Steve Docherty

Corryong Cup 2024 · Task 1 (Open) (Tue, 9 Jan 2024) · open · ranked #5 · times in Australia/Melbourne (GMT+11)

Scores computed

Made goal in 2:46:56 — 785.8 points

The flight

What the tracklog shows, and which crossings scored.

Crossed the start cylinder boundary 5 times. The scored start is the latest crossing from which the flight still makes its best run along the course — re-starting supersedes an earlier start, while simply flying back through the cylinder later in the task changes nothing.
Start time taken: the start gate — the speed-section clock runs from the gate, not from the crossing (FAI S7F §8.3.1).12:45:00
Completed the task — full task distance is credited.

Day quality — points on offer

Task validity 100% of a perfect day, so 1000 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?100%
Points on offer for the day1000 pts

1000 × 1.00 × 1.00 × 1.00 = 1000

Split between the components by the goal ratio

distance 476.2 · time 366.6 · leading 91.7 · arrival 65.5

Distance points

476.2 pts
Scored distance30.0 km

Measured along the optimized task line, up to the furthest point on course.

Best distance in class30.0 km
Made goal — full available distance points.476.2 pts

Time points

233.4 pts
Time points use the 5⁄6 speed-fraction exponent (the current FAI S7F, S7F §11.2).
Your speed section time2:46:56

Timed from your 12:45:00 start gate to the end of the speed section (FAI S7F §8.7) — you crossed the start at 14:22:35.

Fastest time in class2:19:45
Time points fall off with the gap to the fastest time233.4 pts

speed fraction = max(0, 1 − ((T − Tbest) ÷ √Tbest)^5⁄6) = 0.6366; × 366.6 available = 233.4 (times in hours)

Leading points

44 pts
Leading 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.44 pts
Measured with the classic squared-distance leading coefficient (S7F §11.3.1, the hang-gliding / GAP2016–2018 variant).

Arrival points

32.2 pts
Arrival points reward crossing the end of the speed section early relative to the other pilots who reached it.32.2 pts

Total

785.8 pts
Distance + time + leading + arrival, minus penalties785.8 pts

round(476.2 + 233.4 + 44.0 + 32.2, 1 dp) = 785.8