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 — Never-low flyers

30 pilots · ranks 1–38 · median 15.5 · middle half 8.3–22.8

Low — Low saves dug out from the bottom of the band group median P28 in this field (0.0 count)

6 pilots · ranks 24–35 · median 30 · middle half 26.8–32.5

Low — Climb rate at thermal exit group median P7 in this field (0.4 metres per second)
Low — Climbing faster than the pilots sharing the thermal group median P9 in this field (51 percent) · usually costly
High — How round and consistent the circles were group median P90 in this field (0.23 ratio)
Low — Glide speed between climbs group median P13 in this field (49.5 kilometres per hour) · usually costly

Not clustered: 37. Gary Herman — only 5 of 20 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%).

36 pilots on 20 behavioural metrics formed 2 groups.