Paul Broad

Corryong Cup 2017 · Task 3 (Floater) (Thu, 12 Jan 2017) · floater · ranked #3 · times in Australia/Melbourne (GMT+11)

Scores computed

Landed out at 12.9 km — 317.1 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 59.54% of a perfect day, so 595.4 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?90.52%
Time validity — was the winning time long enough relative to the nominal time?65.77%
Points on offer for the day595.4 pts

1000 × 1.00 × 0.9052 × 0.6577 = 595.4

Split between the components by the goal ratio

distance 397.3 · time 138.6 · leading 34.7 · arrival 24.8

Distance points

317.1 pts
Scored distance12.9 km

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

Best distance in class18.7 km
Linear half — half the available points scale with your share of the best distance137.2 pts

0.5 × (12.94 km ÷ 18.73 km) × 397.3 = 137.2

Difficulty half — rewards flying past stretches where many pilots landed179.9 pts

The difficulty curve is built from where the whole field landed out (FAI S7F §11.1.1).

Time points

0 pts
Time points are only awarded to pilots who reach the end of the speed section.

Leading points

0 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.0 pts
Measured with the classic squared-distance leading coefficient (S7F §11.3.1, the hang-gliding / GAP2016–2018 variant).

Arrival points

0 pts
Arrival points reward crossing the end of the speed section early relative to the other pilots who reached it.0 pts

Total

317.1 pts
Distance + time + leading + arrival, minus penalties317.1 pts

round(317.1 + 0.0, 1 dp) = 317.1