Metric details
Every pilot's reading on every behaviour, family by family.
Analysis computed
best: could be chance (0.14)
best: clear pattern (0.53)
| # | Pilot | Out-climb | Core s | LeaveRate | Kept% | TopOut% | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Durand | 71 (39 shared climbs) | 40 (22 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.7 (17 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 75 (9/12 circling bouts led to climbs) | 78 (mean on-course altitude 63% of band) | 0.16 (225 circles, 89% left) |
| 2 | Rohan Holtkamp | 56 (32 shared climbs) | 42 (24 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 2.1 (13 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 79 (11/14 circling bouts led to climbs) | 92 (mean on-course altitude 71% of band) | 0.14 (141 circles, 82% left) |
| 3 | Peter Burkitt | 72 (26 shared climbs) | 45 (14 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.6 (9 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 75 (12/16 circling bouts led to climbs) | 84 (mean on-course altitude 58% of band) | 0.24 (148 circles, 95% left) |
| 4 | Olav Opsanger | 63 (46 shared climbs) | 39 (26 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.3 (19 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 71 (10/14 circling bouts led to climbs) | 75 (mean on-course altitude 61% of band) | 0.15 (241 circles, 63% left) |
| 5 | Glen Mcfarlane | 72 (25 shared climbs) | 56 (22 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.4 (16 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 76 (13/17 circling bouts led to climbs) | 54 (mean on-course altitude 43% of band) | 0.16 (219 circles, 74% left) |
| 6 | Paul Bissett-Amess | 71 (39 shared climbs) | 43 (20 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.3 (15 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 71 (10/14 circling bouts led to climbs) | 59 (mean on-course altitude 49% of band) | 0.15 (199 circles, 59% left) |
| 7 | Steven Crosby | 66 (43 shared climbs) | 43 (23 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.4 (16 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 88 (14/16 circling bouts led to climbs) | 94 (mean on-course altitude 70% of band) | 0.14 (211 circles, 86% left) |
| 8 | Vic Hare | 59 (54 shared climbs) | 51 (24 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.6 (15 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 53 (9/17 circling bouts led to climbs) | 80 (mean on-course altitude 58% of band) | 0.17 (258 circles, 66% left) |
| 9 | Rory Duncan | 66 (48 shared climbs) | 48 (30 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.5 (24 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 79 (19/24 circling bouts led to climbs) | 57 (mean on-course altitude 50% of band) | 0.12 (196 circles, 48% left) |
| 10 | Todd Wisewould | 75 (57 shared climbs) | 42 (30 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.7 (21 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 82 (14/17 circling bouts led to climbs) | 86 (mean on-course altitude 69% of band) | 0.15 (300 circles, 85% left) |
| 11 | Gordon Rigg | 56 (25 shared climbs) | 84 (23 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.3 (21 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 53 (10/19 circling bouts led to climbs) | 58 (mean on-course altitude 39% of band) | 0.13 (267 circles, 81% left) |
| 12 | Craig Taylor | 64 (49 shared climbs) | 36 (24 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.5 (15 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 73 (19/26 circling bouts led to climbs) | 49 (mean on-course altitude 39% of band) | 0.17 (414 circles, 37% left) |
| 13 | Rich Reinauer | 81 (47 shared climbs) | 38 (27 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.8 (19 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 79 (15/19 circling bouts led to climbs) | 86 (mean on-course altitude 62% of band) | 0.12 (196 circles, 79% left) |
| 14 | Enda Carrigan | 69 (37 shared climbs) | 33 (26 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.6 (14 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 78 (14/18 circling bouts led to climbs) | 65 (mean on-course altitude 52% of band) | 0.14 (212 circles, 73% left) |
| 15 | Troy Horton | 61 (27 shared climbs) | 38 (22 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.3 (15 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 89 (16/18 circling bouts led to climbs) | 38 (mean on-course altitude 42% of band) | 0.13 (153 circles, 98% left) |
