Metric details

Every pilot's reading on every behaviour, family by family.

Analysis computed

best: could be chance (0.11)

#	Pilot	NonSink%
1	Rohan Taylor	59
2	Steven Crosby	58
3	Steve Docherty	58
4	Vic Hare	54
5	Rory Duncan	60
6	Jay Kubeil	62
7	Bruce Wynne	58
8	Jon Durand	61
9	Richard Martin	63
10	Dustan Hansen	60
11	Mitch Butler	60
12	Troy Horton	59
13	John Harriott	60
14	James Atkinson	62
15	Stuart Cathcart	59
16	Enda Carrigan	64
17	Mark Jeffree	65
18	Neale Halsall	60
19	Andrew Taylor	59
20	Trent Brown	52
21	Ward Gunn	63
22	Todd Wisewould	61
23	Olav Opsanger	49
24	Michael Free	57
25	Adrian Connor	57
26	Neil Hooke	62
27	Peter Adriaans	57
28	Hughbert Alexander	55
29	Tushar Pokle	63
30	Hossain Tefaili	64
31	Gary Herman	48
32	Rennick Kerr	56
33	Peter Garrone	61
34	Andrew Sutton	64
35	Peter Burkitt	61
36	Peter Tolhurst	65
37	Brett Davis	58
38	Mario Chapa	58
39	Andrew Berenyi	24
40	Randall Clotworthy	50
41	Damian Hamilton	60
42	Marty Hearne	65
43	Neill Hollingsworth	58
44	Wayne Johnston	55
45	Jason Lannstrom	61
46	James McGinty	34

The day’s wind, hour by hour and leg by leg

Measured in kilometres per hour · no expected direction

What the air did, read from the field itself. We estimate the wind from the circling of every pilot. The first method is the drift of the circle centre, and the second method, used when the first is not available, is the modulation of the ground speed. We then combine the estimates two ways. The table by hour of day shows how the wind increased and changed direction through the day. The table by speed-section leg shows the wind on each part of the course. This metric describes the day, so it has no value for each pilot.

Wind by hour

Period	Speed (km/h)	Dir (°)	n
Whole task	11.2	276	6220
12:00 AEDT	9.4	325	26
13:00 AEDT	10.5	280	1219
14:00 AEDT	12.1	279	2413
15:00 AEDT	11.4	268	1692
16:00 AEDT	10.1	285	715
17:00 AEDT	8.5	262	143
18:00 AEDT	9.2	251	12

Each circle gives one wind estimate. GlideComp uses centre drift where it can, and ground-speed modulation where it cannot. The direction is the vector mean of the estimates, in degrees the wind blows FROM (0° = north). The speed is the median of their magnitudes, because the length of a vector mean falls toward zero when the directions scatter.

Hours are shown in the competition’s time zone.

Wind by leg

Leg	Flown	Pilots	Circling	Speed (km/h)	Dir (°)	n	From pilots
ELLIOT (SSS)→HALFWY	13:31–15:50 AEDT	35	13:32–15:48 AEDT	13.6	290	1007	35
HALFWY→TOOMA	13:49–16:43 AEDT	26	13:52–16:39 AEDT	12.0	273	1566	25
TOOMA→CUDG	14:43–17:30 AEDT	19	14:50–17:23 AEDT	10.5	272	685	19
CUDG→ELLIOT	15:15–17:18 AEDT	15	15:17–17:11 AEDT	12.6	264	298	14
ELLIOT→CORRY (ESS)	15:41–17:24 AEDT	15	15:44–15:47 AEDT	9.9	295	14	1
CORRY (ESS)→CORRY (GOAL)	15:45–17:24 AEDT	15	—	—	—	0	0

“Flown” is when the field was ON the leg — the first pilot entering to the last leaving — over the “Pilots” who started and flew the whole leg.

“Circling” is the narrower window the wind was actually measured in: first to last circle estimate any pilot logged while on the leg, from “From pilots” pilots. Glides produce no estimate, so a leg the field mostly glided shows a sliver of its flown window (or “—” where no one circled at all) — and a late leg the leaders glided can be measured EARLIER than the leg before it without either being wrong.

How strong the day’s climbs were, hour by hour

Measured in metres per second · no expected direction

When the day started, reached its peak, and ended. We group the thermal climbs of all pilots by the hour in which each climb started, labelled in the time zone of the competition. The median and the 90th-percentile average climb rate for each hour show how the lift developed. The first row is the whole task, measured over every climb of the day in one set, and not as an average of the hourly rows. This metric describes the day, so it has no value for each pilot.

Climb by hour

Period	Median (m/s)	p90 (m/s)	n
Whole task	1.1	1.9	1837
12:00 AEDT	1.3	1.4	6
13:00 AEDT	1.1	1.9	350
14:00 AEDT	1.1	1.9	711
15:00 AEDT	1.0	1.9	460
16:00 AEDT	1.0	1.6	265
17:00 AEDT	0.8	1.5	42
18:00 AEDT	0.6	0.6	3

The average climb rate of every thermal use across the field, grouped by the start of the climb. The hours are in the time zone of the competition. The whole-task row is measured over all of those climbs together, not averaged from the hours.

Share of the flight spent in air that wasn’t sinking

Measured in percent · no expected direction

How much of the flight was in air worth being in. The value is the share of the airborne time of a pilot, on the shared grid, with a 30 s-smoothed vario at or above −0.5 m/s. The time they flew, the line they steered and the way the flight ended all feed this value. It is therefore a reading of the day as much as of the pilot. There is no expected direction, and the sign of the correlation is the finding. The timing table compares the window of the day’s best climbs against the time when the field launched.

