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 — Committed racers

20 pilots · ranks 1–31 · median 10.5 · middle half 5.8–17.5

Low — Share of race time spent hunting for the next climb group median P22 in this field (20 percent) · usually a strength
High — Share of the height gain made outside thermals group median P76 in this field (8 percent)
Low — Low saves dug out from the bottom of the band group median P26 in this field (0.0 count)
High — Share of lift turned in that was kept as a climb group median P73 in this field (83 percent)

1. Scott Barrett
2. Rory Duncan
3. Jochen Zeischka
4. Guy Hubbard
5. Jon Durand
6. Olav Opsanger
7. Gordon Rigg
8. Rich Reinauer
9. Dustan Hansen
10. Rohan Holtkamp
11. Tony Cross (most typical of this group)
12. Mitch Butler
14. Vic Hare
16. Steve Docherty
17. Steve Blenkinsop
19. Ken Millard
21. Neale Halsall
23. Enda Carrigan
25. Todd Wisewould
31. Adrian Connor

Group B — Deep diggers

24 pilots · ranks 13–44 · median 31 · middle half 25.5–38.3

Low — How low the pilot gets between climbs group median P26 in this field (23 percent)
Low — Glide L/D against the field median group median P27 in this field (0.94 ratio) · usually costly
Low — Distance covered between climbs group median P29 in this field (1.6 kilometres) · usually costly
Low — How much of the thermal the pilot climbed before leaving it group median P29 in this field (48 percent)

13. Trent Brown
15. Nils Vesk
18. Peter Adriaans
20. Peter Burkitt
22. Pawel Cedro
24. Neil Hooke
26. David Drabble
27. Bruce Atkinson
28. Grant Tatham
29. Troy Horton
30. Paul Bissett-Amess
31. Michael Free
31. Ward Gunn
31. Ian Miller (most typical of this group)
31. Ben Torrance
36. Andrew Sutton
37. Gavin Nicholls
38. Neill Hollingsworth
39. Gary Herman
40. Diego Mendonca
41. Bobby Gillham
42. Mark Jeffree
43. Cedric Joyce
44. Brett Davis

Not clustered: 45. Ryan Brown — only 9 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 45. Stuart Cathcart — only 4 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 45. Peter Garrone — only 5 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 45. Tushar Pokle — only 5 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%).

44 pilots on 21 behavioural metrics formed 2 groups.