| 16 | Mitch Butler | 61 (46 shared climbs) | 56 (22 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.3 (15 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 71 (15/21 circling bouts led to climbs) | 57 (mean on-course altitude 44% of band) | 0.16 (203 circles, 63% left) |
| 17 | Steve Blenkinsop | 58 (36 shared climbs) | 57 (18 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.5 (11 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 67 (10/15 circling bouts led to climbs) | 61 (mean on-course altitude 39% of band) | 0.11 (237 circles, 46% left) |
| 18 | David Drabble | 57 (24 shared climbs) | 56 (21 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.2 (19 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 77 (10/13 circling bouts led to climbs) | 62 (mean on-course altitude 51% of band) | 0.17 (247 circles, 98% left) |
| 19 | John Harriott | 75 (9 shared climbs) | 40 (13 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.5 (9 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 71 (10/14 circling bouts led to climbs) | 82 (mean on-course altitude 63% of band) | 0.15 (122 circles, 1% left) |
| 20 | Nils Vesk | 41 (10 shared climbs) | 150 (12 climbs ≥ 60 s) | -0.6 (12 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 63 (5/8 circling bouts led to climbs) | 83 (mean on-course altitude 41% of band) | 0.25 (11 circles, 73% left) |
| 21 | Neil Hooke | 66 (19 shared climbs) | 74 (15 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.5 (12 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 75 (6/8 circling bouts led to climbs) | 55 (mean on-course altitude 35% of band) | 0.17 (130 circles, 54% left) |
| 22 | Neale Halsall | 82 (27 shared climbs) | 37 (14 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.7 (9 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 83 (10/12 circling bouts led to climbs) | 24 (mean on-course altitude 27% of band) | 0.18 (129 circles, 60% left) |
| 23 | Harrison Rowntree | 88 (15 shared climbs) | 51 (14 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.6 (10 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 40 (2/5 circling bouts led to climbs) | 42 (mean on-course altitude 28% of band) | 0.13 (160 circles, 37% left) |
| 24 | Ward Gunn | 55 (46 shared climbs) | 41 (15 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.5 (11 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 70 (7/10 circling bouts led to climbs) | 66 (mean on-course altitude 62% of band) | 0.14 (149 circles, 98% left) |
| 25 | Trent Brown | 73 (20 shared climbs) | 66 (15 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.6 (12 climbs ≥ 90 s) | — | 46 (mean on-course altitude 35% of band) | 0.15 (146 circles, 100% left) |
| 26 | Andrew Sutton | 74 (13 shared climbs) | 36 (11 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 2.4 (7 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 60 (3/5 circling bouts led to climbs) | 10 (mean on-course altitude 33% of band) | 0.15 (80 circles, 100% left) |
| 27 | Hossain Tefaili | 74 (16 shared climbs) | 60 (8 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.7 (4 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 50 (4/8 circling bouts led to climbs) | 79 (mean on-course altitude 49% of band) | 0.11 (74 circles, 22% left) |
| 28 | Gary Herman | 57 (24 shared climbs) | 53 (7 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 2.4 (5 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 80 (4/5 circling bouts led to climbs) | 44 (mean on-course altitude 35% of band) | 0.14 (79 circles, 33% left) |
| 29 | Rennick Kerr | 75 (26 shared climbs) | 76 (6 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.1 (3 climbs ≥ 90 s) | 67 (2/3 circling bouts led to climbs) | -16 (mean on-course altitude -10% of band) | 0.21 (74 circles, 68% left) |
| 30 | Stuart McElroy | 72 (16 shared climbs) | 56 (7 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.6 (3 climbs ≥ 90 s) | — | — | 0.20 (41 circles, 80% left) |
| 31 | Daniel Rhodes | 75 (8 shared climbs) | 35 (9 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 1.3 (7 climbs ≥ 90 s) | — | — | 0.11 (112 circles, 100% left) |
| 32 | Ivo van der Leeden | 21 (7 shared climbs) | 43 (6 climbs ≥ 60 s) | 0.1 (2 climbs ≥ 90 s) | — | — | — (3 circles, 100% left) |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 58 | 4 | |
| 92 | 28 | |
| 67 | 27 | |
| 54 | 18 | |
| 0 | 3 |
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.
