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

5 pilots · ranks 1–5 · median 3 · middle half 2–4

High — Climb rate at thermal exit group median P78 in this field (1.6 metres per second)
Low — Share of race time spent hunting for the next climb group median P22 in this field (29 percent) · usually a strength
High — How much of the thermal the pilot climbed before leaving it group median P75 in this field (75 percent)
High — Climbs joined on another pilot's marker group median P75 in this field (15 percent)

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

Group B — Deep diggers

4 pilots · ranks 6–9 · median 7.5 · middle half 6.8–8.3

Low — How low the pilot gets between climbs group median P8 in this field (0 percent)
Low — Climb rate at thermal exit group median P17 in this field (1.1 metres per second)
High — Climbing faster than the pilots sharing the thermal group median P83 in this field (88 percent) · usually a strength
Low — How much of the thermal the pilot climbed before leaving it group median P19 in this field (26 percent)

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

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

9 pilots on 18 behavioural metrics formed 2 groups.