Metric details

Every pilot's reading on every behaviour, family by family.

Analysis computed

best: could be chance (0.19)

#	Pilot	NonSink%
1	Olav Opsanger	55
2	Rory Duncan	54
3	Trent Brown	56
4	Mitch Butler	57
5	Steve Docherty	57
6	Bruce Wynne	59
7	Steven Crosby	59
8	Neale Halsall	60
9	Steve Blenkinsop	57
10	Rohan Taylor	61
11	Peter Adriaans	56
12	Richard Martin	60
13	Jon Durand	56
14	Dustan Hansen	56
15	Todd Wisewould	57
16	Stuart Cathcart	56
17	Jay Kubeil	55
18	Vic Hare	49
19	Neil Hooke	58
20	James Atkinson	57
21	Adrian Connor	55
22	Enda Carrigan	57
23	Bruce Atkinson	57
24	Hughbert Alexander	56
25	Peter Burkitt	56
26	Hossain Tefaili	60
27	Tushar Pokle	56
28	Gary Herman	59
29	Neill Hollingsworth	58
30	Peter Tolhurst	62
31	Mario Chapa	55
32	Andrew Sutton	54
33	James McGinty	59
34	Peter Garrone	56
35	Damian Hamilton	52
36	Mark Jeffree	65
37	Andrew Taylor	62
38	Cedric Joyce	57
39	Wayne Johnston	54
40	Michael Free	53
41	Troy Horton	52
42	Rennick Kerr	62
43	Brett Davis	65
44	John Harriott	57
45	Andrew Berenyi	53
46	Ward Gunn	30
47	Marty Hearne	43
48	Jason Lannstrom	28

The day’s wind, hour by hour and leg by leg

Measured in kilometres per hour · no expected direction

What the air did, read from the field itself. We estimate the wind from the circling of every pilot. The first method is the drift of the circle centre, and the second method, used when the first is not available, is the modulation of the ground speed. We then combine the estimates two ways. The table by hour of day shows how the wind increased and changed direction through the day. The table by speed-section leg shows the wind on each part of the course. This metric describes the day, so it has no value for each pilot.

Wind by hour

Period	Speed (km/h)	Dir (°)	n
Whole task	8.0	284	7446
13:00 AEDT	7.7	297	1429
14:00 AEDT	7.7	245	2241
15:00 AEDT	8.0	318	2294
16:00 AEDT	8.7	268	1352
17:00 AEDT	9.4	266	130

Each circle gives one wind estimate. GlideComp uses centre drift where it can, and ground-speed modulation where it cannot. The direction is the vector mean of the estimates, in degrees the wind blows FROM (0° = north). The speed is the median of their magnitudes, because the length of a vector mean falls toward zero when the directions scatter.

Hours are shown in the competition’s time zone.

Wind by leg

Leg	Flown	Pilots	Circling	Speed (km/h)	Dir (°)	n	From pilots
ELLIOT (SSS)→TINTAL	13:43–17:26 AEDT	41	13:48–17:15 AEDT	6.7	198	1015	41
TINTAL→CUDGWE	14:11–17:02 AEDT	29	14:17–16:45 AEDT	7.7	316	1372	29
CUDGWE→KANGCK	14:48–16:37 AEDT	22	14:53–16:35 AEDT	8.7	335	1126	22
KANGCK→TOOMA	15:35–17:15 AEDT	17	15:41–17:04 AEDT	8.6	270	847	17
TOOMA→CORRY (ESS)	16:15–17:09 AEDT	8	16:19–17:01 AEDT	8.5	254	229	8
CORRY (ESS)→CORRY	16:41–17:09 AEDT	8	—	—	—	0	0
CORRY→CORRY (GOAL)	16:41–17:09 AEDT	8	—	—	—	0	0

“Flown” is when the field was ON the leg — the first pilot entering to the last leaving — over the “Pilots” who started and flew the whole leg.

“Circling” is the narrower window the wind was actually measured in: first to last circle estimate any pilot logged while on the leg, from “From pilots” pilots. Glides produce no estimate, so a leg the field mostly glided shows a sliver of its flown window (or “—” where no one circled at all) — and a late leg the leaders glided can be measured EARLIER than the leg before it without either being wrong.

How strong the day’s climbs were, hour by hour

Measured in metres per second · no expected direction

When the day started, reached its peak, and ended. We group the thermal climbs of all pilots by the hour in which each climb started, labelled in the time zone of the competition. The median and the 90th-percentile average climb rate for each hour show how the lift developed. The first row is the whole task, measured over every climb of the day in one set, and not as an average of the hourly rows. This metric describes the day, so it has no value for each pilot.

Climb by hour

Period	Median (m/s)	p90 (m/s)	n
Whole task	1.1	2.0	1784
13:00 AEDT	1.1	2.1	347
14:00 AEDT	1.1	2.0	556
15:00 AEDT	1.0	2.0	512
16:00 AEDT	1.0	2.0	341
17:00 AEDT	0.9	1.4	28

The average climb rate of every thermal use across the field, grouped by the start of the climb. The hours are in the time zone of the competition. The whole-task row is measured over all of those climbs together, not averaged from the hours.

Share of the flight spent in air that wasn’t sinking

Measured in percent · no expected direction

How much of the flight was in air worth being in. The value is the share of the airborne time of a pilot, on the shared grid, with a 30 s-smoothed vario at or above −0.5 m/s. The time they flew, the line they steered and the way the flight ended all feed this value. It is therefore a reading of the day as much as of the pilot. There is no expected direction, and the sign of the correlation is the finding. The timing table compares the window of the day’s best climbs against the time when the field launched.

Day timing

	Time
Best conditions	13:00–14:00 AEDT
Earliest takeoff	13:00 AEDT
Median takeoff	13:55 AEDT
Latest takeoff	15:54 AEDT

Best conditions is the one-hour window with the strongest median climb (1.1 m/s), among hours with enough climbs to be representative (≥20% of the busiest hour).

best: clear pattern (0.55)

