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 — Committed racers

12 pilots · ranks 1–12 · median 6.5 · middle half 3.8–9.3

Low — Share of race time spent hunting for the next climb group median P24 in this field (22 percent) · usually a strength
High — Glide speed between climbs group median P73 in this field (55.4 kilometres per hour) · usually a strength
High — How low the pilot gets between climbs group median P72 in this field (37 percent)
Low — Final glide committed to when leaving the last climb group median P30 in this field (5.54 ratio)

1. Hughbert Alexander
2. Steven Crosby
3. Rohan Taylor
4. Rob de Groot
5. Josh Woods
6. Dick Heffer
7. Andy Schmidt
8. Richard Martin
9. James Atkinson
10. Adrian Connor
11. James Morgan (most typical of this group)
12. Ward Gunn

Group B — Optimistic final gliders

9 pilots · ranks 15–24 · median 20 · middle half 18–22

High — Final glide committed to when leaving the last climb group median P83 in this field (10.54 ratio)
Low — How low the pilot gets between climbs group median P19 in this field (10 percent)
Low — Climbs joined on another pilot's marker group median P19 in this field (30 percent)
Low — How much of the thermal the pilot climbed before leaving it group median P20 in this field (28 percent)

15. Col Jackson (most typical of this group)
16. Joe Baker
18. John Greenwood
19. Peter Garrone
20. Justin Gilmour
21. Richard Hughes
22. Nolan Bear
23. Nariyuki Watabe
24. Brett Gilmour

Not clustered: 14. James McGinty — only 6 of 20 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 17. Peter Burkitt — only 7 of 20 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%); 25. Dustan Hansen — only 10 of 20 metrics available (needs ≥ 60%).

21 pilots on 20 behavioural metrics formed 2 groups.