Day timing

	Time
Best conditions	13:00–14:00 AEDT
Earliest takeoff	12:50 AEDT
Median takeoff	13:45 AEDT
Latest takeoff	15:01 AEDT

Best conditions is the one-hour window with the strongest median climb (1.1 m/s), among hours with enough climbs to be representative (≥20% of the busiest hour).

best: clear pattern (0.62)

#	Pilot	Out-climb	Core s	LeaveRate	Kept%	TopOut%	Round
1	Rohan Taylor	71 (46 shared climbs)	34 (15 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.4 (9 climbs ≥ 90 s)	74 (14/19 circling bouts led to climbs)	51 (mean on-course altitude 50% of band)	0.18 (151 circles, 70% left)
2	Steven Crosby	64 (34 shared climbs)	37 (20 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.3 (18 climbs ≥ 90 s)	78 (14/18 circling bouts led to climbs)	75 (mean on-course altitude 64% of band)	0.18 (192 circles, 52% left)
3	Steve Docherty	64 (22 shared climbs)	37 (20 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.3 (12 climbs ≥ 90 s)	77 (17/22 circling bouts led to climbs)	63 (mean on-course altitude 57% of band)	0.17 (197 circles, 35% left)
4	Vic Hare	75 (32 shared climbs)	33 (22 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.5 (16 climbs ≥ 90 s)	94 (16/17 circling bouts led to climbs)	74 (mean on-course altitude 64% of band)	0.20 (203 circles, 50% left)
5	Rory Duncan	73 (44 shared climbs)	35 (20 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.1 (11 climbs ≥ 90 s)	82 (18/22 circling bouts led to climbs)	55 (mean on-course altitude 63% of band)	0.14 (181 circles, 10% left)
6	Jay Kubeil	66 (70 shared climbs)	12 (17 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.4 (9 climbs ≥ 90 s)	82 (18/22 circling bouts led to climbs)	74 (mean on-course altitude 64% of band)	0.17 (154 circles, 30% left)
7	Bruce Wynne	63 (19 shared climbs)	72 (21 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.4 (19 climbs ≥ 90 s)	81 (17/21 circling bouts led to climbs)	96 (mean on-course altitude 44% of band)	0.14 (64 circles, 14% left)
8	Jon Durand	70 (38 shared climbs)	38 (21 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.9 (16 climbs ≥ 90 s)	90 (18/20 circling bouts led to climbs)	59 (mean on-course altitude 48% of band)	0.15 (227 circles, 54% left)
9	Richard Martin	74 (27 shared climbs)	42 (19 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.0 (17 climbs ≥ 90 s)	74 (20/27 circling bouts led to climbs)	64 (mean on-course altitude 52% of band)	0.15 (240 circles, 5% left)
10	Dustan Hansen	66 (29 shared climbs)	32 (22 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.2 (16 climbs ≥ 90 s)	72 (18/25 circling bouts led to climbs)	65 (mean on-course altitude 58% of band)	0.12 (179 circles, 42% left)
11	Mitch Butler	65 (48 shared climbs)	34 (21 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.1 (14 climbs ≥ 90 s)	65 (15/23 circling bouts led to climbs)	44 (mean on-course altitude 52% of band)	0.14 (320 circles, 38% left)
12	Troy Horton	74 (65 shared climbs)	33 (31 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.4 (21 climbs ≥ 90 s)	74 (26/35 circling bouts led to climbs)	64 (mean on-course altitude 54% of band)	0.22 (186 circles, 64% left)
13	John Harriott	65 (55 shared climbs)	28 (18 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.4 (11 climbs ≥ 90 s)	58 (15/26 circling bouts led to climbs)	69 (mean on-course altitude 70% of band)	0.16 (221 circles, 10% left)
14	James Atkinson	69 (63 shared climbs)	30 (22 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.3 (12 climbs ≥ 90 s)	70 (21/30 circling bouts led to climbs)	61 (mean on-course altitude 50% of band)	0.18 (246 circles, 27% left)
15	Stuart Cathcart	69 (17 shared climbs)	54 (33 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.6 (21 climbs ≥ 90 s)	58 (14/24 circling bouts led to climbs)	71 (mean on-course altitude 65% of band)	0.22 (132 circles, 53% left)
16	Enda Carrigan	72 (65 shared climbs)	34 (27 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.0 (19 climbs ≥ 90 s)	70 (21/30 circling bouts led to climbs)	47 (mean on-course altitude 44% of band)	0.16 (395 circles, 78% left)
17	Mark Jeffree	69 (76 shared climbs)	36 (25 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.3 (13 climbs ≥ 90 s)	70 (26/37 circling bouts led to climbs)	41 (mean on-course altitude 34% of band)	0.17 (290 circles, 43% left)
18	Neale Halsall	74 (35 shared climbs)	55 (12 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.3 (11 climbs ≥ 90 s)	88 (14/16 circling bouts led to climbs)	37 (mean on-course altitude 42% of band)	0.16 (163 circles, 11% left)
19	Andrew Taylor	58 (20 shared climbs)	60 (23 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.4 (20 climbs ≥ 90 s)	74 (14/19 circling bouts led to climbs)	86 (mean on-course altitude 61% of band)	— (9 circles, 33% left)
20	Trent Brown	81 (11 shared climbs)	27 (6 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.4 (6 climbs ≥ 90 s)	56 (9/16 circling bouts led to climbs)	37 (mean on-course altitude 36% of band)	0.19 (114 circles, 100% left)
21	Ward Gunn	58 (56 shared climbs)	35 (22 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.2 (13 climbs ≥ 90 s)	68 (15/22 circling bouts led to climbs)	79 (mean on-course altitude 71% of band)	0.15 (209 circles, 1% left)
