Metric details
Every pilot's reading on every behaviour, family by family.
Analysis computed
best: could be chance (0.22)
best: clear pattern (0.57)
| # | Pilot | Out-climb | Core s | LeaveRate | Kept% | TopOut% | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nils Vesk | 66 (31 shared climbs) | — (instrument records every 10 s; this measure needs every 4 s or faster) | 0.7 (25 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 71 (15/21 circling bouts led to climbs) | 39 (mean on-course altitude 38% of band) | — (instrument records every 10 s; this measure needs every 2 s or faster) |
| 2 | Rory Duncan | 62 (25 shared climbs) | 33 (19 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.1 (13 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 69 (18/26 circling bouts led to climbs) | 26 (mean on-course altitude 40% of band) | 0.15 (278 circles, 54% left) |
| 3 | Tony Cross | 74 (55 shared climbs) | 33 (18 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.2 (12 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 94 (16/17 circling bouts led to climbs) | 55 (mean on-course altitude 53% of band) | 0.18 (317 circles, 83% left) |
| 4 | Gordon Rigg | 78 (28 shared climbs) | 57 (25 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.2 (16 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 90 (18/20 circling bouts led to climbs) | 43 (mean on-course altitude 52% of band) | 0.18 (288 circles, 76% left) |
| 5 | Jon Durand | 61 (69 shared climbs) | 33 (25 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.0 (15 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 81 (17/21 circling bouts led to climbs) | 57 (mean on-course altitude 54% of band) | 0.15 (306 circles, 58% left) |
| 6 | Guy Hubbard | 67 (56 shared climbs) | 43 (18 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.1 (11 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 69 (11/16 circling bouts led to climbs) | 60 (mean on-course altitude 39% of band) | 0.16 (291 circles, 71% left) |
| 7 | Vic Hare | 66 (76 shared climbs) | 6 (17 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.2 (9 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 64 (14/22 circling bouts led to climbs) | 48 (mean on-course altitude 47% of band) | 0.15 (357 circles, 72% left) |
| 8 | Steve Docherty | 61 (64 shared climbs) | 34 (21 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.1 (11 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 68 (17/25 circling bouts led to climbs) | 32 (mean on-course altitude 31% of band) | 0.19 (242 circles, 75% left) |
| 9 | Rich Reinauer | 65 (49 shared climbs) | 32 (15 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.3 (8 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 77 (10/13 circling bouts led to climbs) | 19 (mean on-course altitude 34% of band) | 0.18 (176 circles, 86% left) |
| 10 | Ward Gunn | 69 (19 shared climbs) | 36 (14 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.1 (9 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 50 (6/12 circling bouts led to climbs) | 50 (mean on-course altitude 31% of band) | 0.18 (136 circles, 32% left) |
| 11 | Rohan Holtkamp | 79 (13 shared climbs) | 11 (7 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 0.9 (5 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 40 (2/5 circling bouts led to climbs) | 24 (mean on-course altitude 42% of band) | 0.19 (96 circles, 42% left) |
| 12 | Olav Opsanger | 73 (41 shared climbs) | 32 (18 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.1 (10 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 79 (11/14 circling bouts led to climbs) | 59 (mean on-course altitude 47% of band) | 0.14 (267 circles, 51% left) |
| 13 | Ken Millard | 68 (69 shared climbs) | 33 (9 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.1 (3 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 56 (10/18 circling bouts led to climbs) | 34 (mean on-course altitude 24% of band) | 0.20 (230 circles, 44% left) |
| 14 | Mitch Butler | 57 (59 shared climbs) | 20 (15 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.2 (7 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 68 (13/19 circling bouts led to climbs) | 35 (mean on-course altitude 47% of band) | 0.17 (302 circles, 88% left) |
| 15 | Paul Bissett-Amess | 59 (50 shared climbs) | 38 (14 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 0.9 (9 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 70 (7/10 circling bouts led to climbs) | 25 (mean on-course altitude 24% of band) | 0.19 (185 circles, 72% left) |
| 16 | Neale Halsall | 62 (54 shared climbs) | 25 (10 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.0 (4 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 67 (4/6 circling bouts led to climbs) | 65 (mean on-course altitude 36% of band) | 0.16 (186 circles, 78% left) |