Turn direction across the field: 69% left (5377 circles).
best: clear pattern (0.79)
| # | Pilot | GlideSpd | GlideL/D | Wide% | Dolphin% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Durand | 72.3 (16 glides, 53 min gliding) | 1.32 (6 legs compared) | 12 (6 legs completed) | 6 (380 of 5866 m gained outside thermals) |
| 2 | Rohan Holtkamp | 63.7 (20 glides, 68 min gliding) | 1.09 (6 legs compared) | 13 (6 legs completed) | 10 (529 of 5445 m gained outside thermals) |
| 3 | Peter Burkitt | 64.1 (14 glides, 69 min gliding) | 1.05 (6 legs compared) | 9 (6 legs completed) | 8 (479 of 5885 m gained outside thermals) |
| 4 | Olav Opsanger | 67.3 (17 glides, 63 min gliding) | 1.22 (5 legs compared) | 22 (6 legs completed) | 9 (500 of 5406 m gained outside thermals) |
| 5 | Glen Mcfarlane | 62.2 (17 glides, 84 min gliding) | 1.08 (6 legs compared) | 34 (6 legs completed) | 5 (368 of 7038 m gained outside thermals) |
| 6 | Paul Bissett-Amess | 59.9 (21 glides, 74 min gliding) | 0.99 (6 legs compared) | 31 (6 legs completed) | 8 (617 of 7680 m gained outside thermals) |
| 7 | Steven Crosby | 59.2 (23 glides, 87 min gliding) | 1.24 (6 legs compared) | 42 (6 legs completed) | 8 (520 of 6596 m gained outside thermals) |
| 8 | Vic Hare | 69.8 (17 glides, 89 min gliding) | 1.34 (6 legs compared) | 65 (6 legs completed) | 7 (673 of 8989 m gained outside thermals) |
| 9 | Rory Duncan | 61.6 (28 glides, 84 min gliding) | 0.96 (6 legs compared) | 43 (6 legs completed) | 7 (583 of 7988 m gained outside thermals) |
| 10 | Todd Wisewould | 63.5 (22 glides, 91 min gliding) | 0.96 (6 legs compared) | 45 (6 legs completed) | 9 (775 of 8332 m gained outside thermals) |
| 11 | Gordon Rigg | 61.8 (15 glides, 91 min gliding) | 1.14 (6 legs compared) | 47 (6 legs completed) | 1 (58 of 8736 m gained outside thermals) |
| 12 | Craig Taylor | 62.2 (33 glides, 104 min gliding) | 1.03 (6 legs compared) | 40 (6 legs completed) | 15 (1264 of 8268 m gained outside thermals) |
| 13 | Rich Reinauer | 66.3 (21 glides, 81 min gliding) | 1.18 (5 legs compared) | 62 (5 legs completed) | 8 (665 of 8250 m gained outside thermals) |
| 14 | Enda Carrigan | 53.9 (27 glides, 95 min gliding) | 0.86 (4 legs compared) | 58 (4 legs completed) | 12 (1077 of 8735 m gained outside thermals) |
| 15 | Troy Horton | 49.8 (20 glides, 79 min gliding) | 0.77 (3 legs compared) | 41 (3 legs completed) | 9 (592 of 6854 m gained outside thermals) |
| 16 | Mitch Butler | 60.4 (13 glides, 59 min gliding) | 1.06 (3 legs compared) | 25 (3 legs completed) | 9 (318 of 3494 m gained outside thermals) |
| 17 | Steve Blenkinsop | 55.1 (19 glides, 72 min gliding) | 0.97 (3 legs compared) | 64 (3 legs completed) | 6 (369 of 6238 m gained outside thermals) |
| 18 | David Drabble | 61.3 (21 glides, 81 min gliding) | 0.95 (3 legs compared) | 85 (3 legs completed) | 12 (801 of 6611 m gained outside thermals) |
