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James McGinty

Corryong Cup 2025 · Task 1 (Open) (Sun, 5 Jan 2025) · open · ranked #54 · times in Australia/Melbourne (GMT+11)

Officially: 55th · 0 pts (AirScore)

Scores computed · FAI S7F 2026

Early start beyond the limit — scored minimum distance — 43.7 points

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The flight

What the tracklog shows, and which crossings scored.

How this works

Crossed the start 23:32 before the first start gate opened at 13:30:00 — an early start ("jumping the gun", FAI S7F §13.3). The speed-section clock runs from the first gate.

Day quality — points on offer

Task validity 90.17% of a perfect day, so 901.7 of 1000 points were available.

How this works

Launch validity — the day counts for less if much of the field never got into the air.100%

55 pilots flew out of 55 present. Nominal launch is 96%, so launch validity is full once 53 pilots are in the air.

Distance validity — the day counts for less if the field as a whole did not get far.100%

Measured against a 35.0 km nominal distance, a 30% nominal goal and a 5.0 km minimum distance. The field flew 28.3 km past the minimum on average, with a best of 50.4 km.

How far the field got — the spread distance validity is computed from, one dot per pilot. 55 pilots flew; you flew 5.0 km, further than 0 of them. The day averaged 28.3 km past the 5.0 km minimum, against a 35.0 km nominal distance.
Time validity — the day counts for less if the fastest pilot got round much quicker than the task was meant to take.90.17%

The fastest pilot took 1:03:47 against a nominal task time of 1:30:00 — 70.9% of nominal.

Points on offer for the day901.7 pts

1000 × 1.00 × 1.00 × 0.9017 = 901.7

Split between the components: 25 of 55 pilots made goal — a goal ratio of 0.45

distance 398.5 · time 503.2

The share each component takes of the day

distance 44.2% · time 55.8%

Leading weight follows the FAI S7F 2026 §11 formula: 18% of the non-distance weight (the task's Leading Time Ratio) goes to leading.

Distance points

43.7 of 398.5 pts

Equal 54th furthest of 55

How this works

Early start of 23:32 — more than the 300 s jump-the-gun limit (FAI S7F §13.3), so the flight is scored as the minimum distance.
Task distance50.4 km

The optimized task line — the shortest legal way round the turnpoints.

Scored distance5.0 km

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

Best distance in class50.4 km
Linear half — half the available points scale with your share of the best distance19.8 pts

0.5 × (5.0 km ÷ 50.4 km) × 398.5 = 19.8

Difficulty half — rewards flying past stretches where many pilots landed23.9 pts

The difficulty curve is built from where the whole field landed out (FAI S7F §12.1.1).

The curve is the distance-points formula, half of it built from where the field landed out (FAI S7F §12.1.1) — every dot is a pilot, sitting exactly on it. Its steepest stretches are the ones fewest pilots got past, so flying through one is worth more than the same distance somewhere easy. You flew 5.0 km of the class best 50.4 km, worth 43.7 of 398.5.

Time points

0 of 503.2 pts

How this works

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

Total

43.7 of 901.7 pts

How this works

Distance + time + leading + arrival, minus penalties43.7 pts

round(43.7 + 0.0, 1 dp) = 43.7

Where the points went

Your 43.7 against the 901.7 that won the class.

How this works

Distance−354.8 pts

you 43.7, the leader 398.5

Time−503.2 pts

you 0, the leader 503.2

Behind Jon Durand−858 pts

Spread across time-points and distance-points — time-points the largest, at 503.2.