| 17 | Ian Miller | 62 (26 shared climbs) | 35 (7 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.1 (5 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 50 (5/10 circling bouts led to climbs) | 64 (mean on-course altitude 39% of band) | 0.14 (132 circles, 90% left) |
| 18 | Pawel Cedro | 75 (42 shared climbs) | 36 (11 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.0 (7 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 50 (2/4 circling bouts led to climbs) | 4 (mean on-course altitude 15% of band) | 0.19 (125 circles, 64% left) |
| 18 | Stuart Cathcart | 69 (29 shared climbs) | 39 (17 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.0 (13 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 52 (11/21 circling bouts led to climbs) | 59 (mean on-course altitude 28% of band) | — (instrument records every 3 s; this measure needs every 2 s or faster) |
| 20 | Michael Free | 57 (22 shared climbs) | 25 (4 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.5 (2 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 56 (5/9 circling bouts led to climbs) | 8 (mean on-course altitude 7% of band) | 0.11 (161 circles, 34% left) |
| 21 | Grant Tatham | 72 (20 shared climbs) | 42 (12 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.1 (6 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 58 (7/12 circling bouts led to climbs) | 24 (mean on-course altitude 19% of band) | 0.19 (137 circles, 89% left) |
| 22 | John Harriott | 60 (31 shared climbs) | 33 (7 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.2 (3 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 60 (3/5 circling bouts led to climbs) | 24 (mean on-course altitude 25% of band) | 0.15 (129 circles, 45% left) |
| 23 | Neill Hollingsworth | 85 (7 shared climbs) | 19 (6 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.3 (3 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 33 (2/6 circling bouts led to climbs) | 29 (mean on-course altitude 19% of band) | 0.26 (68 circles, 66% left) |
| 24 | Adrian Connor | 70 (17 shared climbs) | 49 (8 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.2 (5 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 80 (8/10 circling bouts led to climbs) | 32 (mean on-course altitude 30% of band) | 0.16 (92 circles, 34% left) |
| 25 | Steve Blenkinsop | 55 (31 shared climbs) | 30 (10 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.0 (3 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 67 (2/3 circling bouts led to climbs) | 13 (mean on-course altitude 1% of band) | 0.13 (239 circles, 73% left) |
| 26 | Gary Herman | 71 (19 shared climbs) | 20 (4 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.2 (4 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 43 (3/7 circling bouts led to climbs) | 30 (mean on-course altitude 40% of band) | 0.19 (80 circles, 43% left) |
| 27 | Todd Wisewould | 56 (43 shared climbs) | 6 (7 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.1 (4 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 57 (4/7 circling bouts led to climbs) | 73 (mean on-course altitude 44% of band) | 0.17 (152 circles, 94% left) |
| 28 | Neil Hooke | 55 (31 shared climbs) | 32 (5 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.5 (2 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 50 (3/6 circling bouts led to climbs) | 97 (mean on-course altitude 67% of band) | 0.13 (116 circles, 84% left) |
| 29 | Mark Jeffree | 75 (8 shared climbs) | 54 (3 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.4 (2 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 67 (4/6 circling bouts led to climbs) | 0 (mean on-course altitude 19% of band) | 0.14 (76 circles, 84% left) |
| 30 | Diego Mendonca | 69 (15 shared climbs) | 36 (8 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.4 (4 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 57 (4/7 circling bouts led to climbs) | 29 (mean on-course altitude 39% of band) | 0.20 (75 circles, 95% left) |
| 31 | Jochen Zeischka | 67 (26 shared climbs) | 40 (6 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 0.7 (5 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 50 (2/4 circling bouts led to climbs) | 64 (mean on-course altitude 1% of band) | 0.20 (127 circles, 67% left) |
| 32 | Bobby Gillham | 70 (21 shared climbs) | — (instrument records every 5 s; this measure needs every 4 s or faster) | 1.1 (5 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 20 (1/5 circling bouts led to climbs) | 115 (mean on-course altitude 24% of band) | — (instrument records every 5 s; this measure needs every 2 s or faster) |
| 33 | Gavin Nicholls | 62 (25 shared climbs) | 103 (4 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.4 (4 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 38 (3/8 circling bouts led to climbs) | 14 (mean on-course altitude 12% of band) | 0.16 (125 circles, 75% left) |
