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 — Gaggle flyers

9 pilots · ranks 1–20 · median 7 · middle half 3–10

High — Time spent flying with a gaggle group median P86 in this field (45 percent)
High — How much of the thermal the pilot climbed before leaving it group median P86 in this field (84 percent)
High — Glide speed between climbs group median P86 in this field (64.1 kilometres per hour) · usually a strength
High — Glide L/D against the field median group median P81 in this field (1.18 ratio) · usually a strength

1. Jon Durand
2. Rohan Holtkamp (most typical of this group)
3. Peter Burkitt
4. Olav Opsanger
7. Steven Crosby
8. Vic Hare
10. Todd Wisewould
13. Rich Reinauer
20. Nils Vesk

Group B — Bold leavers

20 pilots · ranks 5–29 · median 18.5 · middle half 13.5–24.3

High — How often leaving the gaggle paid off group median P74 in this field (100 percent)
Low — Distance covered between climbs group median P32 in this field (1.8 kilometres) · usually costly
High — Share of race time spent hunting for the next climb group median P67 in this field (31 percent) · usually costly
High — How long after the gate opened the pilot started group median P67 in this field (325 seconds) · usually costly

5. Glen Mcfarlane
6. Paul Bissett-Amess
9. Rory Duncan (most typical of this group)
11. Gordon Rigg
12. Craig Taylor
14. Enda Carrigan
15. Troy Horton
16. Mitch Butler
17. Steve Blenkinsop
18. David Drabble
19. John Harriott
21. Neil Hooke
22. Neale Halsall
23. Harrison Rowntree
24. Ward Gunn
25. Trent Brown
26. Andrew Sutton
27. Hossain Tefaili
28. Gary Herman
29. Rennick Kerr

Not clustered: 30. Stuart McElroy — only 5 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 30. Daniel Rhodes — only 9 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 30. Ivo van der Leeden — only 2 of 21 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%).

29 pilots on 21 behavioural metrics formed 2 groups.