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Donny Gardner

Corryong Cup 2024 · Task 4 (Floater) (Fri, 12 Jan 2024) · floater · ranked #2 · times in Australia/Melbourne (GMT+11)

Scores computed

Landed out at 14.9 km — 254.3 points

The flight

What the tracklog shows, and which crossings scored.

Crossed the start cylinder boundary 39 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.
…3 more crossings…
…and 24 more crossings

Day quality — points on offer

Task validity 45.67% of a perfect day, so 456.7 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?45.67%
Time validity — was the winning time long enough relative to the nominal time?100%
Points on offer for the day456.7 pts

1000 × 1.00 × 0.4567 × 1.00 = 456.7

Split between the components by the goal ratio

distance 342.5 · time 114.1

Distance points

254.3 pts
Scored distance14.9 km

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

Best distance in class30.7 km
Linear half — half the available points scale with your share of the best distance83.1 pts

0.5 × (14.9 km ÷ 30.7 km) × 342.5 = 83.1

Difficulty half — rewards flying past stretches where many pilots landed171.3 pts

The difficulty curve is built from where the whole field landed out (FAI S7F §11.1.1).

Time points

0 pts
Time points are only awarded to pilots who reach the end of the speed section.

Total

254.3 pts
Distance + time + leading + arrival, minus penalties254.3 pts

round(254.3 + 0.0, 1 dp) = 254.3