| 19 | John Harriott | 53.2 (22 glides, 64 min gliding) | 0.97 (2 legs compared) | 24 (3 legs completed) | 16 (562 of 3591 m gained outside thermals) |
| 20 | Nils Vesk | 51.5 (3 glides, 27 min gliding) | 1.00 (2 legs compared) | 11 (2 legs completed) | 5 (76 of 1625 m gained outside thermals) |
| 21 | Neil Hooke | 48.6 (8 glides, 42 min gliding) | 1.25 (2 legs compared) | 67 (2 legs completed) | 13 (282 of 2226 m gained outside thermals) |
| 22 | Neale Halsall | 57.8 (12 glides, 42 min gliding) | 0.89 (2 legs compared) | 96 (2 legs completed) | 8 (325 of 3942 m gained outside thermals) |
| 23 | Harrison Rowntree | 58.1 (5 glides, 26 min gliding) | 0.82 (2 legs compared) | 40 (2 legs completed) | 3 (75 of 2521 m gained outside thermals) |
| 24 | Ward Gunn | 59.3 (23 glides, 65 min gliding) | 1.00 (2 legs compared) | 188 (2 legs completed) | 23 (935 of 4010 m gained outside thermals) |
| 25 | Trent Brown | 52.0 (3 glides, 18 min gliding) | 0.92 (1 leg compared) | 4 (1 leg completed) | 6 (39 of 614 m gained outside thermals) |
| 26 | Andrew Sutton | 54.2 (8 glides, 24 min gliding) | 0.55 (1 leg compared) | 31 (1 leg completed) | 18 (189 of 1051 m gained outside thermals) |
| 27 | Hossain Tefaili | 53.3 (7 glides, 33 min gliding) | 0.97 (1 leg compared) | 277 (1 leg completed) | 5 (188 of 3770 m gained outside thermals) |
| 28 | Gary Herman | 49.4 (6 glides, 25 min gliding) | 1.15 (1 leg compared) | 61 (1 leg completed) | 16 (224 of 1387 m gained outside thermals) |
| 29 | Rennick Kerr | 38.4 (3 glides, 14 min gliding) | — | — | — |
| 30 | Stuart McElroy | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Daniel Rhodes | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | Ivo van der Leeden | — | — | — | — |
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 59.3 km/h · p90 66.5 km/h (29 pilots)
best: clear pattern (0.58)
| # | Pilot | Floor% | LowSaves | km/climb | Search% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Durand | 55 (11 descents, lowest 19% of band) | 0.0 | 3.0 (mean shared-climb pctile 54%) | 24 |
| 2 | Rohan Holtkamp | 70 (15 descents, lowest -31% of band) | 0.0 | 2.8 (mean shared-climb pctile 42%) | 26 |
| 3 | Peter Burkitt | 50 (11 descents, lowest -2% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from 5% of band) | 3.6 (mean shared-climb pctile 57%) | 23 |
| 4 | Olav Opsanger | 58 (12 descents, lowest 22% of band) | 0.0 | 2.8 (mean shared-climb pctile 47%) | 21 |
| 5 | Glen Mcfarlane | 37 (11 descents, lowest -5% of band) | 2.0 (deepest save from -1% of band) | 3.0 (mean shared-climb pctile 45%) | 25 |
| 6 | Paul Bissett-Amess | 58 (11 descents, lowest -11% of band) | 3.0 (deepest save from 2% of band) | 2.0 (mean shared-climb pctile 52%) | 23 |
| 7 | Steven Crosby | 73 (13 descents, lowest 38% of band) | 0.0 | 2.1 (mean shared-climb pctile 41%) | 26 |
| 8 | Vic Hare | 46 (13 descents, lowest -13% of band) | 2.0 (deepest save from -7% of band) | 2.6 (mean shared-climb pctile 52%) | 26 |