#	Pilot	Out-climb	Core s	LeaveRate	Kept%	TopOut%	Round
1	Olav Opsanger	78 (61 shared climbs)	24 (22 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.6 (11 climbs ≥ 90 s)	77 (17/22 circling bouts led to climbs)	36 (mean on-course altitude 43% of band)	0.15 (238 circles, 76% left)
2	Rory Duncan	75 (49 shared climbs)	44 (26 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.3 (19 climbs ≥ 90 s)	76 (16/21 circling bouts led to climbs)	53 (mean on-course altitude 44% of band)	0.16 (251 circles, 63% left)
3	Trent Brown	70 (48 shared climbs)	34 (15 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.3 (11 climbs ≥ 90 s)	85 (22/26 circling bouts led to climbs)	32 (mean on-course altitude 36% of band)	0.14 (261 circles, 90% left)
4	Mitch Butler	62 (65 shared climbs)	37 (21 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.1 (14 climbs ≥ 90 s)	87 (20/23 circling bouts led to climbs)	50 (mean on-course altitude 50% of band)	0.15 (302 circles, 78% left)
5	Steve Docherty	72 (58 shared climbs)	38 (25 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.2 (13 climbs ≥ 90 s)	78 (18/23 circling bouts led to climbs)	45 (mean on-course altitude 47% of band)	0.17 (268 circles, 64% left)
6	Bruce Wynne	59 (29 shared climbs)	67 (25 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.3 (22 climbs ≥ 90 s)	77 (17/22 circling bouts led to climbs)	54 (mean on-course altitude 40% of band)	0.18 (76 circles, 66% left)
7	Steven Crosby	66 (53 shared climbs)	40 (30 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.0 (23 climbs ≥ 90 s)	78 (21/27 circling bouts led to climbs)	51 (mean on-course altitude 45% of band)	0.17 (314 circles, 65% left)
8	Neale Halsall	64 (97 shared climbs)	22 (27 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.3 (16 climbs ≥ 90 s)	87 (20/23 circling bouts led to climbs)	39 (mean on-course altitude 42% of band)	0.17 (300 circles, 59% left)
9	Steve Blenkinsop	71 (32 shared climbs)	48 (21 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.0 (15 climbs ≥ 90 s)	84 (16/19 circling bouts led to climbs)	38 (mean on-course altitude 43% of band)	0.23 (236 circles, 37% left)
10	Rohan Taylor	68 (92 shared climbs)	39 (25 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.1 (14 climbs ≥ 90 s)	82 (23/28 circling bouts led to climbs)	27 (mean on-course altitude 36% of band)	0.16 (326 circles, 83% left)
11	Peter Adriaans	70 (58 shared climbs)	40 (24 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.5 (15 climbs ≥ 90 s)	83 (15/18 circling bouts led to climbs)	42 (mean on-course altitude 43% of band)	0.15 (252 circles, 33% left)
12	Richard Martin	69 (57 shared climbs)	39 (26 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.9 (19 climbs ≥ 90 s)	68 (17/25 circling bouts led to climbs)	32 (mean on-course altitude 38% of band)	0.15 (422 circles, 30% left)
13	Jon Durand	73 (43 shared climbs)	47 (18 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.2 (16 climbs ≥ 90 s)	83 (15/18 circling bouts led to climbs)	39 (mean on-course altitude 42% of band)	0.15 (341 circles, 72% left)
14	Dustan Hansen	73 (31 shared climbs)	37 (17 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.6 (10 climbs ≥ 90 s)	85 (11/13 circling bouts led to climbs)	58 (mean on-course altitude 54% of band)	0.16 (131 circles, 87% left)
15	Todd Wisewould	65 (56 shared climbs)	34 (20 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.2 (14 climbs ≥ 90 s)	76 (13/17 circling bouts led to climbs)	72 (mean on-course altitude 56% of band)	0.13 (270 circles, 88% left)
16	Stuart Cathcart	56 (27 shared climbs)	54 (21 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.6 (20 climbs ≥ 90 s)	58 (14/24 circling bouts led to climbs)	74 (mean on-course altitude 47% of band)	0.23 (140 circles, 86% left)
17	Jay Kubeil	75 (55 shared climbs)	45 (20 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.4 (14 climbs ≥ 90 s)	79 (11/14 circling bouts led to climbs)	61 (mean on-course altitude 51% of band)	0.17 (235 circles, 87% left)
18	Vic Hare	77 (21 shared climbs)	77 (11 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.4 (11 climbs ≥ 90 s)	67 (8/12 circling bouts led to climbs)	40 (mean on-course altitude 51% of band)	0.16 (182 circles, 67% left)
19	Neil Hooke	58 (45 shared climbs)	51 (19 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.1 (16 climbs ≥ 90 s)	65 (11/17 circling bouts led to climbs)	60 (mean on-course altitude 55% of band)	0.14 (232 circles, 63% left)
20	James Atkinson	65 (51 shared climbs)	34 (21 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.4 (16 climbs ≥ 90 s)	77 (10/13 circling bouts led to climbs)	52 (mean on-course altitude 54% of band)	0.14 (208 circles, 65% left)
21	Adrian Connor	68 (17 shared climbs)	51 (14 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.1 (12 climbs ≥ 90 s)	79 (11/14 circling bouts led to climbs)	70 (mean on-course altitude 57% of band)	0.14 (150 circles, 38% left)
22	Enda Carrigan	73 (33 shared climbs)	47 (15 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.3 (10 climbs ≥ 90 s)	56 (9/16 circling bouts led to climbs)	43 (mean on-course altitude 48% of band)	0.12 (192 circles, 82% left)
