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 — Leave-it-lifting climbers

4 pilots · ranks 2–5 · median 3.5 · middle half 2.8–4.3

High — Climb rate at thermal exit group median P83 in this field (1.5 metres per second)
High — Climbs joined on another pilot's marker group median P81 in this field (16 percent)
High — Arriving at ESS with height to spare group median P75 in this field (783 metres) · usually costly
Low — Final glide committed to when leaving the last climb group median P25 in this field (3.87 ratio)

2. Andy Phillips
3. Dave Moore
4. Damian Hamilton (most typical of this group)
5. Mark Tyminski

Group B — Slow corers

2 pilots · ranks 1–9 · median 5 · middle half 3–7

High — Time to core thermals group median P94 in this field (102 seconds)
Low — Share of the height gain made outside thermals group median P19 in this field (4 percent)
Low — Climb rate at thermal exit group median P22 in this field (0.7 metres per second)
Low — Share of race time spent hunting for the next climb group median P22 in this field (23 percent) · usually a strength

1. Andy Schmidt (most typical of this group)
9. James Wynd

Group C — Deep diggers

3 pilots · ranks 6–8 · median 7 · middle half 6.5–7.5

Low — How low the pilot gets between climbs group median P8 in this field (0 percent)
High — Climbing faster than the pilots sharing the thermal group median P89 in this field (88 percent) · usually a strength
High — Share of race time spent hunting for the next climb group median P89 in this field (52 percent) · usually costly
Low — How much of the thermal the pilot climbed before leaving it group median P13 in this field (21 percent)

6. Curtis Greenwood (most typical of this group)
7. Anthony Meechan
8. Connor Hansen

Not clustered: 10. Dean Bayly — only 10 of 18 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 11. Andrew Berenyi — only 1 of 18 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 12. Ryan Brown — only 1 of 18 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 13. Rhys Davies — only 1 of 18 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 14. Hayden Emms — only 2 of 18 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 15. Mark Wallace — only 1 of 18 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%).

9 pilots on 18 behavioural metrics formed 3 groups.