 (24 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.2 (14 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 92 (12/13 circling bouts led to climbs) | 53 (mean on-course altitude 56% of band) | 0.23 (246 circles, 25% left) |
| 12 | Steven Crosby | 71 (8 shared climbs) | 107 (12 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 0.2 (12 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 55 (12/22 circling bouts led to climbs) | 49 (mean on-course altitude 25% of band) | 0.39 (15 circles, 60% left) |
| 13 | Hughbert Alexander | 77 (29 shared climbs) | 12 (18 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.5 (15 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 77 (10/13 circling bouts led to climbs) | 40 (mean on-course altitude 44% of band) | 0.15 (181 circles, 36% left) |
| 14 | Neale Halsall | 61 (63 shared climbs) | 38 (19 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.3 (14 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 65 (11/17 circling bouts led to climbs) | 81 (mean on-course altitude 56% of band) | 0.16 (274 circles, 15% left) |
| 15 | James Wynd | 52 (30 shared climbs) | 55 (29 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 0.4 (24 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 67 (14/21 circling bouts led to climbs) | 58 (mean on-course altitude 55% of band) | 0.23 (16 circles, 38% left) |
| 16 | Ward Gunn | 69 (52 shared climbs) | 34 (18 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.3 (11 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 62 (13/21 circling bouts led to climbs) | 57 (mean on-course altitude 51% of band) | 0.19 (217 circles, 4% left) |
| 17 | Richard Martin | 76 (23 shared climbs) | 39 (23 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.2 (17 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 59 (13/22 circling bouts led to climbs) | 53 (mean on-course altitude 44% of band) | 0.13 (335 circles, 39% left) |
| 18 | James Atkinson | 68 (81 shared climbs) | 35 (22 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.5 (10 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 81 (21/26 circling bouts led to climbs) | 55 (mean on-course altitude 44% of band) | 0.16 (273 circles, 47% left) |
| 19 | Neil Hooke | 71 (39 shared climbs) | 43 (19 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.0 (15 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 75 (15/20 circling bouts led to climbs) | 34 (mean on-course altitude 34% of band) | 0.13 (249 circles, 46% left) |
| 20 | Mitch Butler | 64 (30 shared climbs) | 53 (19 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 0.9 (10 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 77 (10/13 circling bouts led to climbs) | 51 (mean on-course altitude 47% of band) | 0.14 (238 circles, 42% left) |
| 21 | Sam Prest | 73 (52 shared climbs) | 39 (22 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.3 (12 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 63 (10/16 circling bouts led to climbs) | 37 (mean on-course altitude 32% of band) | 0.13 (288 circles, 26% left) |
| 22 | Peter Adriaans | 75 (53 shared climbs) | 16 (17 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.4 (11 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 63 (12/19 circling bouts led to climbs) | 32 (mean on-course altitude 36% of band) | 0.13 (226 circles, 3% left) |
| 23 | Guy Hubbard | 55 (20 shared climbs) | 67 (14 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 0.6 (12 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 73 (8/11 circling bouts led to climbs) | 65 (mean on-course altitude 57% of band) | 0.29 (55 circles, 16% left) |
| 24 | Troy Horton | 79 (28 shared climbs) | 5 (10 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.4 (6 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 58 (7/12 circling bouts led to climbs) | 46 (mean on-course altitude 41% of band) | 0.19 (112 circles, 38% left) |
| 25 | Peter Burkitt | 72 (21 shared climbs) | 32 (11 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.3 (6 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 50 (6/12 circling bouts led to climbs) | 69 (mean on-course altitude 43% of band) | 0.20 (104 circles, 32% left) |
| 26 | Peter Tolhurst | 62 (28 shared climbs) | 2 (6 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.3 (4 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 25 (1/4 circling bouts led to climbs) | 56 (mean on-course altitude 32% of band) | 0.13 (73 circles, 11% left) |
| 27 | Andrew Sutton | 66 (27 shared climbs) | 38 (7 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.1 (5 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 67 (2/3 circling bouts led to climbs) | 38 (mean on-course altitude 17% of band) | 0.16 (88 circles, 19% left) |
| 28 | Vic Hare | 72 (22 shared climbs) | 37 (8 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.3 (4 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 0 (0/5 circling bouts led to climbs) | — | 0.14 (215 circles, 7% left) |
| 29 | Jason Carman | 47 (13 shared climbs) | 90 (13 climbs ≥ 60 s) | -0.1 (13 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 38 (5/13 circling bouts led to climbs) | 37 (mean on-course altitude 27% of band) | — (8 circles, 38% left) |
| 30 | Adrian Connor | 70 (14 shared climbs) | 41 (8 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.1 (6 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 0 (0/4 circling bouts led to climbs) | — | 0.14 (77 circles, 0% left) |
| 31 | Peter Garrone | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | Dustan Hansen | — | — | — | — | — | — (3 circles, 67% left) |
| 33 | Jay Kubeil | 100 (1 shared climb) | — | — | — | — | — (1 circles, 100% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 7 | |
| 83 | 27 | |
| 79 | 28 | |
| 25 | 21 |
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: 32% left (5051 circles).