23	Bruce Atkinson	56 (14 shared climbs)	50 (19 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.3 (14 climbs ≥ 90 s)	47 (7/15 circling bouts led to climbs)	26 (mean on-course altitude 37% of band)	0.26 (50 circles, 64% left)
24	Hughbert Alexander	69 (42 shared climbs)	41 (11 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.2 (8 climbs ≥ 90 s)	82 (9/11 circling bouts led to climbs)	41 (mean on-course altitude 51% of band)	0.16 (127 circles, 63% left)
25	Peter Burkitt	71 (32 shared climbs)	30 (6 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.3 (5 climbs ≥ 90 s)	89 (8/9 circling bouts led to climbs)	46 (mean on-course altitude 51% of band)	0.15 (135 circles, 94% left)
26	Hossain Tefaili	75 (27 shared climbs)	61 (11 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.6 (7 climbs ≥ 90 s)	57 (8/14 circling bouts led to climbs)	33 (mean on-course altitude 36% of band)	0.12 (165 circles, 44% left)
27	Tushar Pokle	66 (18 shared climbs)	69 (11 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.3 (10 climbs ≥ 90 s)	67 (10/15 circling bouts led to climbs)	82 (mean on-course altitude 64% of band)	0.15 (125 circles, 90% left)
28	Gary Herman	77 (23 shared climbs)	34 (13 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.2 (8 climbs ≥ 90 s)	73 (11/15 circling bouts led to climbs)	71 (mean on-course altitude 42% of band)	0.14 (170 circles, 22% left)
29	Neill Hollingsworth	67 (33 shared climbs)	10 (10 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.2 (4 climbs ≥ 90 s)	78 (7/9 circling bouts led to climbs)	26 (mean on-course altitude 37% of band)	0.21 (174 circles, 56% left)
30	Peter Tolhurst	63 (33 shared climbs)	6 (4 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.0 (2 climbs ≥ 90 s)	83 (5/6 circling bouts led to climbs)	48 (mean on-course altitude 32% of band)	0.18 (60 circles, 100% left)
31	Mario Chapa	60 (5 shared climbs)	95 (5 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.4 (5 climbs ≥ 90 s)	67 (2/3 circling bouts led to climbs)	111 (mean on-course altitude 51% of band)	0.23 (10 circles, 100% left)
32	Andrew Sutton	66 (17 shared climbs)	53 (5 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.1 (4 climbs ≥ 90 s)	50 (2/4 circling bouts led to climbs)	53 (mean on-course altitude 37% of band)	0.14 (87 circles, 100% left)
33	James McGinty	53 (13 shared climbs)	51 (3 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.4 (3 climbs ≥ 90 s)	50 (2/4 circling bouts led to climbs)	48 (mean on-course altitude 23% of band)	0.14 (42 circles, 100% left)
34	Peter Garrone	64 (10 shared climbs)	64 (5 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.1 (4 climbs ≥ 90 s)	83 (5/6 circling bouts led to climbs)	43 (mean on-course altitude 32% of band)	0.14 (42 circles, 74% left)
35	Damian Hamilton	73 (12 shared climbs)	41 (8 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.1 (7 climbs ≥ 90 s)	33 (3/9 circling bouts led to climbs)	59 (mean on-course altitude 50% of band)	0.14 (114 circles, 98% left)
36	Mark Jeffree	58 (26 shared climbs)	40 (8 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.6 (5 climbs ≥ 90 s)	57 (4/7 circling bouts led to climbs)	21 (mean on-course altitude 22% of band)	0.17 (175 circles, 94% left)
37	Andrew Taylor	58 (20 shared climbs)	31 (7 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.2 (5 climbs ≥ 90 s)	71 (5/7 circling bouts led to climbs)	7 (mean on-course altitude 8% of band)	0.14 (142 circles, 88% left)
38	Cedric Joyce	74 (6 shared climbs)	98 (6 climbs ≥ 60 s)	0.1 (4 climbs ≥ 90 s)	50 (4/8 circling bouts led to climbs)	60 (mean on-course altitude 19% of band)	0.25 (13 circles, 85% left)
39	Wayne Johnston	82 (10 shared climbs)	13 (5 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.9 (2 climbs ≥ 90 s)	60 (3/5 circling bouts led to climbs)	30 (mean on-course altitude 20% of band)	0.20 (19 circles, 79% left)
40	Michael Free	73 (9 shared climbs)	50 (4 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.3 (2 climbs ≥ 90 s)	40 (2/5 circling bouts led to climbs)	23 (mean on-course altitude 4% of band)	0.16 (91 circles, 41% left)
41	Troy Horton	74 (10 shared climbs)	27 (4 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.8 (1 climb ≥ 90 s)	80 (4/5 circling bouts led to climbs)	31 (mean on-course altitude 16% of band)	0.15 (61 circles, 100% left)
42	Rennick Kerr	55 (22 shared climbs)	8 (8 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.2 (5 climbs ≥ 90 s)	60 (3/5 circling bouts led to climbs)	16 (mean on-course altitude 6% of band)	0.20 (129 circles, 78% left)
43	Brett Davis	57 (10 shared climbs)	73 (3 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.1 (1 climb ≥ 90 s)	—	9 (mean on-course altitude 1% of band)	0.14 (93 circles, 100% left)
44	John Harriott	66 (18 shared climbs)	32 (3 climbs ≥ 60 s)	—	20 (1/5 circling bouts led to climbs)	-7 (mean on-course altitude -6% of band)	0.26 (51 circles, 67% left)
45	Andrew Berenyi	51 (7 shared climbs)	5 (4 climbs ≥ 60 s)	1.2 (2 climbs ≥ 90 s)	—	0 (mean on-course altitude -18% of band)	0.12 (21 circles, 90% left)
46	Ward Gunn	—	—	—	—	—	— (2 circles, 100% left)
47	Marty Hearne	—	—	—	—	—	0.15 (15 circles, 100% left)
48	Jason Lannstrom	—	39 (1 climb ≥ 60 s)	—	—	—	— (8 circles, 100% left)

