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 — Slow corers

12 pilots · ranks 1–29 · median 8 · middle half 4.8–17

High — Time to core thermals group median P80 in this field (54 seconds)
Low — Share of race time spent hunting for the next climb group median P20 in this field (25 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 P20 in this field (7 percent)

1. Scott Barrett
3. Rohan Taylor
4. Rohan Holtkamp
5. Adam Stevens
6. Steve Docherty
7. Stuart Cathcart
9. Corinna Schwiegershausen
12. Steven Crosby
15. James Wynd (most typical of this group)
23. Guy Hubbard
25. Peter Burkitt
29. Jason Carman

Group B — Stop-often flyers

17 pilots · ranks 2–28 · median 18 · middle half 13–22

Low — Distance covered between climbs group median P27 in this field (1.4 kilometres) · usually costly
High — Share of the height gain made outside thermals group median P72 in this field (17 percent)
High — Share of the flight spent in air that wasn’t sinking group median P69 in this field (61 percent)
Low — Climbs joined on another pilot's marker group median P31 in this field (39 percent)

2. Olav Opsanger
8. Paul Bissett-Amess
10. Jon Durand
11. Steve Blenkinsop
13. Hughbert Alexander
14. Neale Halsall
16. Ward Gunn (most typical of this group)
17. Richard Martin
18. James Atkinson
19. Neil Hooke
20. Mitch Butler
21. Sam Prest
22. Peter Adriaans
24. Troy Horton
26. Peter Tolhurst
27. Andrew Sutton
28. Vic Hare

Not clustered: 30. Adrian Connor — only 10 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 31. Peter Garrone — only 5 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 32. Dustan Hansen — only 5 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 33. Jay Kubeil — only 6 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%).

29 pilots on 21 behavioural metrics formed 2 groups.