22	Todd Wisewould	69 (50 shared climbs)	35 (14 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.2 (7 climbs ≥ 90 s)	56 (9/16 circling bouts led to climbs)	74 (mean on-course altitude 55% of band)	0.17 (212 circles, 62% left)
23	Olav Opsanger	70 (23 shared climbs)	32 (10 climbs ≥ 60 s)	2.0 (6 climbs ≥ 90 s)	64 (7/11 circling bouts led to climbs)	55 (mean on-course altitude 48% of band)	0.17 (97 circles, 22% left)
24	Michael Free	65 (46 shared climbs)	53 (14 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.8 (7 climbs ≥ 90 s)	100 (12/12 circling bouts led to climbs)	49 (mean on-course altitude 49% of band)	0.18 (158 circles, 8% left)
25	Adrian Connor	69 (55 shared climbs)	54 (15 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.2 (9 climbs ≥ 90 s)	69 (9/13 circling bouts led to climbs)	58 (mean on-course altitude 47% of band)	0.14 (216 circles, 6% left)
26	Neil Hooke	62 (30 shared climbs)	54 (14 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.3 (10 climbs ≥ 90 s)	81 (13/16 circling bouts led to climbs)	59 (mean on-course altitude 41% of band)	0.16 (139 circles, 27% left)
27	Peter Adriaans	73 (30 shared climbs)	34 (13 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.1 (12 climbs ≥ 90 s)	63 (12/19 circling bouts led to climbs)	56 (mean on-course altitude 45% of band)	0.13 (152 circles, 16% left)
28	Hughbert Alexander	64 (10 shared climbs)	61 (13 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.3 (10 climbs ≥ 90 s)	57 (8/14 circling bouts led to climbs)	55 (mean on-course altitude 40% of band)	0.22 (27 circles, 37% left)
29	Tushar Pokle	71 (31 shared climbs)	24 (19 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.0 (12 climbs ≥ 90 s)	68 (13/19 circling bouts led to climbs)	103 (mean on-course altitude 78% of band)	0.16 (154 circles, 58% left)
30	Hossain Tefaili	63 (37 shared climbs)	48 (7 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.2 (5 climbs ≥ 90 s)	36 (4/11 circling bouts led to climbs)	49 (mean on-course altitude 39% of band)	0.17 (165 circles, 17% left)
31	Gary Herman	79 (6 shared climbs)	68 (3 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.5 (2 climbs ≥ 90 s)	40 (2/5 circling bouts led to climbs)	67 (mean on-course altitude 49% of band)	0.18 (57 circles, 4% left)
32	Rennick Kerr	77 (17 shared climbs)	39 (7 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.5 (4 climbs ≥ 90 s)	50 (2/4 circling bouts led to climbs)	70 (mean on-course altitude 47% of band)	0.14 (62 circles, 21% left)
33	Peter Garrone	59 (16 shared climbs)	48 (10 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.8 (6 climbs ≥ 90 s)	57 (8/14 circling bouts led to climbs)	31 (mean on-course altitude 34% of band)	0.19 (103 circles, 6% left)
34	Andrew Sutton	57 (31 shared climbs)	41 (10 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.2 (6 climbs ≥ 90 s)	50 (3/6 circling bouts led to climbs)	35 (mean on-course altitude 36% of band)	0.18 (98 circles, 44% left)
35	Peter Burkitt	68 (16 shared climbs)	35 (5 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.8 (3 climbs ≥ 90 s)	67 (4/6 circling bouts led to climbs)	2 (mean on-course altitude 3% of band)	0.14 (74 circles, 50% left)
36	Peter Tolhurst	56 (30 shared climbs)	54 (7 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.6 (2 climbs ≥ 90 s)	83 (5/6 circling bouts led to climbs)	27 (mean on-course altitude 23% of band)	0.15 (53 circles, 26% left)
37	Brett Davis	70 (8 shared climbs)	46 (3 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.4 (3 climbs ≥ 90 s)	40 (2/5 circling bouts led to climbs)	17 (mean on-course altitude 13% of band)	0.15 (35 circles, 20% left)
38	Mario Chapa	54 (5 shared climbs)	80 (9 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.3 (7 climbs ≥ 90 s)	63 (5/8 circling bouts led to climbs)	22 (mean on-course altitude 7% of band)	— (9 circles, 100% left)
39	Andrew Berenyi	6 (2 shared climbs)	—	—	—	—	— (5 circles, 0% left)
40	Randall Clotworthy	27 (1 shared climb)	16 (1 climb ≥ 60 s)	—	—	—	0.26 (23 circles, 26% left)
41	Damian Hamilton	76 (13 shared climbs)	42 (8 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.3 (6 climbs ≥ 90 s)	—	—	0.19 (105 circles, 0% left)
42	Marty Hearne	50 (18 shared climbs)	55 (4 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.3 (2 climbs ≥ 90 s)	33 (1/3 circling bouts led to climbs)	-23 (mean on-course altitude -26% of band)	0.17 (106 circles, 16% left)
43	Neill Hollingsworth	25 (1 shared climb)	—	—	—	—	— (6 circles, 17% left)
44	Wayne Johnston	60 (18 shared climbs)	90 (2 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.9 (1 climb ≥ 90 s)	—	—	0.14 (13 circles, 0% left)
45	Jason Lannstrom	63 (27 shared climbs)	50 (6 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.6 (4 climbs ≥ 90 s)	—	-15 (mean on-course altitude -17% of band)	0.21 (73 circles, 42% left)
46	James McGinty	25 (4 shared climbs)	—	—	—	—	— (5 circles, 40% 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
13:00 AEDT	100	15
14:00 AEDT	79	38
15:00 AEDT	71	36
16:00 AEDT	68	20
17:00 AEDT	33	9
18:00 AEDT	0	1