Share of lift turned in that was kept as a climb

Measured in percent · no expected direction

How selective the pilot is about the lift they stop for. Each period of circling of 30 s or more after the start counts as lift that the pilot sampled. If the period overlaps a detected thermal, the pilot kept that lift. If it does not, they turned a few circles and left it. The value is the percentage kept. A low value means they are selective. A high value means they keep almost every climb they turn in. There is no expected direction: selection wins on a strong day and wastes time on a weak one.

Acceptance by hour

Hour	Median accepted (%)	pilots
13:00 AEDT	100	4
14:00 AEDT	83	35
15:00 AEDT	75	39
16:00 AEDT	69	28
17:00 AEDT	0	12

Median per-pilot acceptance %, bucketed by the hour (competition time zone).

How round and consistent the circles were

Measured in ratio · no expected direction

Whether the pilot flies clean, repeatable circles, or moves around the thermal. We fit each detected circle by least squares. The RMS fit error divided by the fitted radius measures how round the turn was. The value is the median over all of the circles of the pilot. A lower value means smoother and more consistent turns. There is no expected direction: a rough trace can be a pilot chasing a drifting or broken core rather than a pilot circling badly.

Turn direction across the field: 69% left (7448 circles).

best: clear pattern (0.83)

#	Pilot	GlideSpd	GlideL/D	Wide%	Dolphin%
1	Olav Opsanger	64.5 (26 glides, 91 min gliding)	1.02 (5 legs compared)	32 (5 legs completed)	24 (1948 of 8113 m gained outside thermals)
2	Rory Duncan	64.6 (17 glides, 83 min gliding)	0.99 (5 legs compared)	28 (5 legs completed)	9 (667 of 7403 m gained outside thermals)
3	Trent Brown	62.2 (26 glides, 86 min gliding)	0.91 (5 legs compared)	23 (5 legs completed)	14 (1001 of 7288 m gained outside thermals)
4	Mitch Butler	61.8 (27 glides, 95 min gliding)	1.12 (5 legs compared)	33 (5 legs completed)	12 (837 of 6977 m gained outside thermals)
5	Steve Docherty	59.4 (26 glides, 95 min gliding)	1.07 (5 legs compared)	25 (5 legs completed)	12 (770 of 6546 m gained outside thermals)
6	Bruce Wynne	66.2 (13 glides, 81 min gliding)	0.95 (5 legs compared)	33 (5 legs completed)	2 (184 of 8120 m gained outside thermals)
7	Steven Crosby	62.2 (24 glides, 103 min gliding)	1.09 (5 legs compared)	41 (5 legs completed)	12 (889 of 7595 m gained outside thermals)
8	Neale Halsall	63.3 (29 glides, 100 min gliding)	0.96 (5 legs compared)	39 (5 legs completed)	19 (1532 of 7941 m gained outside thermals)
9	Steve Blenkinsop	56.4 (23 glides, 111 min gliding)	1.23 (4 legs compared)	27 (4 legs completed)	11 (701 of 6421 m gained outside thermals)
10	Rohan Taylor	62.1 (41 glides, 118 min gliding)	1.13 (4 legs compared)	43 (4 legs completed)	18 (1435 of 8076 m gained outside thermals)
11	Peter Adriaans	56.9 (24 glides, 97 min gliding)	1.02 (4 legs compared)	33 (4 legs completed)	15 (1071 of 7194 m gained outside thermals)
12	Richard Martin	58.8 (24 glides, 119 min gliding)	1.11 (4 legs compared)	23 (4 legs completed)	14 (898 of 6607 m gained outside thermals)
13	Jon Durand	59.2 (20 glides, 92 min gliding)	0.94 (4 legs compared)	26 (4 legs completed)	11 (746 of 6996 m gained outside thermals)
14	Dustan Hansen	59.6 (23 glides, 86 min gliding)	1.11 (4 legs compared)	29 (4 legs completed)	19 (1013 of 5352 m gained outside thermals)
15	Todd Wisewould	63.4 (29 glides, 108 min gliding)	1.04 (4 legs compared)	32 (4 legs completed)	19 (1220 of 6393 m gained outside thermals)
16	Stuart Cathcart	54.4 (12 glides, 95 min gliding)	1.09 (4 legs compared)	36 (4 legs completed)	4 (285 of 6667 m gained outside thermals)
17	Jay Kubeil	53.9 (22 glides, 95 min gliding)	1.00 (4 legs compared)	21 (4 legs completed)	14 (829 of 5968 m gained outside thermals)
18	Vic Hare	66.3 (14 glides, 69 min gliding)	1.14 (3 legs compared)	28 (3 legs completed)	8 (433 of 5202 m gained outside thermals)
19	Neil Hooke	56.1 (18 glides, 75 min gliding)	1.02 (3 legs compared)	23 (3 legs completed)	12 (608 of 5219 m gained outside thermals)
20	James Atkinson	56.8 (19 glides, 75 min gliding)	1.03 (3 legs compared)	31 (3 legs completed)	17 (854 of 5094 m gained outside thermals)
21	Adrian Connor	52.6 (13 glides, 75 min gliding)	0.88 (3 legs compared)	13 (3 legs completed)	8 (400 of 4716 m gained outside thermals)
22	Enda Carrigan	63.0 (16 glides, 70 min gliding)	0.94 (3 legs compared)	27 (3 legs completed)	13 (661 of 5198 m gained outside thermals)
23	Bruce Atkinson	49.1 (7 glides, 67 min gliding)	1.05 (2 legs compared)	25 (2 legs completed)	7 (274 of 3844 m gained outside thermals)
24	Hughbert Alexander	56.7 (17 glides, 52 min gliding)	1.21 (2 legs compared)	32 (2 legs completed)	19 (717 of 3700 m gained outside thermals)
25	Peter Burkitt	61.4 (11 glides, 47 min gliding)	0.93 (2 legs compared)	32 (2 legs completed)	13 (475 of 3618 m gained outside thermals)
26	Hossain Tefaili	59.7 (11 glides, 58 min gliding)	0.93 (2 legs compared)	36 (2 legs completed)	18 (658 of 3673 m gained outside thermals)
27	Tushar Pokle	44.8 (16 glides, 69 min gliding)	0.81 (2 legs compared)	38 (2 legs completed)	16 (553 of 3514 m gained outside thermals)
28	Gary Herman	50.7 (11 glides, 61 min gliding)	0.88 (2 legs compared)	21 (2 legs completed)	10 (360 of 3594 m gained outside thermals)
29	Neill Hollingsworth	49.8 (19 glides, 49 min gliding)	0.51 (2 legs compared)	18 (2 legs completed)	22 (1326 of 6028 m gained outside thermals)
30	Peter Tolhurst	50.4 (13 glides, 33 min gliding)	0.88 (1 leg compared)	58 (1 leg completed)	34 (472 of 1385 m gained outside thermals)
31	Mario Chapa	46.2 (1 glides, 21 min gliding)	1.00 (1 leg compared)	47 (1 leg completed)	3 (31 of 1122 m gained outside thermals)
32	Andrew Sutton	49.4 (5 glides, 19 min gliding)	0.94 (1 leg compared)	22 (1 leg completed)	22 (144 of 669 m gained outside thermals)
33	James McGinty	47.0 (4 glides, 19 min gliding)	0.79 (1 leg compared)	32 (1 leg completed)	20 (180 of 915 m gained outside thermals)
34	Peter Garrone	51.1 (5 glides, 19 min gliding)	0.84 (1 leg compared)	18 (1 leg completed)	10 (83 of 818 m gained outside thermals)
35	Damian Hamilton	47.9 (5 glides, 30 min gliding)	0.77 (1 leg compared)	52 (1 leg completed)	14 (273 of 1953 m gained outside thermals)
36	Mark Jeffree	47.9 (12 glides, 52 min gliding)	0.78 (1 leg compared)	87 (1 leg completed)	23 (568 of 2417 m gained outside thermals)
37	Andrew Taylor	48.1 (15 glides, 46 min gliding)	1.02 (1 leg compared)	96 (1 leg completed)	37 (531 of 1429 m gained outside thermals)
38	Cedric Joyce	43.0 (4 glides, 44 min gliding)	0.77 (1 leg compared)	95 (1 leg completed)	7 (129 of 1789 m gained outside thermals)
39	Wayne Johnston	42.2 (5 glides, 24 min gliding)	0.87 (1 leg compared)	18 (1 leg completed)	36 (130 of 357 m gained outside thermals)
40	Michael Free	52.0 (3 glides, 22 min gliding)	0.91 (1 leg compared)	42 (1 leg completed)	13 (139 of 1053 m gained outside thermals)
41	Troy Horton	48.9 (6 glides, 18 min gliding)	0.92 (1 leg compared)	16 (1 leg completed)	35 (164 of 466 m gained outside thermals)
42	Rennick Kerr	43.0 (5 glides, 21 min gliding)	—	—	35 (288 of 824 m gained outside thermals)
43	Brett Davis	46.6 (7 glides, 20 min gliding)	—	—	45 (173 of 383 m gained outside thermals)
44	John Harriott	52.3 (3 glides, 12 min gliding)	—	—	60 (156 of 259 m gained outside thermals)
45	Andrew Berenyi	35.4 (1 glides, 5 min gliding)	—	—	—
46	Ward Gunn	—	—	—	—
47	Marty Hearne	—	—	—	—
48	Jason Lannstrom	—	—	—	—

Glide speed between climbs

Measured in kilometres per hour · higher is better

How fast the pilot moves down the course when they are on a glide. The value is the duration-weighted mean ground speed over every glide after the start, which is the glide distance divided by the glide time. A higher value means more ground covered in each minute between climbs.

