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 — Few-stop racers

12 pilots · ranks 1–13 · median 6.5 · middle half 3.5–10.3

High — Distance covered between climbs group median P84 in this field (3.1 kilometres) · usually a strength
Low — Share of race time spent hunting for the next climb group median P18 in this field (19 percent) · usually a strength
High — Time spent flying with a gaggle group median P82 in this field (50 percent)
High — How much of the thermal the pilot climbed before leaving it group median P81 in this field (86 percent)

1. Scott Barrett
2. Rohan Holtkamp
2. Rohan Taylor
4. Corinna Schwiegershausen
5. Jon Durand
6. Steve Docherty (most typical of this group)
7. Peter Burkitt
9. Guy Hubbard
10. Jay Kubeil
11. Paul Bissett-Amess
12. Steven Crosby
13. Hughbert Alexander

Group B — Stop-often flyers

18 pilots · ranks 8–30 · median 21.5 · middle half 17–25.8

Low — Distance covered between climbs group median P28 in this field (1.5 kilometres) · usually costly
High — Gliding wide of the optimal course line group median P71 in this field (41 percent)
Low — Glide L/D against the field median group median P29 in this field (0.94 ratio) · usually costly
Low — How much of the thermal the pilot climbed before leaving it group median P29 in this field (58 percent)

8. Olav Opsanger
14. Richard Martin
15. Stuart Cathcart
16. James Atkinson
17. Adrian Connor
17. Neale Halsall
17. John Harriott
20. Neil Hooke (most typical of this group)
21. Ward Gunn
22. Peter Adriaans
23. Mitch Butler
24. Peter Garrone
25. Andrew Taylor
26. Andrew Sutton
27. Mark Jeffree
28. James Wynd
29. Peter Tolhurst
30. Dustan Hansen

Not clustered: 30. Jason Carman — only 3 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 30. Vic Hare — only 5 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 30. Magnus Ronningen — only 5 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%).

30 pilots on 21 behavioural metrics formed 2 groups.