| 34 | Trent Brown | 73 (31 shared climbs) | 36 (12 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 0.9 (6 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 43 (6/14 circling bouts led to climbs) | 18 (mean on-course altitude 10% of band) | 0.13 (144 circles, 100% left) |
| 35 | David Drabble | 61 (14 shared climbs) | 33 (7 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.0 (2 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 25 (1/4 circling bouts led to climbs) | 7 (mean on-course altitude 2% of band) | 0.16 (149 circles, 100% left) |
| 36 | Peter Garrone | 46 (31 shared climbs) | 1 (2 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.1 (2 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 25 (1/4 circling bouts led to climbs) | 56 (mean on-course altitude 30% of band) | 0.14 (81 circles, 88% left) |
| 37 | Andrew Sutton | 65 (13 shared climbs) | 41 (4 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.0 (3 climbs ≥ 90 s) | — | — | 0.15 (90 circles, 92% left) |
| 38 | Brett Davis | 60 (27 shared climbs) | 20 (6 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 0.9 (5 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 17 (1/6 circling bouts led to climbs) | 109 (mean on-course altitude 25% of band) | 0.14 (168 circles, 100% left) |
| 39 | Troy Horton | 74 (15 shared climbs) | 33 (5 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.0 (3 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 0 (0/3 circling bouts led to climbs) | — | 0.16 (79 circles, 99% left) |
| 40 | Cedric Joyce | 82 (24 shared climbs) | 33 (11 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.2 (6 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 63 (5/8 circling bouts led to climbs) | 12 (mean on-course altitude 8% of band) | 0.18 (118 circles, 98% left) |
| 41 | Peter Burkitt | 83 (6 shared climbs) | 80 (2 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.6 (1 climb ≥ 90 s) | — | — | 0.16 (32 circles, 100% left) |
| 42 | Marty Hearne | 70 (17 shared climbs) | 34 (5 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.5 (2 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 57 (4/7 circling bouts led to climbs) | 28 (mean on-course altitude 27% of band) | 0.17 (111 circles, 100% left) |
| 43 | Enda Carrigan | 82 (5 shared climbs) | 69 (2 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.1 (1 climb ≥ 90 s) | — | 18 (mean on-course altitude 3% of band) | 0.19 (44 circles, 98% left) |
| 44 | Bruce Atkinson | 84 (10 shared climbs) | — (instrument records every 5 s; this measure needs every 4 s or faster) | 1.4 (4 climbs ≥ 90 s) | — | — | — (instrument records every 5 s; this measure needs every 2 s or faster) |
| 45 | Tushar Pokle | 77 (19 shared climbs) | 58 (8 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.6 (4 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 83 (5/6 circling bouts led to climbs) | 17 (mean on-course altitude 24% of band) | 0.12 (107 circles, 95% left) |
| 46 | Scott Barrett | 65 (28 shared climbs) | 68 (2 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.4 (1 climb ≥ 90 s) | — | -49 (mean on-course altitude -48% of band) | 0.17 (93 circles, 100% left) |
| 46 | Wayne Johnston | — | — | — | — | — | — (1 circles, 100% left) |
Time to core thermals
Measured in seconds · no expected direction
How long the pilot takes to get into the best lift after they arrive in a thermal. For each thermal of 60 s or more, we measure the seconds from the entry until the 30 s rolling climb rate first reaches 90% of its peak in that thermal. The value is the median across the thermals of the pilot. There is no expected direction. Time spent working into the core is not lost if the pilot ends up in the better lift, so the sign of the correlation says whether the hunt paid on this day. We leave out a pilot whose instrument records a position only every 5 seconds or less often. A track that coarse cannot show this detail, and the pilot would seem to fly differently when they do not.
3 pilots left out: their instruments record a position only every 5–10 s, too seldom for this measure.
Share of lift turned in that was kept as a climb
Measured in percent · no expected direction
How selective the pilot is about the lift they stop for. Each period of circling of 30 s or more after the start counts as lift that the pilot sampled. If the period overlaps a detected thermal, the pilot kept that lift. If it does not, they turned a few circles and left it. The value is the percentage kept. A low value means they are selective. A high value means they keep almost every climb they turn in. There is no expected direction: selection wins on a strong day and wastes time on a weak one.
