Stuart Cathcart

Corryong Cup 2024 · Task 4 (Open) (Fri, 12 Jan 2024) · open · ranked #1 · times in Australia/Melbourne (GMT+11)

Scores computed

Made goal in 2:20:43 — 558.1 points

Click any highlighted step in the explanation to see where it happened.

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: the start gate — the speed-section clock runs from the gate, not from the crossing (FAI S7F §8.3.1).14:00:00

Completed the task — full task distance is credited.

Day quality — points on offer

Task validity 55.81% of a perfect day, so 558.1 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?55.81%

Time validity — was the winning time long enough relative to the nominal time?100%

Points on offer for the day558.1 pts

1000 × 1.00 × 0.5581 × 1.00 = 558.1

Split between the components by the goal ratio

distance 464.5 · time 65.6 · leading 16.4 · arrival 11.7

Distance points

464.5 pts

Scored distance67.6 km

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

Best distance in class67.6 km

Made goal — full available distance points.464.5 pts

Time points

65.6 pts

Time points use the 2⁄3 speed-fraction exponent (the older GAP2016/2018 curve, S7F §11.2).

Your speed section time2:20:43

Timed from your 14:00:00 start gate to the end of the speed section (FAI S7F §8.7) — you crossed the start at 14:01:17.

Fastest time in class (among pilots who made goal)2:20:43

Fastest through the speed section — full available time points.65.6 pts

Leading points

16.4 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.16.4 pts

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

Arrival points

11.7 pts

Arrival points reward crossing the end of the speed section early relative to the other pilots who reached it.11.7 pts

Total

558.1 pts

Distance + time + leading + arrival, minus penalties558.1 pts

464.5 + 65.6 + 16.4 + 11.7 ≈ 558.1 — the points above are shown rounded to 0.1; the total is rounded from their exact sum.