Field glide speed: median 54.4 km/h · p90 63.3 km/h (45 pilots)

best: clear pattern (0.74)

#	Pilot	Floor%	LowSaves	km/climb	Search%
1	Olav Opsanger	21 (18 descents, lowest -39% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from 2% of band)	1.4 (mean shared-climb pctile 61%)	32
2	Rory Duncan	30 (11 descents, lowest -11% of band)	2.0 (deepest save from -11% of band)	2.7 (mean shared-climb pctile 57%)	21
3	Trent Brown	15 (14 descents, lowest -10% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from -7% of band)	1.7 (mean shared-climb pctile 53%)	30
4	Mitch Butler	28 (15 descents, lowest -15% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from 11% of band)	1.5 (mean shared-climb pctile 41%)	27
5	Steve Docherty	23 (13 descents, lowest -9% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from 8% of band)	1.8 (mean shared-climb pctile 55%)	30
6	Bruce Wynne	22 (12 descents, lowest -12% of band)	4.0 (deepest save from -4% of band)	3.7 (mean shared-climb pctile 42%)	16
7	Steven Crosby	19 (15 descents, lowest -3% of band)	2.0 (deepest save from 7% of band)	1.7 (mean shared-climb pctile 52%)	30
8	Neale Halsall	22 (15 descents, lowest -7% of band)	0.0	1.2 (mean shared-climb pctile 48%)	37
9	Steve Blenkinsop	6 (8 descents, lowest -20% of band)	2.0 (deepest save from -16% of band)	2.1 (mean shared-climb pctile 52%)	31
10	Rohan Taylor	14 (16 descents, lowest -16% of band)	2.0 (deepest save from 4% of band)	1.0 (mean shared-climb pctile 51%)	37
11	Peter Adriaans	8 (11 descents, lowest -18% of band)	3.0 (deepest save from -5% of band)	1.3 (mean shared-climb pctile 46%)	26
12	Richard Martin	8 (12 descents, lowest -12% of band)	2.0 (deepest save from -11% of band)	1.8 (mean shared-climb pctile 44%)	39
13	Jon Durand	27 (12 descents, lowest -2% of band)	2.0 (deepest save from 1% of band)	2.2 (mean shared-climb pctile 53%)	29
14	Dustan Hansen	42 (11 descents, lowest -10% of band)	0.0	2.0 (mean shared-climb pctile 55%)	26
15	Todd Wisewould	23 (9 descents, lowest -3% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from 12% of band)	1.3 (mean shared-climb pctile 46%)	38
16	Stuart Cathcart	28 (9 descents, lowest -29% of band)	2.0 (deepest save from -27% of band)	2.9 (mean shared-climb pctile 41%)	27
17	Jay Kubeil	36 (9 descents, lowest 0% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from -3% of band)	2.0 (mean shared-climb pctile 56%)	28
18	Vic Hare	22 (6 descents, lowest 1% of band)	2.0 (deepest save from 7% of band)	2.7 (mean shared-climb pctile 58%)	27
19	Neil Hooke	45 (8 descents, lowest 11% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from 15% of band)	2.1 (mean shared-climb pctile 43%)	29
20	James Atkinson	37 (9 descents, lowest -31% of band)	0.0	1.6 (mean shared-climb pctile 48%)	30
21	Adrian Connor	31 (8 descents, lowest -15% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from -6% of band)	2.3 (mean shared-climb pctile 49%)	27
22	Enda Carrigan	22 (6 descents, lowest -10% of band)	0.0	2.1 (mean shared-climb pctile 53%)	35
23	Bruce Atkinson	-14 (4 descents, lowest -18% of band)	2.0 (deepest save from -13% of band)	3.1 (mean shared-climb pctile 38%)	27
24	Hughbert Alexander	22 (12 descents, lowest -50% of band)	0.0	1.5 (mean shared-climb pctile 56%)	31
25	Peter Burkitt	25 (5 descents, lowest 10% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from 15% of band)	1.8 (mean shared-climb pctile 46%)	36
26	Hossain Tefaili	23 (4 descents, lowest -26% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from 0% of band)	1.6 (mean shared-climb pctile 56%)	43
27	Tushar Pokle	52 (7 descents, lowest 28% of band)	0.0	1.6 (mean shared-climb pctile 39%)	37
28	Gary Herman	17 (5 descents, lowest -27% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from 11% of band)	2.0 (mean shared-climb pctile 53%)	40
29	Neill Hollingsworth	9 (20 descents, lowest -45% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from -21% of band)	1.1 (mean shared-climb pctile 56%)	38
30	Peter Tolhurst	-13 (2 descents, lowest -19% of band)	0.0	1.1 (mean shared-climb pctile 50%)	42
31	Mario Chapa	—	0.0	—	8
32	Andrew Sutton	—	0.0	—	57
33	James McGinty	—	1.0 (deepest save from 8% of band)	—	45
34	Peter Garrone	—	0.0	—	29
35	Damian Hamilton	—	0.0	—	47
36	Mark Jeffree	3 (4 descents, lowest -23% of band)	1.0 (deepest save from -13% of band)	—	55
37	Andrew Taylor	-3 (5 descents, lowest -40% of band)	0.0	—	45
38	Cedric Joyce	8 (3 descents, lowest -33% of band)	2.0 (deepest save from 12% of band)	—	45
39	Wayne Johnston	22 (2 descents, lowest 15% of band)	0.0	—	41
40	Michael Free	—	1.0 (deepest save from -17% of band)	—	43
41	Troy Horton	18 (3 descents, lowest -10% of band)	0.0	—	45
42	Rennick Kerr	—	0.0	—	53
43	Brett Davis	—	0.0	—	67
44	John Harriott	—	0.0	—	64
45	Andrew Berenyi	—	0.0	—	46
46	Ward Gunn	—	0.0	—	100
47	Marty Hearne	—	—	—	—
48	Jason Lannstrom	—	0.0	—	100

Share of race time spent hunting for the next climb

Measured in percent · lower is better

Time that goes into neither a climb nor progress down the course. This is the time spent to find lift, to stay up, and to decide what to do next. The value is the share of the speed-section time, from the start to ESS or to the landing, in which the pilot neither climbed in a thermal nor glided with real net speed. A lower value means less time lost between climbs.

Speed-section phase shares, field p25/median/p75: climb 26/33/36% · glide 28/33/37% · search 29/37/45%

best: clear pattern (0.73)