best: clear pattern (0.65)
| # | Pilot | GlideSpd | GlideL/D | Wide% | Dolphin% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Barrett | 69.1 (10 glides, 57 min gliding) | 1.12 (5 legs compared) | 14 (5 legs completed) | 1 (59 of 4912 m gained outside thermals) |
| 2 | Olav Opsanger | 69.7 (32 glides, 66 min gliding) | 1.00 (4 legs compared) | 19 (5 legs completed) | 44 (4527 of 10220 m gained outside thermals) |
| 3 | Rohan Taylor | 70.8 (13 glides, 61 min gliding) | 1.08 (4 legs compared) | 22 (5 legs completed) | 13 (718 of 5464 m gained outside thermals) |
| 4 | Rohan Holtkamp | 65.7 (17 glides, 68 min gliding) | 1.04 (5 legs compared) | 18 (5 legs completed) | 9 (482 of 5311 m gained outside thermals) |
| 5 | Adam Stevens | 66.1 (19 glides, 76 min gliding) | 0.92 (5 legs compared) | 17 (5 legs completed) | 16 (835 of 5193 m gained outside thermals) |
| 6 | Steve Docherty | 61.4 (23 glides, 80 min gliding) | 1.01 (5 legs compared) | 18 (5 legs completed) | 13 (634 of 4971 m gained outside thermals) |
| 7 | Stuart Cathcart | 58.0 (19 glides, 79 min gliding) | 1.03 (4 legs compared) | 19 (5 legs completed) | 8 (378 of 4903 m gained outside thermals) |
| 8 | Paul Bissett-Amess | 62.6 (20 glides, 89 min gliding) | 1.17 (5 legs compared) | 37 (5 legs completed) | 15 (657 of 4464 m gained outside thermals) |
| 9 | Corinna Schwiegershausen | 61.7 (10 glides, 66 min gliding) | 0.92 (5 legs compared) | 11 (5 legs completed) | 8 (489 of 5979 m gained outside thermals) |
| 10 | Jon Durand | 60.0 (24 glides, 73 min gliding) | 0.88 (4 legs compared) | 25 (5 legs completed) | 10 (574 of 5869 m gained outside thermals) |
| 11 | Steve Blenkinsop | 60.9 (25 glides, 92 min gliding) | 1.03 (4 legs compared) | 27 (5 legs completed) | 12 (581 of 4939 m gained outside thermals) |
| 12 | Steven Crosby | 60.2 (9 glides, 77 min gliding) | 1.03 (4 legs compared) | 17 (5 legs completed) | 6 (388 of 5993 m gained outside thermals) |
| 13 | Hughbert Alexander | 56.9 (24 glides, 99 min gliding) | 1.01 (4 legs compared) | 34 (5 legs completed) | 21 (1260 of 6035 m gained outside thermals) |
| 14 | Neale Halsall | 58.9 (24 glides, 99 min gliding) | 1.11 (4 legs compared) | 36 (5 legs completed) | 17 (1052 of 6027 m gained outside thermals) |
| 15 | James Wynd | 61.5 (14 glides, 79 min gliding) | 0.98 (5 legs compared) | 18 (5 legs completed) | 4 (195 of 5434 m gained outside thermals) |
| 16 | Ward Gunn | 58.3 (26 glides, 100 min gliding) | 1.01 (5 legs compared) | 28 (5 legs completed) | 20 (1135 of 5684 m gained outside thermals) |
| 17 | Richard Martin | 59.8 (26 glides, 102 min gliding) | 0.91 (5 legs compared) | 29 (5 legs completed) | 13 (934 of 7065 m gained outside thermals) |
| 18 | James Atkinson | 59.2 (36 glides, 108 min gliding) | 1.04 (4 legs compared) | 38 (5 legs completed) | 26 (1732 of 6577 m gained outside thermals) |