Acceptance by hour
| Hour | Median accepted (%) | pilots |
|---|---|---|
| 63 | 25 | |
| 67 | 39 | |
| 50 | 25 | |
| 40 | 7 |
Median per-pilot acceptance %, bucketed by the hour (competition time zone).
How round and consistent the circles were
Measured in ratio · no expected direction
Whether the pilot flies clean, repeatable circles, or moves around the thermal. We fit each detected circle by least squares. The RMS fit error divided by the fitted radius measures how round the turn was. The value is the median over all of the circles of the pilot. A lower value means smoother and more consistent turns. There is no expected direction: a rough trace can be a pilot chasing a drifting or broken core rather than a pilot circling badly. We leave out a pilot whose instrument records a position less often than every 2 seconds. A track that coarse cannot show this detail, and the pilot would seem to fly differently when they do not.
Turn direction across the field: 74% left (6830 circles).
4 pilots left out: their instruments record a position only every 3–10 s, too seldom for this measure.
best: clear pattern (0.61)
| # | Pilot | GlideSpd | GlideL/D | Wide% | Dolphin% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nils Vesk | 50.5 (12 glides, 88 min gliding) | 1.08 (3 legs compared) | 36 (3 legs completed) | — (instrument records every 10 s; this measure needs every 2 s or faster) |
| 2 | Rory Duncan | 48.6 (32 glides, 106 min gliding) | 0.93 (2 legs compared) | 28 (2 legs completed) | 3 (174 of 5778 m gained while not circling) |
| 3 | Tony Cross | 52.0 (25 glides, 96 min gliding) | 1.02 (2 legs compared) | 44 (2 legs completed) | 4 (192 of 5168 m gained while not circling) |
| 4 | Gordon Rigg | 57.7 (34 glides, 87 min gliding) | 1.03 (2 legs compared) | 60 (2 legs completed) | 3 (211 of 7333 m gained while not circling) |
| 5 | Jon Durand | 58.4 (31 glides, 99 min gliding) | 1.02 (2 legs compared) | 82 (2 legs completed) | 5 (251 of 5572 m gained while not circling) |
| 6 | Guy Hubbard | 60.9 (18 glides, 71 min gliding) | 1.05 (2 legs compared) | 34 (2 legs completed) | 6 (233 of 4216 m gained while not circling) |
| 7 | Vic Hare | 63.2 (33 glides, 104 min gliding) | 1.06 (2 legs compared) | 85 (2 legs completed) | 2 (120 of 5974 m gained while not circling) |
| 8 | Steve Docherty | 49.9 (25 glides, 81 min gliding) | 1.06 (2 legs compared) | 79 (2 legs completed) | 6 (210 of 3809 m gained while not circling) |
| 9 | Rich Reinauer | 56.8 (20 glides, 65 min gliding) | 1.20 (2 legs compared) | 63 (2 legs completed) | 3 (108 of 3576 m gained while not circling) |
| 10 | Ward Gunn | 63.3 (12 glides, 57 min gliding) | 1.00 (1 leg compared) | 26 (1 leg completed) | 1 (35 of 2855 m gained while not circling) |
| 11 | Rohan Holtkamp | 54.3 (4 glides, 33 min gliding) | 1.13 (1 leg compared) | 2 (1 leg completed) | 1 (11 of 1051 m gained while not circling) |
| 12 | Olav Opsanger | 57.3 (19 glides, 68 min gliding) | 1.01 (1 leg compared) | 153 (1 leg completed) | 7 (271 of 3681 m gained while not circling) |
| 13 | Ken Millard | 58.1 (34 glides, 74 min gliding) | 1.14 (1 leg compared) | 117 (1 leg completed) | 6 (463 of 7532 m gained while not circling) |
| 14 | Mitch Butler | 57.4 (24 glides, 91 min gliding) | 0.95 (1 leg compared) | 202 (1 leg completed) | 1 (63 of 4630 m gained while not circling) |
| 15 | Paul Bissett-Amess | 57.5 (11 glides, 43 min gliding) | 1.03 (1 leg compared) | 72 (1 leg completed) | 4 (81 of 1905 m gained while not circling) |
| 16 | Neale Halsall | 60.8 (8 glides, 32 min gliding) | 1.13 (1 leg compared) | 25 (1 leg completed) | 0 (5 of 1140 m gained while not circling) |
| 17 | Ian Miller | 54.6 (8 glides, 35 min gliding) | 0.98 (1 leg compared) | 84 (1 leg completed) | 2 (50 of 2105 m gained while not circling) |