#	Pilot	InGaggle%	Marked%	LeaveWin%
1	Olav Opsanger	85	75 (42/56 climbs marked)	100 (3W–0L (3 departures))
2	Rory Duncan	32	53 (16/30 climbs marked)	100 (4W–0L (4 departures))
3	Trent Brown	62	45 (21/47 climbs marked)	100 (6W–0L (6 departures))
4	Mitch Butler	62	66 (35/53 climbs marked)	75 (3W–1L (4 departures))
5	Steve Docherty	46	56 (25/45 climbs marked)	100 (2W–0L (2 departures))
6	Bruce Wynne	22	14 (3/22 climbs marked)	75 (3W–1L (4 departures))
7	Steven Crosby	71	65 (31/48 climbs marked)	—
8	Neale Halsall	53	72 (49/68 climbs marked)	67 (2W–1L (3 departures))
9	Steve Blenkinsop	50	51 (19/37 climbs marked)	0 (0W–1L (1 departure))
10	Rohan Taylor	63	57 (42/74 climbs marked)	50 (1W–1L (2 departures))
11	Peter Adriaans	43	47 (27/57 climbs marked)	100 (1W–0L (1 departure))
12	Richard Martin	45	56 (24/43 climbs marked)	75 (3W–1L (4 departures))
13	Jon Durand	67	48 (16/33 climbs marked)	67 (2W–1L (3 departures))
14	Dustan Hansen	9	21 (8/38 climbs marked)	—
15	Todd Wisewould	34	58 (31/53 climbs marked)	—
16	Stuart Cathcart	56	48 (11/23 climbs marked)	50 (1W–1L (2 departures))
17	Jay Kubeil	50	69 (24/35 climbs marked)	100 (1W–0L (1 departure))
18	Vic Hare	48	55 (12/22 climbs marked)	100 (4W–0L (4 departures))
19	Neil Hooke	60	61 (17/28 climbs marked)	—
20	James Atkinson	68	56 (20/36 climbs marked)	50 (1W–1L (2 departures))
21	Adrian Connor	31	29 (7/24 climbs marked)	50 (1W–1L (2 departures))
22	Enda Carrigan	32	64 (16/25 climbs marked)	50 (2W–2L (4 departures))
23	Bruce Atkinson	34	53 (8/15 climbs marked)	0 (0W–1L (1 departure))
24	Hughbert Alexander	45	14 (4/28 climbs marked)	50 (1W–1L (2 departures))
25	Peter Burkitt	39	80 (20/25 climbs marked)	0 (0W–1L (1 departure))
26	Hossain Tefaili	38	67 (16/24 climbs marked)	0 (0W–2L (2 departures))
27	Tushar Pokle	4	0 (0/23 climbs marked)	—
28	Gary Herman	43	67 (12/18 climbs marked)	0 (0W–3L (3 departures))
29	Neill Hollingsworth	5	6 (2/33 climbs marked)	—
30	Peter Tolhurst	37	52 (11/21 climbs marked)	—
31	Mario Chapa	23	—	—
32	Andrew Sutton	63	67 (6/9 climbs marked)	100 (1W–0L (1 departure))
33	James McGinty	0	0 (0/11 climbs marked)	—
34	Peter Garrone	50	57 (4/7 climbs marked)	—
35	Damian Hamilton	0	0 (0/10 climbs marked)	—
36	Mark Jeffree	0	0 (0/20 climbs marked)	—
37	Andrew Taylor	0	0 (0/22 climbs marked)	—
38	Cedric Joyce	36	40 (2/5 climbs marked)	—
39	Wayne Johnston	0	0 (0/7 climbs marked)	—
40	Michael Free	0	0 (0/7 climbs marked)	—
41	Troy Horton	0	0 (0/8 climbs marked)	—
42	Rennick Kerr	0	0 (0/10 climbs marked)	—
43	Brett Davis	0	0 (0/8 climbs marked)	—
44	John Harriott	0	0 (0/4 climbs marked)	—
45	Andrew Berenyi	0	—	—
46	Ward Gunn	0	—	—
47	Marty Hearne	—	—	—
48	Jason Lannstrom	0	—	—

Time spent flying with a gaggle

Measured in percent · no expected direction

Whether the pilot raced with other pilots or alone. The value is the share of their flying time after the start inside a detected gaggle, that is, clustered with one other racing pilot or more on the shared time grid. There is no expected direction. A gaggle increases the power to search for lift, but it also holds a pilot to its own speed. The sign of the correlation says which of the two occurred here.

67 gaggle episodes detected (peak size 13 pilots).

best: clear pattern (0.61)

#	Pilot	StartDly	TimeLost	Behind	Spare m	FinalGl
1	Olav Opsanger	3	208	10.4	-61	9.05 (left last climb 10.3 km out at 1429 m)
2	Rory Duncan	141	215	0.0	-188	9.62 (left last climb 10.2 km out at 1356 m)
3	Trent Brown	8	45	11.1	-117	9.37 (left last climb 10.3 km out at 1390 m)
4	Mitch Butler	60	1167	24.2	9	8.74 (left last climb 5.3 km out at 892 m)
5	Steve Docherty	172	185	16.0	-48	9.08 (left last climb 7.8 km out at 1149 m)
6	Bruce Wynne	17	1905	34.4	-33	9.35 (left last climb 7.7 km out at 1119 m)
7	Steven Crosby	10	1000	35.9	188	7.10 (left last climb 8.2 km out at 1446 m)
8	Neale Halsall	76	954	38.0	-72	9.24 (left last climb 7.4 km out at 1093 m)
9	Steve Blenkinsop	150	584	—	—	12.32 (left last climb 14.9 km out at 1500 m)
10	Rohan Taylor	13	1221	—	—	16.51 (left last climb 8.5 km out at 805 m)
11	Peter Adriaans	25	751	—	—	11.51 (left last climb 10.0 km out at 1161 m)
12	Richard Martin	752	1146	—	—	14.53 (left last climb 10.4 km out at 1008 m)
13	Jon Durand	2	84	—	—	15.15 (left last climb 13.9 km out at 1209 m)
14	Dustan Hansen	3032	538	—	—	20.77 (left last climb 10.6 km out at 801 m)
15	Todd Wisewould	929	1527	—	—	5.17 (left last climb 9.0 km out at 2026 m)
16	Stuart Cathcart	12	1506	—	—	7.90 (left last climb 10.5 km out at 1624 m)
17	Jay Kubeil	88	942	—	—	8.14 (left last climb 10.4 km out at 1568 m)
18	Vic Hare	72	0	—	—	8.67 (left last climb 8.7 km out at 1299 m)
19	Neil Hooke	235	1312	—	—	5.55 (left last climb 8.3 km out at 1794 m)
20	James Atkinson	200	827	—	—	21.34 (left last climb 5.4 km out at 542 m)
21	Adrian Connor	857	905	—	—	6.67 (left last climb 8.4 km out at 1553 m)
22	Enda Carrigan	858	1304	—	—	7.53 (left last climb 6.8 km out at 1190 m)
23	Bruce Atkinson	868	1654	—	—	7.10 (left last climb 6.8 km out at 1248 m)
24	Hughbert Alexander	183	1004	—	—	176.15 (left last climb 6.7 km out at 329 m)
25	Peter Burkitt	190	987	—	—	12.00 (left last climb 10.8 km out at 1194 m)
26	Hossain Tefaili	1003	2103	—	—	11.69 (left last climb 12.2 km out at 1332 m)
27	Tushar Pokle	3673	2846	—	—	2.26 (left last climb 4.7 km out at 2350 m)
28	Gary Herman	822	1845	—	—	36.83 (left last climb 11.9 km out at 613 m)
29	Neill Hollingsworth	4641	1274	—	—	79.25 (left last climb 12.4 km out at 448 m)
30	Peter Tolhurst	660	668	—	—	17.37 (left last climb 8.7 km out at 792 m)
31	Mario Chapa	281	604	—	—	4.15 (left last climb 8.3 km out at 2297 m)
32	Andrew Sutton	671	290	—	—	8.56 (left last climb 10.9 km out at 1569 m)
33	James McGinty	1066	442	—	—	8.71 (left last climb 10.7 km out at 1515 m)
34	Peter Garrone	710	332	—	—	41.31 (left last climb 11.6 km out at 572 m)
35	Damian Hamilton	2989	1424	—	—	6.64 (left last climb 11.4 km out at 2002 m)
36	Mark Jeffree	292	2983	—	—	11.25 (left last climb 11.7 km out at 1328 m)
37	Andrew Taylor	4146	1512	—	—	27.33 (left last climb 15.0 km out at 841 m)
38	Cedric Joyce	7470	2824	—	—	44.95 (left last climb 13.0 km out at 580 m)
39	Wayne Johnston	2779	118	—	—	15.46 (left last climb 12.8 km out at 1120 m)
40	Michael Free	2748	822	—	—	14.89 (left last climb 13.5 km out at 1200 m)
41	Troy Horton	-99	97	—	—	26.03 (left last climb 13.6 km out at 815 m)
42	Rennick Kerr	4694	—	—	—	11.88 (left last climb 10.8 km out at 1198 m)
43	Brett Davis	2678	—	—	—	10.82 (left last climb 8.5 km out at 1073 m)
44	John Harriott	56	—	—	—	10.47 (left last climb 6.3 km out at 893 m)
45	Andrew Berenyi	6119	—	—	—	6.76 (left last climb 4.2 km out at 917 m)
46	Ward Gunn	680	—	—	—	—
47	Marty Hearne	—	—	—	—	—
48	Jason Lannstrom	2905	—	—	—	—