| 19 | Neil Hooke | 55.4 (26 glides, 92 min gliding) | 0.83 (3 legs compared) | 47 (3 legs completed) | 20 (1114 of 5496 m gained outside thermals) |
| 20 | Mitch Butler | 64.7 (13 glides, 61 min gliding) | 1.12 (3 legs compared) | 46 (3 legs completed) | 13 (449 of 3570 m gained outside thermals) |
| 21 | Sam Prest | 61.3 (17 glides, 75 min gliding) | 0.87 (3 legs compared) | 47 (3 legs completed) | 17 (793 of 4713 m gained outside thermals) |
| 22 | Peter Adriaans | 56.5 (21 glides, 76 min gliding) | 0.79 (3 legs compared) | 56 (3 legs completed) | 18 (930 of 5270 m gained outside thermals) |
| 23 | Guy Hubbard | 60.8 (8 glides, 42 min gliding) | 1.22 (2 legs compared) | 32 (2 legs completed) | 6 (126 of 2099 m gained outside thermals) |
| 24 | Troy Horton | 49.7 (9 glides, 47 min gliding) | 0.80 (2 legs compared) | 38 (2 legs completed) | 16 (459 of 2899 m gained outside thermals) |
| 25 | Peter Burkitt | 60.2 (6 glides, 30 min gliding) | 1.07 (2 legs compared) | 24 (2 legs completed) | 6 (122 of 2084 m gained outside thermals) |
| 26 | Peter Tolhurst | 48.2 (2 glides, 19 min gliding) | 0.94 (1 leg compared) | 60 (1 leg completed) | 17 (156 of 895 m gained outside thermals) |
| 27 | Andrew Sutton | 50.8 (3 glides, 22 min gliding) | 1.02 (1 leg compared) | 17 (1 leg completed) | 10 (60 of 600 m gained outside thermals) |
| 28 | Vic Hare | 61.7 (1 glides, 30 min gliding) | 1.06 (1 leg compared) | 13 (1 leg completed) | — |
| 29 | Jason Carman | 43.9 (4 glides, 18 min gliding) | 0.71 (1 leg compared) | 40 (1 leg completed) | 6 (79 of 1354 m gained outside thermals) |
| 30 | Adrian Connor | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Peter Garrone | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | Dustan Hansen | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | Jay Kubeil | — | — | — | — |
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 60.2 km/h · p90 66.7 km/h (29 pilots)
best: clear pattern (0.70)
| # | Pilot | Floor% | LowSaves | km/climb | Search% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Barrett | 35 (5 descents, lowest 23% of band) | 0.0 | 6.7 (mean shared-climb pctile 37%) | 11 |
| 2 | Olav Opsanger | 40 (31 descents, lowest -41% of band) | 0.0 | 1.3 (mean shared-climb pctile 70%) | 37 |
| 3 | Rohan Taylor | 42 (7 descents, lowest 22% of band) | 0.0 | 2.2 (mean shared-climb pctile 51%) | 21 |
| 4 | Rohan Holtkamp | 46 (8 descents, lowest -19% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from -7% of band) | 2.5 (mean shared-climb pctile 50%) | 24 |
| 5 | Adam Stevens | 38 (7 descents, lowest 23% of band) | 0.0 | 2.0 (mean shared-climb pctile 49%) | 31 |
| 6 | Steve Docherty | 44 (9 descents, lowest 19% of band) | 0.0 | 2.2 (mean shared-climb pctile 48%) | 25 |
| 7 | Stuart Cathcart | 48 (9 descents, lowest 19% of band) | 0.0 | 2.2 (mean shared-climb pctile 33%) | 17 |