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: 35% left (6220 circles).

best: clear pattern (0.79)

#	Pilot	GlideSpd	GlideL/D	Wide%	Dolphin%
1	Rohan Taylor	67.8 (19 glides, 62 min gliding)	0.92 (5 legs compared)	20 (5 legs completed)	15 (842 of 5729 m gained outside thermals)
2	Steven Crosby	65.3 (19 glides, 67 min gliding)	1.06 (5 legs compared)	24 (5 legs completed)	10 (540 of 5673 m gained outside thermals)
3	Steve Docherty	61.0 (24 glides, 77 min gliding)	1.05 (5 legs compared)	32 (5 legs completed)	11 (649 of 5875 m gained outside thermals)
4	Vic Hare	64.9 (18 glides, 69 min gliding)	0.99 (5 legs compared)	27 (5 legs completed)	9 (531 of 5911 m gained outside thermals)
5	Rory Duncan	60.7 (25 glides, 79 min gliding)	1.24 (5 legs compared)	27 (5 legs completed)	14 (686 of 5073 m gained outside thermals)
6	Jay Kubeil	55.0 (32 glides, 96 min gliding)	1.40 (5 legs compared)	27 (5 legs completed)	24 (1244 of 5256 m gained outside thermals)
7	Bruce Wynne	63.6 (15 glides, 74 min gliding)	1.02 (5 legs compared)	30 (5 legs completed)	3 (200 of 7479 m gained outside thermals)
8	Jon Durand	58.4 (24 glides, 78 min gliding)	1.04 (5 legs compared)	30 (5 legs completed)	10 (612 of 6105 m gained outside thermals)
9	Richard Martin	61.0 (23 glides, 84 min gliding)	1.12 (5 legs compared)	34 (5 legs completed)	11 (565 of 5344 m gained outside thermals)
10	Dustan Hansen	60.9 (25 glides, 87 min gliding)	1.01 (5 legs compared)	37 (5 legs completed)	16 (1038 of 6324 m gained outside thermals)
11	Mitch Butler	61.5 (22 glides, 81 min gliding)	0.97 (5 legs compared)	28 (5 legs completed)	12 (735 of 6120 m gained outside thermals)
12	Troy Horton	52.4 (30 glides, 96 min gliding)	0.83 (5 legs compared)	30 (5 legs completed)	14 (1084 of 7700 m gained outside thermals)
13	John Harriott	51.1 (30 glides, 119 min gliding)	1.16 (5 legs compared)	31 (5 legs completed)	19 (1212 of 6552 m gained outside thermals)
14	James Atkinson	55.3 (32 glides, 112 min gliding)	1.13 (5 legs compared)	40 (5 legs completed)	26 (1574 of 5952 m gained outside thermals)
15	Stuart Cathcart	53.0 (18 glides, 88 min gliding)	1.04 (5 legs compared)	39 (5 legs completed)	6 (399 of 6965 m gained outside thermals)
16	Enda Carrigan	57.4 (36 glides, 122 min gliding)	1.00 (3 legs compared)	85 (3 legs completed)	21 (1434 of 6875 m gained outside thermals)
17	Mark Jeffree	44.8 (49 glides, 172 min gliding)	0.77 (3 legs compared)	62 (3 legs completed)	20 (1813 of 8930 m gained outside thermals)
18	Neale Halsall	62.2 (26 glides, 71 min gliding)	0.93 (3 legs compared)	39 (3 legs completed)	17 (890 of 5189 m gained outside thermals)
19	Andrew Taylor	47.8 (14 glides, 79 min gliding)	1.00 (3 legs compared)	28 (3 legs completed)	3 (159 of 5541 m gained outside thermals)
20	Trent Brown	58.6 (13 glides, 54 min gliding)	1.16 (2 legs compared)	28 (2 legs completed)	18 (608 of 3447 m gained outside thermals)
21	Ward Gunn	56.3 (27 glides, 81 min gliding)	1.09 (2 legs compared)	54 (2 legs completed)	19 (879 of 4583 m gained outside thermals)
22	Todd Wisewould	58.8 (12 glides, 70 min gliding)	1.07 (2 legs compared)	31 (2 legs completed)	19 (597 of 3162 m gained outside thermals)
23	Olav Opsanger	60.4 (11 glides, 39 min gliding)	0.80 (2 legs compared)	23 (2 legs completed)	29 (1252 of 4352 m gained outside thermals)
24	Michael Free	49.4 (18 glides, 71 min gliding)	1.12 (2 legs compared)	33 (2 legs completed)	21 (827 of 3959 m gained outside thermals)
25	Adrian Connor	49.3 (20 glides, 72 min gliding)	0.78 (2 legs compared)	86 (2 legs completed)	23 (1490 of 6501 m gained outside thermals)
26	Neil Hooke	54.1 (11 glides, 43 min gliding)	0.77 (2 legs compared)	42 (2 legs completed)	14 (454 of 3199 m gained outside thermals)
27	Peter Adriaans	53.6 (13 glides, 67 min gliding)	0.85 (1 leg compared)	74 (1 leg completed)	11 (470 of 4404 m gained outside thermals)
28	Hughbert Alexander	50.1 (5 glides, 42 min gliding)	1.01 (1 leg compared)	33 (1 leg completed)	4 (91 of 2564 m gained outside thermals)
29	Tushar Pokle	43.3 (19 glides, 77 min gliding)	0.93 (1 leg compared)	113 (1 leg completed)	14 (572 of 4148 m gained outside thermals)
30	Hossain Tefaili	56.3 (8 glides, 40 min gliding)	1.24 (1 leg compared)	98 (1 leg completed)	27 (425 of 1569 m gained outside thermals)
31	Gary Herman	44.3 (2 glides, 25 min gliding)	0.92 (1 leg compared)	26 (1 leg completed)	6 (37 of 590 m gained outside thermals)
32	Rennick Kerr	37.8 (2 glides, 26 min gliding)	1.01 (1 leg compared)	34 (1 leg completed)	30 (165 of 553 m gained outside thermals)
33	Peter Garrone	46.0 (10 glides, 39 min gliding)	0.83 (1 leg compared)	163 (1 leg completed)	3 (96 of 3097 m gained outside thermals)
34	Andrew Sutton	50.6 (8 glides, 22 min gliding)	0.75 (1 leg compared)	109 (1 leg completed)	15 (194 of 1281 m gained outside thermals)
35	Peter Burkitt	48.9 (8 glides, 24 min gliding)	1.03 (1 leg compared)	84 (1 leg completed)	34 (306 of 896 m gained outside thermals)
36	Peter Tolhurst	46.0 (8 glides, 17 min gliding)	—	—	37 (244 of 653 m gained outside thermals)
37	Brett Davis	40.7 (2 glides, 13 min gliding)	—	—	27 (81 of 296 m gained outside thermals)
38	Mario Chapa	38.5 (4 glides, 18 min gliding)	—	—	3 (17 of 523 m gained outside thermals)
39	Andrew Berenyi	—	—	—	—
40	Randall Clotworthy	—	—	—	—
41	Damian Hamilton	—	—	—	—
42	Marty Hearne	47.6 (2 glides, 8 min gliding)	—	—	—
43	Neill Hollingsworth	—	—	—	100 (423 of 423 m gained outside thermals)
44	Wayne Johnston	—	—	—	—
45	Jason Lannstrom	46.8 (1 glides, 8 min gliding)	—	—	—
46	James McGinty	—	—	—	—

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 53.9 km/h · p90 62.3 km/h (40 pilots)

best: clear pattern (0.79)

