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 — Committed racers

23 pilots · ranks 1–37 · median 13 · middle half 6.5–22.5

Low — Share of race time spent hunting for the next climb group median P24 in this field (31 percent) · usually a strength
High — How often leaving the gaggle paid off group median P72 in this field (100 percent)
High — How much of the thermal the pilot climbed before leaving it group median P72 in this field (67 percent)
High — Glide speed between climbs group median P69 in this field (58.6 kilometres per hour) · usually a strength

1. Rohan Taylor
2. Steven Crosby
3. Steve Docherty (most typical of this group)
4. Vic Hare
5. Rory Duncan
6. Jay Kubeil
7. Bruce Wynne
8. Jon Durand
9. Richard Martin
10. Dustan Hansen
11. Mitch Butler
13. John Harriott
15. Stuart Cathcart
19. Andrew Taylor
20. Trent Brown
21. Ward Gunn
22. Todd Wisewould
23. Olav Opsanger
24. Michael Free
29. Tushar Pokle
31. Gary Herman
32. Rennick Kerr
37. Brett Davis

Group B — Escape artists

14 pilots · ranks 12–36 · median 26.5 · middle half 17.3–32.3

High — Low saves dug out from the bottom of the band group median P81 in this field (1.0 count)
High — Gliding wide of the optimal course line group median P79 in this field (74 percent)
Low — Glide L/D against the field median group median P21 in this field (0.85 ratio) · usually costly
Low — Distance covered between climbs group median P21 in this field (1.1 kilometres) · usually costly

12. Troy Horton
14. James Atkinson
16. Enda Carrigan
17. Mark Jeffree (most typical of this group)
18. Neale Halsall
25. Adrian Connor
26. Neil Hooke
27. Peter Adriaans
28. Hughbert Alexander
30. Hossain Tefaili
33. Peter Garrone
34. Andrew Sutton
35. Peter Burkitt
36. Peter Tolhurst

Not clustered: 38. Mario Chapa — only 12 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 38. Andrew Berenyi — only 6 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 38. Randall Clotworthy — only 8 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 38. Damian Hamilton — only 9 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 38. Marty Hearne — only 12 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 38. Neill Hollingsworth — only 7 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 38. Wayne Johnston — only 9 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 38. Jason Lannstrom — only 11 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 38. James McGinty — only 6 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%).

37 pilots on 21 behavioural metrics formed 2 groups.