| 8 | Paul Bissett-Amess | 48 (8 descents, lowest -11% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from 8% of band) | 2.2 (mean shared-climb pctile 39%) | 29 |
| 9 | Corinna Schwiegershausen | 45 (8 descents, lowest 16% of band) | 0.0 | 6.7 (mean shared-climb pctile 45%) | 9 |
| 10 | Jon Durand | 35 (13 descents, lowest 2% of band) | 0.0 | 1.8 (mean shared-climb pctile 48%) | 18 |
| 11 | Steve Blenkinsop | 51 (10 descents, lowest 9% of band) | 0.0 | 1.8 (mean shared-climb pctile 50%) | 34 |
| 12 | Steven Crosby | 24 (7 descents, lowest -6% of band) | 2.0 (deepest save from -6% of band) | 7.4 (mean shared-climb pctile 55%) | 17 |
| 13 | Hughbert Alexander | 19 (10 descents, lowest -50% of band) | 0.0 | 1.4 (mean shared-climb pctile 55%) | 28 |
| 14 | Neale Halsall | 53 (10 descents, lowest -27% of band) | 0.0 | 1.4 (mean shared-climb pctile 48%) | 32 |
| 15 | James Wynd | 43 (9 descents, lowest 21% of band) | 0.0 | 3.5 (mean shared-climb pctile 33%) | 27 |
| 16 | Ward Gunn | 39 (12 descents, lowest -4% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from 0% of band) | 1.4 (mean shared-climb pctile 48%) | 36 |
| 17 | Richard Martin | 37 (11 descents, lowest -15% of band) | 3.0 (deepest save from -3% of band) | 1.7 (mean shared-climb pctile 54%) | 38 |
| 18 | James Atkinson | 39 (12 descents, lowest -10% of band) | 0.0 | 1.0 (mean shared-climb pctile 51%) | 37 |
| 19 | Neil Hooke | 17 (10 descents, lowest -10% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from 14% of band) | 1.1 (mean shared-climb pctile 50%) | 36 |
| 20 | Mitch Butler | 46 (6 descents, lowest 7% of band) | 0.0 | 2.2 (mean shared-climb pctile 42%) | 26 |
| 21 | Sam Prest | 14 (7 descents, lowest -4% of band) | 2.0 (deepest save from -4% of band) | 1.4 (mean shared-climb pctile 52%) | 39 |
| 22 | Peter Adriaans | 11 (8 descents, lowest 0% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from 6% of band) | 1.1 (mean shared-climb pctile 59%) | 34 |
| 23 | Guy Hubbard | 57 (5 descents, lowest 0% of band) | 0.0 | 3.4 (mean shared-climb pctile 41%) | 27 |
| 24 | Troy Horton | 44 (3 descents, lowest 16% of band) | 0.0 | 1.8 (mean shared-climb pctile 61%) | 35 |
| 25 | Peter Burkitt | 58 (3 descents, lowest -1% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from -1% of band) | 3.2 (mean shared-climb pctile 55%) | 31 |
| 26 | Peter Tolhurst | — | 0.0 | — | 31 |
| 27 | Andrew Sutton | — | 1.0 (deepest save from 6% of band) | — | 34 |
| 28 | Vic Hare | — | 0.0 | — | 62 |
| 29 | Jason Carman | 28 (3 descents, lowest -4% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from -4% of band) | — | 42 |
| 30 | Adrian Connor | — | 0.0 | — | 37 |
| 31 | Peter Garrone | — | 0.0 | — | 100 |
| 32 | Dustan Hansen | — | 0.0 | — | 89 |
| 33 | Jay Kubeil | — | 0.0 | — | 100 |
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 31/33/35% · glide 31/37/41% · search 26/32/37%