| 18 | Pawel Cedro | 61.0 (3 glides, 15 min gliding) | 0.92 (1 leg compared) | 27 (1 leg completed) | 2 (19 of 907 m gained while not circling) |
| 18 | Stuart Cathcart | 47.2 (14 glides, 59 min gliding) | 0.96 (1 leg compared) | 106 (1 leg completed) | — (instrument records every 3 s; this measure needs every 2 s or faster) |
| 20 | Michael Free | 54.0 (14 glides, 36 min gliding) | 0.77 (1 leg compared) | 5 (1 leg completed) | 0 (0 of 1391 m gained while not circling) |
| 21 | Grant Tatham | 49.7 (14 glides, 36 min gliding) | 0.87 (1 leg compared) | 7 (1 leg completed) | 5 (107 of 2064 m gained while not circling) |
| 22 | John Harriott | 54.4 (10 glides, 34 min gliding) | 0.87 (1 leg compared) | 50 (1 leg completed) | 2 (20 of 986 m gained while not circling) |
| 23 | Neill Hollingsworth | 51.9 (3 glides, 20 min gliding) | 0.71 (1 leg compared) | 22 (1 leg completed) | 1 (8 of 817 m gained while not circling) |
| 24 | Adrian Connor | 48.4 (11 glides, 38 min gliding) | 0.81 (1 leg compared) | 25 (1 leg completed) | 5 (75 of 1662 m gained while not circling) |
| 25 | Steve Blenkinsop | 56.0 (4 glides, 17 min gliding) | — | — | 0 (1 of 598 m gained while not circling) |
| 26 | Gary Herman | 57.3 (8 glides, 30 min gliding) | 0.97 (1 leg compared) | 10 (1 leg completed) | 9 (81 of 932 m gained while not circling) |
| 27 | Todd Wisewould | 62.9 (5 glides, 25 min gliding) | — | — | 3 (23 of 903 m gained while not circling) |
| 28 | Neil Hooke | 58.5 (4 glides, 21 min gliding) | — | — | 4 (23 of 578 m gained while not circling) |
| 29 | Mark Jeffree | 49.3 (9 glides, 32 min gliding) | — | — | 6 (40 of 673 m gained while not circling) |
| 30 | Diego Mendonca | 61.6 (7 glides, 27 min gliding) | — | — | 4 (59 of 1554 m gained while not circling) |
| 31 | Jochen Zeischka | 58.8 (3 glides, 26 min gliding) | — | — | 9 (26 of 290 m gained while not circling) |
| 32 | Bobby Gillham | 55.3 (1 glides, 18 min gliding) | — | — | — (instrument records every 5 s; this measure needs every 2 s or faster) |
| 33 | Gavin Nicholls | 57.0 (5 glides, 21 min gliding) | — | — | 2 (15 of 740 m gained while not circling) |
| 34 | Trent Brown | 53.3 (11 glides, 56 min gliding) | — | — | 1 (17 of 2077 m gained while not circling) |
| 35 | David Drabble | 60.9 (3 glides, 12 min gliding) | — | — | 0 (2 of 415 m gained while not circling) |
| 36 | Peter Garrone | 54.0 (5 glides, 18 min gliding) | — | — | 2 (11 of 591 m gained while not circling) |
| 37 | Andrew Sutton | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | Brett Davis | 52.2 (1 glides, 19 min gliding) | — | — | 4 (21 of 507 m gained while not circling) |
| 39 | Troy Horton | — | — | — | — |
| 40 | Cedric Joyce | 46.8 (6 glides, 20 min gliding) | — | — | 4 (18 of 472 m gained while not circling) |
| 41 | Peter Burkitt | — | — | — | — |
| 42 | Marty Hearne | 49.6 (6 glides, 22 min gliding) | — | — | 7 (64 of 939 m gained while not circling) |
| 43 | Enda Carrigan | 52.9 (2 glides, 11 min gliding) | — | — | — |
| 44 | Bruce Atkinson | — | — | — | — (instrument records every 5 s; this measure needs every 2 s or faster) |
| 45 | Tushar Pokle | 44.0 (5 glides, 19 min gliding) | — | — | 6 (25 of 396 m gained while not circling) |
| 46 | Scott Barrett | 51.8 (1 glides, 3 min gliding) | — | — | — |
| 46 | Wayne Johnston | — | — | — | — |
Glide speed between climbs
Measured in kilometres per hour · higher is better
How fast the pilot moves down the course when they are on a glide. The value is the duration-weighted mean ground speed over every glide after the start, which is the glide distance divided by the glide time. A higher value means more ground covered in each minute between climbs.
