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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

32 pilots · ranks 1–38 · median 16.5 · middle half 8.8–24.3

  • Low — Share of race time spent hunting for the next climb group median P34 in this field (31 percent) · usually a strength
  • High — Time spent flying with a gaggle group median P66 in this field (46 percent)
  • 1. Olav Opsanger
  • 2. Rory Duncan
  • 3. Trent Brown
  • 4. Mitch Butler
  • 5. Steve Docherty (most typical of this group)
  • 6. Bruce Wynne
  • 7. Steven Crosby
  • 8. Neale Halsall
  • 9. Steve Blenkinsop
  • 9. Rohan Taylor
  • 11. Peter Adriaans
  • 12. Jon Durand
  • 13. Richard Martin
  • 14. Dustan Hansen
  • 15. Todd Wisewould
  • 16. Stuart Cathcart
  • 17. Jay Kubeil
  • 18. Vic Hare
  • 19. Neil Hooke
  • 20. James Atkinson
  • 21. Adrian Connor
  • 22. Enda Carrigan
  • 23. Bruce Atkinson
  • 24. Hughbert Alexander
  • 25. Peter Burkitt
  • 26. Hossain Tefaili
  • 28. Gary Herman
  • 30. Peter Tolhurst
  • 31. Mario Chapa
  • 32. Andrew Sutton
  • 34. Peter Garrone
  • 38. Cedric Joyce

Group B — Glide bleeders

12 pilots · ranks 27–44 · median 38 · middle half 34.5–41.3

  • Low — Glide L/D against the field median group median P10 in this field (0.81 ratio) · usually costly
  • Low — Climbs joined on another pilot's marker group median P12 in this field (0 percent)
  • Low — How much of the thermal the pilot climbed before leaving it group median P13 in this field (25 percent)
  • Low — Time spent flying with a gaggle group median P13 in this field (0 percent)
  • 27. Tushar Pokle
  • 29. Neill Hollingsworth
  • 33. James McGinty
  • 35. Damian Hamilton
  • 36. Mark Jeffree
  • 37. Andrew Taylor
  • 39. Wayne Johnston
  • 40. Michael Free
  • 41. Troy Horton
  • 42. Rennick Kerr (most typical of this group)
  • 43. Brett Davis
  • 44. John Harriott

Not clustered: 45. Andrew Berenyi — only 9 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 45. Ward Gunn — only 5 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 45. Marty Hearne — only 2 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 45. Jason Lannstrom — only 6 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%).

44 pilots on 21 behavioural metrics formed 2 groups.