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Stuart Cathcart

Corryong Cup 2024 · Task 2 (Open) (Wed, 10 Jan 2024) · open · ranked #15 · times in Australia/Melbourne (GMT+11)

Scores computed

Made goal in 3:09:10 — 580.6 points

The flight

What the tracklog shows, and which crossings scored.

Crossed the start cylinder boundary 3 times. The scored start is the latest crossing from which the flight still makes its best run along the course — re-starting supersedes an earlier start, while simply flying back through the cylinder later in the task changes nothing.
Start time taken: gate 4 of 6 — the last start gate at or before the crossing. The speed-section clock runs from the gate, not from the crossing (FAI S7F §8.3.1).14:15:00
Completed the task — full task distance is credited.

Day quality — points on offer

Task validity 100% of a perfect day, so 1000 of 1000 points were available.

Launch validity — did enough registered pilots launch?100%
Distance validity — did the field fly far enough relative to the nominal distance?100%
Time validity — was the winning time long enough relative to the nominal time?100%
Points on offer for the day1000 pts

1000 × 1.00 × 1.00 × 1.00 = 1000

Split between the components by the goal ratio

distance 534 · time 326.2 · leading 81.6 · arrival 58.3

Distance points

534 pts
Scored distance70.1 km

Measured along the optimized task line, up to the furthest point on course.

Best distance in class70.1 km
Made goal — full available distance points.534 pts

Time points

34.8 pts
Time points use the 2⁄3 speed-fraction exponent (the older GAP2016/2018 curve, S7F §11.2).
Your speed section time3:09:10

Timed from your 14:15:00 start gate to the end of the speed section (FAI S7F §8.7) — you crossed the start at 14:16:50.

Fastest time in class (among pilots who made goal)1:56:14
Time points fall off with the gap to the fastest time34.8 pts

speed fraction = max(0, 1 − ((T − Tbest) ÷ √Tbest)^2⁄3) = 0.086; × 326.2 available ≈ 34.8 — the figures are shown rounded; the points come from their full precision (times in hours)

Leading points

0 pts
Leading points reward flying out front during the speed section — the pilot with the best leading coefficient takes all available leading points, others fall off with the gap.0 pts
Measured with the classic squared-distance leading coefficient (S7F §11.3.1, the hang-gliding / GAP2016–2018 variant).

Arrival points

11.8 pts
Arrival points reward crossing the end of the speed section early relative to the other pilots who reached it.11.8 pts

Total

580.6 pts
Distance + time + leading + arrival, minus penalties580.6 pts

round(534.0 + 34.8 + 11.8, 1 dp) = 580.6

Track data cleaning

1 of 4632 GPS fixes (<0.1%) carried an implausible altitude and were repaired before analysis — flagged by vertical-speed limits (no barometric channel to cross-check). Positions and times are never altered. How data cleaning works

  • 13:40:12 · 1 fix · up to 889 m off