How long after the gate opened the pilot started

Measured in seconds · lower is better

Every second between the opening of the gate and the crossing of the start line is a second lost for nothing. The value is the seconds from the start gate taken to the scored SSS crossing. On an elapsed-time task, the pilot’s own crossing is the reference, so the delay is 0 by definition. The start table adds the crossing altitude, and the distance behind the leading pilot who had already started.

Start execution

Pilot	Delay	Alt m	Band %	Behind km
Olav Opsanger	0:03	1819	73	7.6
Rory Duncan	2:21	1949	83	10.7
Trent Brown	0:08	1835	74	7.5
Mitch Butler	1:00	1944	83	7.8
Steve Docherty	2:52	1884	78	10.3
Bruce Wynne	0:17	2103	96	7.4
Steven Crosby	0:10	2003	88	7.7
Neale Halsall	1:16	1846	75	8.1
Steve Blenkinsop	2:30	1975	86	10.6
Rohan Taylor	0:13	1924	81	7.8
Peter Adriaans	0:25	1910	80	7.8
Richard Martin	12:32	1978	86	10.7
Jon Durand	0:02	1889	79	7.5
Dustan Hansen	50:32	2098	95	9.0
Todd Wisewould	15:29	1886	78	9.7
Stuart Cathcart	0:12	1939	83	7.8
Jay Kubeil	1:28	1837	74	10.4
Vic Hare	1:12	1908	80	8.0
Neil Hooke	3:55	1622	57	3.8
James Atkinson	3:20	1832	74	3.6
Adrian Connor	14:17	1862	76	8.4
Enda Carrigan	14:18	1869	77	10.6
Bruce Atkinson	14:28	2055	92	8.4
Hughbert Alexander	3:03	1929	82	3.7
Peter Burkitt	3:10	1723	65	9.7
Hossain Tefaili	16:43	1911	80	11.0
Tushar Pokle	61:13	2092	95	10.0
Gary Herman	13:42	1922	81	7.7
Neill Hollingsworth	77:21	1638	58	9.2
Peter Tolhurst	11:00	1976	86	10.2
Mario Chapa	4:41	1754	68	10.6
Andrew Sutton	11:11	1969	85	10.1
James McGinty	17:46	1518	49	9.7
Peter Garrone	11:50	1851	76	10.7
Damian Hamilton	49:49	1904	80	9.1
Mark Jeffree	4:52	1149	19	11.3
Andrew Taylor	69:06	1722	65	10.6
Cedric Joyce	124:30	1411	40	12.1
Wayne Johnston	46:19	1801	72	10.2
Michael Free	45:48	1248	27	10.7
Troy Horton	-1:39	1602	56	0.0
Rennick Kerr	78:14	1582	54	9.8
Brett Davis	44:38	1107	16	10.2
John Harriott	0:56	1467	45	7.7
Andrew Berenyi	101:59	973	5	11.5
Ward Gunn	11:20	401	-41	8.2
Jason Lannstrom	48:25	398	-41	9.0

Delay = gate taken → SSS crossing. Behind km = extra distance to the next turnpoint vs the furthest-along already-started pilot at the moment of this start (time grid).

Race time lost against the fastest pilots, leg by leg

Measured in seconds · lower is better

For each completed speed-section leg, we compare the leg time of the pilot with the mean of the top 10 pilots by rank who completed that leg. Only the losses count, and we add them together. The sum of the leg times is the race time, and the rank defines the reference, so this metric follows the result by construction. Read the waterfall table, which shows every leg against the task winner, for the diagnosis. Do not read the correlation as a finding.

Rory Duncan, over 5 compared legs: -12:41 overall. — marks a leg the pilot or the winner did not complete; the table below has every pilot.

Leg waterfall — leg time vs the task winner

Pilot	SSS→TINTAL	TINTAL→CUDGWE	CUDGWE→KANGCK	KANGCK→TOOMA	TOOMA→ESS	Total
Olav Opsanger	+0:00	+0:00	+0:00	+0:00	+0:00	+0:00
Rory Duncan	-0:54	-13:57	-2:32	+9:15	-4:32	-12:41
Trent Brown	-0:40	-2:03	+2:37	+0:11	+0:31	+0:36
Mitch Butler	-1:50	+7:08	-3:56	+0:44	+10:47	+12:52
Steve Docherty	+0:15	-0:37	+3:52	+0:21	-1:01	+2:50
Bruce Wynne	-4:05	-10:06	+25:55	+18:48	-6:43	+23:50
Steven Crosby	-0:32	+0:38	+16:38	+3:54	+4:49	+25:27
Neale Halsall	-0:58	-1:10	+10:46	+13:14	+4:31	+26:23
Steve Blenkinsop	+0:37	-6:01	-4:52	+13:54	—	+3:39
Rohan Taylor	-0:42	+0:21	+24:32	-3:37	—	+20:35
Peter Adriaans	+0:28	+2:47	+6:30	+11:29	—	+21:13
Richard Martin	-1:54	+1:09	-4:11	+21:03	—	+16:07
Jon Durand	-1:05	-1:40	+5:16	+6:10	—	+8:40
Dustan Hansen	+1:42	+3:48	-8:36	-2:03	—	-5:09
Todd Wisewould	-0:53	+22:53	+5:57	+1:14	—	+29:10
Stuart Cathcart	-0:02	-0:58	+29:56	+1:23	—	+30:18
Jay Kubeil	+12:57	-0:43	+0:06	+1:25	—	+13:46
Vic Hare	-0:55	-5:37	+0:15	—	—	-6:17
Neil Hooke	+5:53	+6:12	+13:37	—	—	+25:42
James Atkinson	+4:44	+0:28	+12:25	—	—	+17:37
Adrian Connor	+1:59	+9:39	+6:46	—	—	+18:24
Enda Carrigan	+15:07	+3:09	-1:10	—	—	+17:07
Bruce Atkinson	+1:59	+22:07	—	—	—	+24:06
Hughbert Alexander	+2:56	+10:21	—	—	—	+13:17
Peter Burkitt	+1:03	+11:57	—	—	—	+12:59
Hossain Tefaili	-2:11	+32:28	—	—	—	+30:17
Tushar Pokle	+24:23	+19:35	—	—	—	+43:58
Gary Herman	+2:52	+24:25	—	—	—	+27:17
Neill Hollingsworth	+6:34	+11:12	—	—	—	+17:47
Peter Tolhurst	+10:15	—	—	—	—	+10:15
Mario Chapa	+9:11	—	—	—	—	+9:11
Andrew Sutton	+3:57	—	—	—	—	+3:57
James McGinty	+6:29	—	—	—	—	+6:29
Peter Garrone	+4:39	—	—	—	—	+4:39
Damian Hamilton	+22:51	—	—	—	—	+22:51
Mark Jeffree	+48:50	—	—	—	—	+48:50
Andrew Taylor	+24:19	—	—	—	—	+24:19
Cedric Joyce	+46:11	—	—	—	—	+46:11
Wayne Johnston	+1:05	—	—	—	—	+1:05
Michael Free	+12:49	—	—	—	—	+12:49
Troy Horton	+0:44	—	—	—	—	+0:44

