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James McGinty

Corryong Cup 2025 · Task 1 (Open) (Sun, 5 Jan 2025) · open · ranked #54 · times in Australia/Melbourne (GMT+11)

Scores computed

Early start beyond the limit — scored minimum distance — 44.3 points

The flight

What the tracklog shows, and which crossings scored.

Crossed the start 23:32 before the first start gate opened at 13:30:00 — an early start ("jumping the gun", FAI S7F §12.2). The speed-section clock runs from the first gate.

Day quality — points on offer

Task validity 90.17% of a perfect day, so 901.7 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?100%
Time validity — was the winning time long enough relative to the nominal time?90.17%
Points on offer for the day901.7 pts

1000 × 1.00 × 1.00 × 0.9017 = 901.7

Split between the components by the goal ratio

distance 398.5 · time 503.2

Distance points

44.3 pts
Early start of 23:32 — more than the 300 s jump-the-gun limit (FAI S7F §12.2), so the flight is scored as the minimum distance.
Scored distance5.0 km

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

Best distance in class50.4 km
Linear half — half the available points scale with your share of the best distance19.8 pts

0.5 × (5.0 km ÷ 50.4 km) × 398.5 = 19.8

Difficulty half — rewards flying past stretches where many pilots landed24.6 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

44.3 pts
Distance + time + leading + arrival, minus penalties44.3 pts

round(44.3 + 0.0, 1 dp) = 44.3