#	Pilot	Floor%	LowSaves	km/climb	Search%
1	Rohan Taylor	44 (12 descents, lowest -31% of band)	0.0	1.8 (mean shared-climb pctile 61%)	27
2	Steven Crosby	59 (11 descents, lowest 12% of band)	0.0	2.4 (mean shared-climb pctile 56%)	26
3	Steve Docherty	37 (17 descents, lowest 17% of band)	0.0	1.8 (mean shared-climb pctile 48%)	26
4	Vic Hare	55 (11 descents, lowest 4% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from 12% of band)	2.3 (mean shared-climb pctile 53%)	23
5	Rory Duncan	42 (13 descents, lowest -12% of band)	0.0	1.8 (mean shared-climb pctile 51%)	26
6	Jay Kubeil	50 (16 descents, lowest -36% of band)	0.0	1.3 (mean shared-climb pctile 53%)	25
7	Bruce Wynne	40 (11 descents, lowest -13% of band)	2.0 (deepest save from 6% of band)	3.7 (mean shared-climb pctile 53%)	12
8	Jon Durand	30 (12 descents, lowest -21% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from -5% of band)	1.7 (mean shared-climb pctile 54%)	23
9	Richard Martin	43 (11 descents, lowest -4% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from -1% of band)	2.1 (mean shared-climb pctile 49%)	35
10	Dustan Hansen	38 (11 descents, lowest -12% of band)	0.0	1.5 (mean shared-climb pctile 50%)	27
11	Mitch Butler	31 (12 descents, lowest -16% of band)	2.0 (deepest save from -10% of band)	1.8 (mean shared-climb pctile 46%)	32
12	Troy Horton	44 (12 descents, lowest -24% of band)	2.0 (deepest save from -10% of band)	1.3 (mean shared-climb pctile 58%)	32
13	John Harriott	53 (12 descents, lowest 16% of band)	0.0	1.3 (mean shared-climb pctile 44%)	36
14	James Atkinson	40 (12 descents, lowest -10% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from -2% of band)	1.1 (mean shared-climb pctile 55%)	38
15	Stuart Cathcart	62 (12 descents, lowest -11% of band)	0.0	2.1 (mean shared-climb pctile 46%)	23
16	Enda Carrigan	13 (13 descents, lowest -18% of band)	2.0 (deepest save from 1% of band)	1.0 (mean shared-climb pctile 47%)	41
17	Mark Jeffree	16 (15 descents, lowest -29% of band)	2.0 (deepest save from 9% of band)	0.8 (mean shared-climb pctile 50%)	51
18	Neale Halsall	33 (10 descents, lowest -1% of band)	0.0	1.3 (mean shared-climb pctile 55%)	38
19	Andrew Taylor	50 (9 descents, lowest -19% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from -9% of band)	3.1 (mean shared-climb pctile 46%)	16
20	Trent Brown	22 (9 descents, lowest -20% of band)	0.0	1.7 (mean shared-climb pctile 67%)	38
21	Ward Gunn	60 (11 descents, lowest 23% of band)	0.0	0.9 (mean shared-climb pctile 41%)	34
22	Todd Wisewould	58 (6 descents, lowest -27% of band)	0.0	1.6 (mean shared-climb pctile 47%)	46
23	Olav Opsanger	43 (17 descents, lowest -34% of band)	0.0	1.7 (mean shared-climb pctile 60%)	32
24	Michael Free	22 (7 descents, lowest 5% of band)	0.0	1.3 (mean shared-climb pctile 51%)	24
25	Adrian Connor	14 (9 descents, lowest -7% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from 7% of band)	0.8 (mean shared-climb pctile 55%)	32
26	Neil Hooke	19 (5 descents, lowest -17% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from -12% of band)	1.5 (mean shared-climb pctile 41%)	31
27	Peter Adriaans	36 (8 descents, lowest -27% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from -26% of band)	1.1 (mean shared-climb pctile 50%)	36
28	Hughbert Alexander	14 (2 descents, lowest -12% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from -3% of band)	3.1 (mean shared-climb pctile 55%)	25
29	Tushar Pokle	85 (9 descents, lowest 19% of band)	0.0	0.7 (mean shared-climb pctile 49%)	42
30	Hossain Tefaili	45 (3 descents, lowest 3% of band)	0.0	—	57
31	Gary Herman	—	0.0	—	43
32	Rennick Kerr	—	0.0	—	38
33	Peter Garrone	31 (5 descents, lowest -17% of band)	2.0 (deepest save from -27% of band)	—	33
34	Andrew Sutton	—	0.0	—	40
35	Peter Burkitt	-17 (2 descents, lowest -21% of band)	0.0	—	55
36	Peter Tolhurst	10 (2 descents, lowest -2% of band)	0.0	—	52
37	Brett Davis	—	0.0	—	62
38	Mario Chapa	2 (2 descents, lowest 0% of band)	0.0	—	45
39	Andrew Berenyi	—	0.0	—	100
40	Randall Clotworthy	—	0.0	—	100
41	Damian Hamilton	—	0.0	—	100
42	Marty Hearne	—	0.0	—	92
43	Neill Hollingsworth	—	0.0	—	100
44	Wayne Johnston	—	0.0	—	100
45	Jason Lannstrom	—	0.0	—	66
46	James McGinty	—	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 19/32/39% · glide 24/30/34% · search 27/37/52%

best: some pattern (0.32)