| 9 | Rory Duncan | 38 (15 descents, lowest -2% of band) | 2.0 (deepest save from -2% of band) | 1.8 (mean shared-climb pctile 50%) | 26 |
| 10 | Todd Wisewould | 52 (12 descents, lowest 32% of band) | 0.0 | 2.0 (mean shared-climb pctile 60%) | 28 |
| 11 | Gordon Rigg | 19 (11 descents, lowest -27% of band) | 4.0 (deepest save from -27% of band) | 4.4 (mean shared-climb pctile 50%) | 23 |
| 12 | Craig Taylor | 25 (13 descents, lowest -8% of band) | 4.0 (deepest save from -2% of band) | 1.4 (mean shared-climb pctile 47%) | 41 |
| 13 | Rich Reinauer | 56 (13 descents, lowest -2% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from 2% of band) | 2.1 (mean shared-climb pctile 60%) | 24 |
| 14 | Enda Carrigan | 21 (13 descents, lowest -27% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from -3% of band) | 1.4 (mean shared-climb pctile 59%) | 31 |
| 15 | Troy Horton | 17 (12 descents, lowest -9% of band) | 2.0 (deepest save from -1% of band) | 1.5 (mean shared-climb pctile 43%) | 24 |
| 16 | Mitch Butler | 41 (7 descents, lowest 1% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from 11% of band) | 2.4 (mean shared-climb pctile 50%) | 34 |
| 17 | Steve Blenkinsop | 5 (9 descents, lowest -30% of band) | 4.0 (deepest save from -4% of band) | 1.7 (mean shared-climb pctile 43%) | 27 |
| 18 | David Drabble | 26 (10 descents, lowest -15% of band) | 0.0 | 1.3 (mean shared-climb pctile 44%) | 36 |
| 19 | John Harriott | 70 (10 descents, lowest -3% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from -3% of band) | 1.3 (mean shared-climb pctile 55%) | 40 |
| 20 | Nils Vesk | 43 (2 descents, lowest 29% of band) | 0.0 | 7.6 (mean shared-climb pctile 31%) | 19 |
| 21 | Neil Hooke | 47 (4 descents, lowest -26% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from -15% of band) | 2.1 (mean shared-climb pctile 44%) | 21 |
| 22 | Neale Halsall | 4 (9 descents, lowest -15% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from 1% of band) | 1.6 (mean shared-climb pctile 56%) | 47 |
| 23 | Harrison Rowntree | -9 (2 descents, lowest -20% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from -20% of band) | 5.3 (mean shared-climb pctile 70%) | 25 |
| 24 | Ward Gunn | 51 (6 descents, lowest 20% of band) | 0.0 | 0.7 (mean shared-climb pctile 38%) | 40 |
| 25 | Trent Brown | 22 (2 descents, lowest 7% of band) | 0.0 | — | 21 |
| 26 | Andrew Sutton | -0 (3 descents, lowest -8% of band) | 0.0 | — | 64 |
| 27 | Hossain Tefaili | 36 (3 descents, lowest 25% of band) | 1.0 (deepest save from -10% of band) | — | 31 |
| 28 | Gary Herman | 5 (2 descents, lowest -29% of band) | 0.0 | — | 42 |
| 29 | Rennick Kerr | — | 0.0 | — | 80 |
| 30 | Stuart McElroy | — | — | — | — |
| 31 | Daniel Rhodes | — | 0.0 | — | 15 |
| 32 | Ivo van der Leeden | — | — | — | — |
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 31/37/39% · glide 29/34/38% · search 23/26/35%