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Steve Docherty

Corryong Cup 2024 · Task 3 (Open) (Thu, 11 Jan 2024) · open · ranked #5 · times in Australia/Melbourne (GMT+11)

Scores computed

Made goal in 2:47:10 — 884.6 points

The flight

What the tracklog shows, and which crossings scored.

Crossed the start cylinder boundary 5 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 3 of 3 — 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 667.4 · time 232.8 · leading 58.2 · arrival 41.6

Distance points

667.4 pts
Scored distance80.6 km

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

Best distance in class80.6 km
Made goal — full available distance points.667.4 pts

Time points

180.1 pts
Time points use the 2⁄3 speed-fraction exponent (the older GAP2016/2018 curve, S7F §11.2).
Your speed section time2:47:10

Timed from your 14:15:00 start gate to the end of the speed section (FAI S7F §8.7) — you crossed the start at 14:17:52.

Fastest time in class (among pilots who made goal)2:31:09
Time points fall off with the gap to the fastest time180.1 pts

speed fraction = max(0, 1 − ((T − Tbest) ÷ √Tbest)^2⁄3) = 0.695; × 232.8 available ≈ 180.1 — the figures are shown rounded; the points come from their full precision (times in hours)

Leading points

23.4 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.23.4 pts
Measured with the classic squared-distance leading coefficient (S7F §11.3.1, the hang-gliding / GAP2016–2018 variant).

Arrival points

13.7 pts
Arrival points reward crossing the end of the speed section early relative to the other pilots who reached it.13.7 pts

Total

884.6 pts
Distance + time + leading + arrival, minus penalties884.6 pts

round(667.4 + 180.1 + 23.4 + 13.7, 1 dp) = 884.6