#	Pilot	InGaggle%	Marked%	LeaveWin%
1	Rohan Taylor	27	28 (11/40 climbs marked)	0 (0W–1L (1 departure))
2	Steven Crosby	69	41 (12/29 climbs marked)	100 (1W–0L (1 departure))
3	Steve Docherty	15	3 (1/39 climbs marked)	—
4	Vic Hare	74	47 (14/30 climbs marked)	100 (2W–0L (2 departures))
5	Rory Duncan	13	26 (10/39 climbs marked)	100 (1W–0L (1 departure))
6	Jay Kubeil	35	30 (17/56 climbs marked)	100 (1W–0L (1 departure))
7	Bruce Wynne	31	32 (6/19 climbs marked)	0 (0W–1L (1 departure))
8	Jon Durand	13	32 (13/41 climbs marked)	—
9	Richard Martin	10	6 (2/33 climbs marked)	—
10	Dustan Hansen	13	13 (6/48 climbs marked)	0 (0W–1L (1 departure))
11	Mitch Butler	33	26 (10/39 climbs marked)	—
12	Troy Horton	39	51 (28/55 climbs marked)	33 (1W–2L (3 departures))
13	John Harriott	21	50 (26/52 climbs marked)	100 (1W–0L (1 departure))
14	James Atkinson	26	32 (20/62 climbs marked)	100 (1W–0L (1 departure))
15	Stuart Cathcart	10	18 (6/34 climbs marked)	0 (0W–1L (1 departure))
16	Enda Carrigan	9	21 (14/66 climbs marked)	0 (0W–1L (1 departure))
17	Mark Jeffree	16	47 (37/78 climbs marked)	—
18	Neale Halsall	51	52 (22/42 climbs marked)	100 (1W–0L (1 departure))
19	Andrew Taylor	22	22 (4/18 climbs marked)	—
20	Trent Brown	19	28 (8/29 climbs marked)	100 (1W–0L (1 departure))
21	Ward Gunn	19	24 (13/55 climbs marked)	100 (1W–0L (1 departure))
22	Todd Wisewould	9	45 (13/29 climbs marked)	100 (1W–0L (1 departure))
23	Olav Opsanger	16	9 (2/23 climbs marked)	—
24	Michael Free	8	9 (3/33 climbs marked)	—
25	Adrian Connor	27	52 (22/42 climbs marked)	—
26	Neil Hooke	56	61 (14/23 climbs marked)	100 (1W–0L (1 departure))
27	Peter Adriaans	46	71 (20/28 climbs marked)	0 (0W–1L (1 departure))
28	Hughbert Alexander	46	60 (6/10 climbs marked)	—
29	Tushar Pokle	11	9 (3/35 climbs marked)	—
30	Hossain Tefaili	29	18 (3/17 climbs marked)	—
31	Gary Herman	24	—	—
32	Rennick Kerr	6	80 (4/5 climbs marked)	—
33	Peter Garrone	34	0 (0/11 climbs marked)	—
34	Andrew Sutton	66	92 (11/12 climbs marked)	—
35	Peter Burkitt	16	38 (5/13 climbs marked)	0 (0W–1L (1 departure))
36	Peter Tolhurst	54	64 (7/11 climbs marked)	—
37	Brett Davis	0	—	—
38	Mario Chapa	0	0 (0/5 climbs marked)	—
39	Andrew Berenyi	0	—	—
40	Randall Clotworthy	59	—	—
41	Damian Hamilton	0	—	—
42	Marty Hearne	63	—	—
43	Neill Hollingsworth	0	—	—
44	Wayne Johnston	0	—	—
45	Jason Lannstrom	0	—	—
46	James McGinty	0	—	—

Time spent flying with a gaggle

Measured in percent · no expected direction

Whether the pilot raced with other pilots or alone. The value is the share of their flying time after the start inside a detected gaggle, that is, clustered with one other racing pilot or more on the shared time grid. There is no expected direction. A gaggle increases the power to search for lift, but it also holds a pilot to its own speed. The sign of the correlation says which of the two occurred here.

69 gaggle episodes detected (peak size 10 pilots).

best: clear pattern (0.64)

#	Pilot	StartDly	TimeLost	Behind	Spare m	FinalGl
1	Rohan Taylor	19	166	0.0	65	1.24 (left last climb 1.9 km out at 1810 m)
2	Steven Crosby	35	146	9.4	89	2.11 (left last climb 3.7 km out at 2045 m)
3	Steve Docherty	122	481	19.1	47	5.23 (left last climb 5.5 km out at 1343 m)
4	Vic Hare	90	439	11.6	-65	6.47 (left last climb 6.8 km out at 1339 m)
5	Rory Duncan	149	166	13.2	336	2.17 (left last climb 3.5 km out at 1883 m)
6	Jay Kubeil	75	385	14.6	648	2.74 (left last climb 3.1 km out at 1403 m)
7	Bruce Wynne	112	769	32.3	380	5.45 (left last climb 5.8 km out at 1364 m)
8	Jon Durand	63	854	33.6	8	2.80 (left last climb 3.5 km out at 1536 m)
9	Richard Martin	53	1107	32.7	307	3.93 (left last climb 4.2 km out at 1369 m)
10	Dustan Hansen	137	1080	33.4	550	1.57 (left last climb 3.3 km out at 2374 m)
11	Mitch Butler	152	1347	39.9	-82	6.46 (left last climb 5.6 km out at 1153 m)
12	Troy Horton	109	2294	58.4	304	1.55 (left last climb 2.8 km out at 2074 m)
13	John Harriott	177	2867	64.8	793	1.21 (left last climb 1.2 km out at 1291 m)
14	James Atkinson	63	2677	57.7	225	4.04 (left last climb 4.2 km out at 1339 m)
15	Stuart Cathcart	111	3298	72.9	563	2.00 (left last climb 4.2 km out at 2386 m)
16	Enda Carrigan	594	4541	—	—	6.48 (left last climb 4.4 km out at 967 m)
17	Mark Jeffree	324	6194	—	—	13.69 (left last climb 3.6 km out at 551 m)
18	Neale Halsall	54	1067	—	—	7.01 (left last climb 6.5 km out at 1217 m)
19	Andrew Taylor	152	2275	—	—	—
20	Trent Brown	152	41	—	—	5.12 (left last climb 2.4 km out at 751 m)
21	Ward Gunn	644	888	—	—	2.49 (left last climb 4.0 km out at 1885 m)
22	Todd Wisewould	52	980	—	—	6.09 (left last climb 1.5 km out at 542 m)
23	Olav Opsanger	73	0	—	—	—
24	Michael Free	497	1150	—	—	—
25	Adrian Connor	589	2780	—	—	—
26	Neil Hooke	69	1085	—	—	5.51 (left last climb 7.0 km out at 1555 m)
27	Peter Adriaans	99	947	—	—	—
28	Hughbert Alexander	84	413	—	—	6.99 (left last climb 6.1 km out at 1158 m)
29	Tushar Pokle	712	1967	—	—	4.77 (left last climb 5.1 km out at 1362 m)
30	Hossain Tefaili	360	1072	—	—	8.67 (left last climb 6.8 km out at 1080 m)
31	Gary Herman	804	121	—	—	—
32	Rennick Kerr	9	359	—	—	—
33	Peter Garrone	629	2577	—	—	13.76 (left last climb 6.7 km out at 776 m)
34	Andrew Sutton	531	992	—	—	5.03 (left last climb 6.3 km out at 1549 m)
35	Peter Burkitt	44	752	—	—	—
36	Peter Tolhurst	509	—	—	—	11.23 (left last climb 6.5 km out at 869 m)
37	Brett Davis	395	—	—	—	13.37 (left last climb 6.7 km out at 791 m)
38	Mario Chapa	-192	—	—	—	—
39	Andrew Berenyi	871	—	—	—	—
40	Randall Clotworthy	1707	—	—	—	—
41	Damian Hamilton	1647	—	—	—	—
42	Marty Hearne	1600	—	—	—	22.31 (left last climb 6.6 km out at 589 m)
43	Neill Hollingsworth	239	—	—	—	—
44	Wayne Johnston	629	—	—	—	—
45	Jason Lannstrom	1393	—	—	—	13.36 (left last climb 5.0 km out at 664 m)
46	James McGinty	268	—	—	—	—

How long after the gate opened the pilot started

Measured in seconds · lower is better

Every second between the opening of the gate and the crossing of the start line is a second lost for nothing. The value is the seconds from the start gate taken to the scored SSS crossing. On an elapsed-time task, the pilot’s own crossing is the reference, so the delay is 0 by definition. The start table adds the crossing altitude, and the distance behind the leading pilot who had already started.