Field glide speed: median 54.9 km/h · p90 61.0 km/h (42 pilots)
Share of the height gain made outside thermals
Measured in percent · no expected direction
Dolphin flying: how much of the height that the pilot gained came outside of circling. The value is the share of the altitude gain after the start, smoothed over 10 s, that the pilot made while not circling. There is no expected direction. The sign of the correlation shows whether dolphin flying paid on this day. We leave out a pilot whose instrument records a position less often than every 2 seconds. A track that coarse cannot show this detail, and the pilot would seem to fly differently when they do not.
4 pilots left out: their instruments record a position only every 3–10 s, too seldom for this measure.
best: clear pattern (0.67)
| # | Pilot | Floor% | LowSaves | km/climb | Search% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nils Vesk | 17 (9 descents, lowest -17% of band) | 2.0 (deepest save from -6% of band) | — (instrument records every 10 s; this measure needs every 4 s or faster) | 28 |
| 2 | Rory Duncan | 13 (14 descents, lowest -34% of band) | 0.0 | 1.1 (mean shared-climb pctile 51%) | 45 |
| 3 | Tony Cross | 22 (12 descents, lowest -18% of band) | 2.0 (deepest save from -8% of band) | 1.4 (mean shared-climb pctile 51%) | 40 |
| 4 | Gordon Rigg | 20 (15 descents, lowest -50% of band) | 3.0 (deepest save from -50% of band) | 0.9 (mean shared-climb pctile 61%) | 40 |
| 5 | Jon Durand | 25 (9 descents, lowest -3% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from 3% of band) | 1.0 (mean shared-climb pctile 47%) | 36 |
| 6 | Guy Hubbard | 21 (9 descents, lowest -50% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from -24% of band) | 1.6 (mean shared-climb pctile 45%) | 35 |
| 7 | Vic Hare | 13 (10 descents, lowest -11% of band) | 0.0 | 0.8 (mean shared-climb pctile 52%) | 48 |
| 8 | Steve Docherty | 22 (10 descents, lowest -31% of band) | 0.0 | 0.9 (mean shared-climb pctile 44%) | 45 |
| 9 | Rich Reinauer | 4 (10 descents, lowest -25% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from 10% of band) | 1.2 (mean shared-climb pctile 49%) | 42 |
| 10 | Ward Gunn | -5 (5 descents, lowest -46% of band) | 2.0 (deepest save from -31% of band) | 1.4 (mean shared-climb pctile 54%) | 49 |
| 11 | Rohan Holtkamp | — | 0.0 | 5.3 (mean shared-climb pctile 60%) | 35 |
| 12 | Olav Opsanger | 28 (9 descents, lowest -19% of band) | 0.0 | 1.1 (mean shared-climb pctile 56%) | 39 |
| 13 | Ken Millard | 5 (14 descents, lowest -27% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from -27% of band) | 0.6 (mean shared-climb pctile 61%) | 54 |
| 14 | Mitch Butler | 11 (9 descents, lowest -9% of band) | 0.0 | 0.7 (mean shared-climb pctile 43%) | 47 |
| 15 | Paul Bissett-Amess | -9 (5 descents, lowest -20% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from 6% of band) | 1.6 (mean shared-climb pctile 43%) | 37 |
| 16 | Neale Halsall | 22 (3 descents, lowest -37% of band) | 0.0 | 2.4 (mean shared-climb pctile 46%) | 52 |
| 17 | Ian Miller | 55 (3 descents, lowest 10% of band) | 0.0 | 1.2 (mean shared-climb pctile 44%) | 45 |
| 18 | Pawel Cedro | — | 1.0 (deepest save from -19% of band) | 5.6 (mean shared-climb pctile 60%) | 32 |
| 18 | Stuart Cathcart | 28 (5 descents, lowest -37% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from -21% of band) | 1.2 (mean shared-climb pctile 50%) | 50 |