Each cell is the leg time of this pilot minus the leg time of the winner. A + value is slower than the winner, and a − value is faster. A — means that the pilot or the winner did not complete the leg.

The scalar metric instead adds the losses against the mean of the top 10 pilots who completed each leg. A leg flown faster than that reference contributes 0.

Race time behind the leader at ESS

Measured in minutes · lower is better

At each speed-section turnpoint, we compare the elapsed race time of the pilot, which is the reaching time minus their own start, with the fastest pilot to that turnpoint. The value is the minutes behind at ESS. It follows the final rank almost exactly, because this metric is the sanity check of the evaluation.

A line that stops early is a pilot who landed. The top 5 are coloured; the table below has every pilot.

Horserace — minutes behind the leader at each turnpoint

Pilot	ELLIOT	TINTAL	CUDGWE	KANGCK	TOOMA	CORRY	CORRY
Olav Opsanger	1.7	3.8	13.9	15.1	5.8	10.4	10.4
Rory Duncan	4.0	5.2	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Trent Brown	1.8	3.3	11.3	15.1	6.0	11.1	11.1
Mitch Butler	2.6	2.9	20.2	17.4	8.9	24.2	24.2
Steve Docherty	4.5	6.9	16.4	21.4	12.5	16.0	16.0
Bruce Wynne	1.9	0.0	0.0	27.1	36.6	34.4	34.4
Steven Crosby	1.8	3.4	14.2	31.9	26.6	35.9	35.9
Neale Halsall	2.9	4.1	13.0	24.9	28.9	38.0	38.0
Steve Blenkinsop	4.1	6.9	11.0	7.3	11.9	—	—
Rohan Taylor	1.9	3.3	13.8	39.5	26.6	—	—
Peter Adriaans	2.1	4.7	17.5	25.2	27.4	—	—
Richard Martin	14.2	14.4	25.7	22.6	34.4	—	—
Jon Durand	1.7	2.7	11.2	17.6	14.5	—	—
Dustan Hansen	52.2	56.0	69.9	62.5	51.2	—	—
Todd Wisewould	17.1	18.4	51.4	58.5	50.4	—	—
Stuart Cathcart	1.9	3.9	13.1	44.2	36.3	—	—
Jay Kubeil	3.1	18.2	27.6	28.9	21.0	—	—
Vic Hare	2.9	4.1	8.6	10.0	—	—	—
Neil Hooke	5.6	13.6	29.9	44.7	—	—	—
James Atkinson	5.0	11.9	22.4	36.0	—	—	—
Adrian Connor	15.9	20.0	39.8	47.7	—	—	—
Enda Carrigan	16.0	33.2	46.5	46.4	—	—	—
Bruce Atkinson	16.1	20.2	52.5	—	—	—	—
Hughbert Alexander	4.7	9.8	30.2	—	—	—	—
Peter Burkitt	4.8	8.0	30.0	—	—	—	—
Hossain Tefaili	18.4	18.3	60.9	—	—	—	—
Tushar Pokle	62.9	89.4	119.1	—	—	—	—
Gary Herman	15.3	20.4	54.9	—	—	—	—
Neill Hollingsworth	79.0	87.7	109.0	—	—	—	—
Peter Tolhurst	12.7	25.0	—	—	—	—	—
Mario Chapa	6.3	17.6	—	—	—	—	—
Andrew Sutton	12.8	18.9	—	—	—	—	—
James McGinty	19.4	28.0	—	—	—	—	—
Peter Garrone	13.5	20.3	—	—	—	—	—
Damian Hamilton	51.5	76.5	—	—	—	—	—
Mark Jeffree	6.5	57.5	—	—	—	—	—
Andrew Taylor	70.8	97.2	—	—	—	—	—
Cedric Joyce	126.1	174.5	—	—	—	—	—
Wayne Johnston	48.0	51.2	—	—	—	—	—
Michael Free	47.5	62.4	—	—	—	—	—
Troy Horton	0.0	2.9	—	—	—	—	—
Rennick Kerr	79.9	—	—	—	—	—	—
Brett Davis	46.3	—	—	—	—	—	—
John Harriott	2.6	—	—	—	—	—	—
Andrew Berenyi	103.6	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ward Gunn	13.0	—	—	—	—	—	—
Jason Lannstrom	50.1	—	—	—	—	—	—

The elapsed race time, from the pilot’s own start, minus the fastest elapsed time to that turnpoint. A — means that the pilot did not reach the turnpoint.

Arriving at ESS with height to spare

Measured in metres · lower is better

Height still available at ESS that the pilot no longer needed. That altitude was available for more speed, and the pilot did not use it. The value is the altitude at ESS minus the altitude needed to glide to goal at the standard glide ratio of the sport, which is 5.0 for HG and 4.0 for PG (S7F §13.4.6). A large positive margin means the pilot arrived too high. A margin near zero means they flew the final glide with little height to spare.

ESS altitude margin over final glide: top-10 median -54 m (n=8).

Metric details

Day profile & windbest: could be chance (0.19)

Climbingbest: clear pattern (0.55)

Glidingbest: clear pattern (0.83)

Glide speed between climbs

Decision-makingbest: clear pattern (0.74)

Share of race time spent hunting for the next climb

Gagglebest: clear pattern (0.73)

Time spent flying with a gaggle

Race craftbest: clear pattern (0.61)

best: could be chance (0.19)

best: clear pattern (0.55)

best: clear pattern (0.83)

best: clear pattern (0.74)

best: clear pattern (0.73)

best: clear pattern (0.61)