Richard McLeod
Corryong Cup 2021 · Task 2 (Floater) (Mon, 11 Jan 2021) · floater · ranked #3 · times in Australia/Melbourne (GMT+11)
Scores computed
Landed out at 5.2 km — 214 points
The flight
What the tracklog shows, and which crossings scored.
This task has no start (SSS) turnpoint — the first turnpoint is treated as the start.
Day quality — points on offer
Task validity 70.15% of a perfect day, so 701.5 of 1000 points were available.
Launch validity — did enough registered pilots launch?100%
Distance validity — did the field fly far enough relative to the nominal distance?100%
Time validity — was the winning time long enough relative to the nominal time?70.15%
Points on offer for the day701.5 pts
1000 × 1.00 × 1.00 × 0.7015 = 701.5
Split between the components by the goal ratio
distance 264.7 · time 305.7 · leading 76.4 · arrival 54.6
Distance points
181.8 ptsScored distance5.2 km
Measured along the optimized task line, up to the furthest point on course.
Best distance in class14.0 km
Linear half — half the available points scale with your share of the best distance49.4 pts
0.5 × (5.22 km ÷ 13.99 km) × 264.7 = 49.4
Difficulty half — rewards flying past stretches where many pilots landed132.4 pts
The difficulty curve is built from where the whole field landed out (FAI S7F §11.1.1).
Time points
0 ptsTime points are only awarded to pilots who reach the end of the speed section.
Leading points
32.2 ptsLeading points reward flying out front during the speed section — the pilot with the best leading coefficient takes all available leading points, others fall off with the gap.32.2 pts
Measured with the classic squared-distance leading coefficient (S7F §11.3.1, the hang-gliding / GAP2016–2018 variant).
Arrival points
0 ptsArrival points reward crossing the end of the speed section early relative to the other pilots who reached it.0 pts
Total
214 ptsDistance + time + leading + arrival, minus penalties214 pts
round(181.8 + 0.0 + 32.2, 1 dp) = 214