Start execution

Pilot	Delay	Alt m	Band %	Behind km
Rohan Taylor	0:19	1889	87	8.9
Steven Crosby	0:35	1554	59	6.6
Steve Docherty	2:02	1425	49	0.8
Vic Hare	1:30	1591	62	6.5
Rory Duncan	2:29	1738	75	7.2
Jay Kubeil	1:15	1905	89	8.0
Bruce Wynne	1:52	1537	58	6.5
Jon Durand	1:03	1496	54	6.2
Richard Martin	0:53	1837	83	8.6
Dustan Hansen	2:17	1942	92	8.5
Mitch Butler	2:32	1687	70	8.6
Troy Horton	1:49	1526	57	6.4
John Harriott	2:57	1600	63	7.3
James Atkinson	1:03	1826	82	8.4
Stuart Cathcart	1:51	1945	92	8.5
Enda Carrigan	9:54	1951	93	8.4
Mark Jeffree	5:24	1425	49	8.3
Neale Halsall	0:54	1457	51	6.6
Andrew Taylor	2:32	1634	66	9.1
Trent Brown	2:32	1540	58	6.9
Ward Gunn	10:44	1978	95	9.7
Todd Wisewould	0:52	1946	92	8.4
Olav Opsanger	1:13	1441	50	0.8
Michael Free	8:17	1826	82	8.6
Adrian Connor	9:49	1798	80	8.4
Neil Hooke	1:09	1531	57	6.6
Peter Adriaans	1:39	1558	60	6.5
Hughbert Alexander	1:24	1581	62	6.6
Tushar Pokle	11:52	1560	60	10.5
Hossain Tefaili	6:00	1503	55	9.7
Gary Herman	13:24	2029	99	8.8
Rennick Kerr	0:09	1789	79	9.9
Peter Garrone	10:29	593	-21	12.1
Andrew Sutton	8:51	1838	83	9.2
Peter Burkitt	0:44	1515	56	6.7
Peter Tolhurst	8:29	1912	89	9.3
Brett Davis	6:35	1444	50	10.0
Mario Chapa	-3:12	1351	42	0.0
Andrew Berenyi	14:31	409	-36	12.4
Randall Clotworthy	28:27	651	-16	12.1
Damian Hamilton	27:27	416	-36	13.3
Marty Hearne	26:40	615	-19	13.7
Neill Hollingsworth	3:59	304	-45	10.3
Wayne Johnston	10:29	601	-20	8.0
Jason Lannstrom	23:13	1064	18	9.0
James McGinty	4:28	466	-32	12.9

Delay = gate taken → SSS crossing. Behind km = extra distance to the next turnpoint vs the furthest-along already-started pilot at the moment of this start (time grid).

Race time lost against the fastest pilots, leg by leg

Measured in seconds · lower is better

For each completed speed-section leg, we compare the leg time of the pilot with the mean of the top 10 pilots by rank who completed that leg. Only the losses count, and we add them together. The sum of the leg times is the race time, and the rank defines the reference, so this metric follows the result by construction. Read the waterfall table, which shows every leg against the task winner, for the diagnosis. Do not read the correlation as a finding.

Steven Crosby, over 5 compared legs: +9:10 overall. — marks a leg the pilot or the winner did not complete; the table below has every pilot.

Leg waterfall — leg time vs the task winner

Pilot	SSS→HALFWY	HALFWY→TOOMA	TOOMA→CUDG	CUDG→ELLIOT	ELLIOT→ESS	Total
Rohan Taylor	+0:00	+0:00	+0:00	+0:00	+0:00	+0:00
Steven Crosby	+8:11	-1:18	+5:53	-3:49	+0:13	+9:10
Steve Docherty	+5:12	+9:10	+0:35	+2:07	+0:19	+17:22
Vic Hare	+9:03	-3:06	+6:28	-7:11	+5:09	+10:23
Rory Duncan	+0:39	+7:20	+10:12	-7:29	+0:19	+11:01
Jay Kubeil	+4:02	-0:09	+14:25	-6:32	+1:52	+13:38
Bruce Wynne	+8:18	+11:45	+13:14	-3:45	+1:11	+30:43
Jon Durand	+7:33	+13:37	+8:40	+2:05	+0:58	+32:54
Richard Martin	+13:23	+9:25	+16:11	-7:46	+0:56	+32:09
Dustan Hansen	+1:11	+13:31	+11:48	+4:41	+0:17	+31:28
Mitch Butler	+15:43	+17:06	+10:09	-5:48	+0:31	+37:41
Troy Horton	+17:34	+10:03	+9:02	+19:20	+0:55	+56:54
John Harriott	+18:24	+1:34	+33:37	+4:38	+3:59	+62:12
James Atkinson	+7:55	+37:34	+19:30	-9:17	+1:17	+56:59
Stuart Cathcart	+37:39	+28:21	+6:31	-2:59	+1:54	+71:24
Enda Carrigan	+8:16	+73:43	+14:12	—	—	+96:12
Mark Jeffree	+66:35	+34:15	+22:55	—	—	+123:45
Neale Halsall	+9:43	+19:51	-0:08	—	—	+29:26
Andrew Taylor	+23:52	+8:33	+26:01	—	—	+58:26
Trent Brown	+6:27	-4:36	—	—	—	+1:50
Ward Gunn	+10:00	+16:35	—	—	—	+26:35
Todd Wisewould	+7:39	+20:27	—	—	—	+28:06
Olav Opsanger	+3:38	-7:23	—	—	—	-3:45
Michael Free	+24:55	-11:03	—	—	—	+13:52
Adrian Connor	+23:48	+34:19	—	—	—	+58:07
Neil Hooke	+14:22	+15:30	—	—	—	+29:52
Peter Adriaans	+21:32	—	—	—	—	+21:32
Hughbert Alexander	+12:39	—	—	—	—	+12:39
Tushar Pokle	+38:32	—	—	—	—	+38:32
Hossain Tefaili	+23:37	—	—	—	—	+23:37
Gary Herman	+7:46	—	—	—	—	+7:46
Rennick Kerr	+11:44	—	—	—	—	+11:44
Peter Garrone	+48:42	—	—	—	—	+48:42
Andrew Sutton	+22:17	—	—	—	—	+22:17
Peter Burkitt	+18:17	—	—	—	—	+18:17

Each cell is the leg time of this pilot minus the leg time of the winner. A + value is slower than the winner, and a − value is faster. A — means that the pilot or the winner did not complete the leg.