| 20 | Michael Free | -12 (3 descents, lowest -28% of band) | 0.0 | 1.2 (mean shared-climb pctile 34%) | 63 |
| 21 | Grant Tatham | -5 (4 descents, lowest -25% of band) | 0.0 | 0.8 (mean shared-climb pctile 56%) | 53 |
| 22 | John Harriott | -27 (3 descents, lowest -49% of band) | 0.0 | 1.3 (mean shared-climb pctile 42%) | 59 |
| 23 | Neill Hollingsworth | — | 0.0 | 2.5 (mean shared-climb pctile 75%) | 57 |
| 24 | Adrian Connor | -13 (3 descents, lowest -19% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from -14% of band) | — | 38 |
| 25 | Steve Blenkinsop | — | 0.0 | — | 46 |
| 26 | Gary Herman | 6 (3 descents, lowest -49% of band) | 0.0 | — | 52 |
| 27 | Todd Wisewould | 56 (3 descents, lowest 21% of band) | 0.0 | — | 55 |
| 28 | Neil Hooke | — | 0.0 | — | 50 |
| 29 | Mark Jeffree | -15 (3 descents, lowest -38% of band) | 0.0 | — | 62 |
| 30 | Diego Mendonca | — | 0.0 | — | 46 |
| 31 | Jochen Zeischka | — | 0.0 | — | 72 |
| 32 | Bobby Gillham | — | 0.0 | — (instrument records every 5 s; this measure needs every 4 s or faster) | 54 |
| 33 | Gavin Nicholls | — | 1.0 (deepest save from 3% of band) | — | 73 |
| 34 | Trent Brown | -15 (4 descents, lowest -50% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from -49% of band) | — | 58 |
| 35 | David Drabble | — | 0.0 | — | 73 |
| 36 | Peter Garrone | — | 0.0 | — | 56 |
| 37 | Andrew Sutton | — | 0.0 | — | 54 |
| 38 | Brett Davis | — | 0.0 | — | 56 |
| 39 | Troy Horton | — | 0.0 | — | 49 |
| 40 | Cedric Joyce | -8 (4 descents, lowest -33% of band) | 0.0 | — | 66 |
| 41 | Peter Burkitt | — | 0.0 | — | 84 |
| 42 | Marty Hearne | -3 (2 descents, lowest -16% of band) | 0.0 | — | 75 |
| 43 | Enda Carrigan | — | 0.0 | — | 75 |
| 44 | Bruce Atkinson | — | 0.0 | — (instrument records every 5 s; this measure needs every 4 s or faster) | 12 |
| 45 | Tushar Pokle | — | 0.0 | — | 71 |
| 46 | Scott Barrett | — | 0.0 | — | 57 |
| 46 | Wayne Johnston | — | — | — | — |
Distance covered between climbs
Measured in kilometres · higher is better
How far the pilot gets down the course before they must stop and circle again. This is the direct reading of how often they stop. The value is the scored flown distance divided by the number of thermals taken after the start, so 3 km means three kilometres of course for each climb. The pilot must fly 20 km or more. The note of each pilot adds their mean climb percentile inside shared thermals, so you can read the number of stops together with the climb strength. Long legs between weak climbs is a different day from long legs between strong ones. We leave out a pilot whose instrument records a position only every 5 seconds or less often. A track that coarse cannot show this detail, and the pilot would seem to fly differently when they do not.
3 pilots left out: their instruments record a position only every 5–10 s, too seldom for this measure.
Share of race time spent hunting for the next climb
Measured in percent · lower is better
Time that goes into neither a climb nor progress down the course. This is the time spent to find lift, to stay up, and to decide what to do next. The value is the share of the speed-section time, from the start to ESS or to the landing, in which the pilot neither climbed in a thermal nor glided with real net speed. A lower value means less time lost between climbs.
Speed-section phase shares, field p25/median/p75: climb 17/24/30% · glide 20/24/30% · search 43/51/58%