The scalar metric instead adds the losses against the mean of the top 10 pilots who completed each leg. A leg flown faster than that reference contributes 0.

Race time behind the leader at ESS

Measured in minutes · lower is better

At each speed-section turnpoint, we compare the elapsed race time of the pilot, which is the reaching time minus their own start, with the fastest pilot to that turnpoint. The value is the minutes behind at ESS. It follows the final rank almost exactly, because this metric is the sanity check of the evaluation.

A line that stops early is a pilot who landed. The top 5 are coloured; the table below has every pilot.

Horserace — minutes behind the leader at each turnpoint

Pilot	ELLIOT	HALFWY	TOOMA	CUDG	ELLIOT	CORRY	CORRY
Rohan Taylor	3.5	0.0	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Steven Crosby	3.8	8.5	10.0	13.0	9.2	9.4	9.4
Steve Docherty	5.2	6.9	18.9	16.7	18.8	19.1	19.1
Vic Hare	4.7	10.2	10.0	13.6	6.4	11.6	11.6
Rory Duncan	5.7	2.8	13.0	20.4	12.9	13.2	13.2
Jay Kubeil	4.5	5.0	7.7	19.2	12.7	14.6	14.6
Bruce Wynne	5.1	9.9	24.4	34.8	31.1	32.3	32.3
Jon Durand	4.3	8.3	24.8	30.6	32.7	33.6	33.6
Richard Martin	4.1	13.9	26.2	39.5	31.8	32.7	32.7
Dustan Hansen	5.5	3.2	19.5	28.5	33.2	33.4	33.4
Mitch Butler	5.7	17.9	37.9	45.2	39.4	39.9	39.9
Troy Horton	5.0	19.1	32.0	38.2	57.5	58.4	58.4
John Harriott	6.2	21.1	25.5	56.2	60.8	64.8	64.8
James Atkinson	4.3	8.7	49.1	65.7	56.5	57.7	57.7
Stuart Cathcart	5.0	39.2	70.4	74.0	71.0	72.9	72.9
Enda Carrigan	13.1	17.9	94.4	105.8	—	—	—
Mark Jeffree	8.6	71.7	108.8	128.8	—	—	—
Neale Halsall	4.1	10.3	33.0	30.0	—	—	—
Andrew Taylor	5.7	26.1	37.5	60.7	—	—	—
Trent Brown	5.7	8.7	6.9	—	—	—	—
Ward Gunn	13.9	20.4	39.9	—	—	—	—
Todd Wisewould	4.1	8.2	31.5	—	—	—	—
Olav Opsanger	4.4	4.5	0.0	—	—	—	—
Michael Free	11.5	32.9	24.7	—	—	—	—
Adrian Connor	13.0	33.3	70.5	—	—	—	—
Neil Hooke	4.4	15.2	33.6	—	—	—	—
Peter Adriaans	4.9	22.9	—	—	—	—	—
Hughbert Alexander	4.6	13.7	—	—	—	—	—
Tushar Pokle	15.1	50.1	—	—	—	—	—
Hossain Tefaili	9.2	29.3	—	—	—	—	—
Gary Herman	16.6	20.9	—	—	—	—	—
Rennick Kerr	3.4	11.6	—	—	—	—	—
Peter Garrone	13.7	58.9	—	—	—	—	—
Andrew Sutton	12.0	30.8	—	—	—	—	—
Peter Burkitt	3.9	18.7	—	—	—	—	—
Peter Tolhurst	11.7	—	—	—	—	—	—
Brett Davis	9.8	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mario Chapa	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
Andrew Berenyi	17.7	—	—	—	—	—	—
Randall Clotworthy	31.7	—	—	—	—	—	—
Damian Hamilton	30.7	—	—	—	—	—	—
Marty Hearne	29.9	—	—	—	—	—	—
Neill Hollingsworth	7.2	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wayne Johnston	13.7	—	—	—	—	—	—
Jason Lannstrom	26.4	—	—	—	—	—	—
James McGinty	7.7	—	—	—	—	—	—

The elapsed race time, from the pilot’s own start, minus the fastest elapsed time to that turnpoint. A — means that the pilot did not reach the turnpoint.

Arriving at ESS with height to spare

Measured in metres · lower is better

Height still available at ESS that the pilot no longer needed. That altitude was available for more speed, and the pilot did not use it. The value is the altitude at ESS minus the altitude needed to glide to goal at the standard glide ratio of the sport, which is 5.0 for HG and 4.0 for PG (S7F §13.4.6). A large positive margin means the pilot arrived too high. A margin near zero means they flew the final glide with little height to spare.

ESS altitude margin over final glide: top-10 median 198 m (n=10) vs rest median 304 m (n=5).

Metric details

Day profile & windbest: could be chance (0.11)

Climbingbest: clear pattern (0.62)

Glidingbest: clear pattern (0.79)

Glide speed between climbs

Decision-makingbest: clear pattern (0.79)

Share of race time spent hunting for the next climb

Gagglebest: some pattern (0.32)

Race craftbest: clear pattern (0.64)

How long after the gate opened the pilot started

Start execution

Race time lost against the fastest pilots, leg by leg

Leg waterfall — leg time vs the task winner

Race time behind the leader at ESS

Horserace — minutes behind the leader at each turnpoint

Arriving at ESS with height to spare

best: could be chance (0.11)

best: clear pattern (0.62)

best: clear pattern (0.79)

best: clear pattern (0.79)

best: some pattern (0.32)

best: clear pattern (0.64)