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Mitch Butler

Corryong Cup 2026 · Task 2 (Open) (Tue, 6 Jan 2026) · open · ranked #29 · times in Australia/Melbourne (GMT+11)

Officially: 29th · 353 pts (AirScore)

Scores computed · FAI S7F 2026

Landed out at 64.5 km — 347 points

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The flight

What the tracklog shows, and which crossings scored.

How this works

Crossed the start cylinder boundary 13 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.
…and 1 more crossings
The 16:00:27 crossing is the scored start. By the 16:38:21 crossing the flight had already reached TP4 (BIGARA), so treating that as a re-start would mean flying the course again from there — a shorter, later run that scores less.
Start time taken: gate 6 of 7 — the last start gate at or before the crossing. The speed-section clock runs from the gate, not from the crossing (FAI S7F §9.2.4.1).15:45:00

Day quality — points on offer

Task validity 96.83% of a perfect day, so 968.3 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%

37 pilots flew out of 37 present. Nominal launch is 96%, so launch validity is full once 36 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 51.3 km past the minimum on average, with a best of 67.5 km.

How far the field got — the spread distance validity is computed from, one dot per pilot. 37 pilots flew; you flew 64.5 km, further than 8 of them. The day averaged 51.3 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.96.83%

The fastest pilot took 1:16:17 against a nominal task time of 1:30:00 — 84.8% of nominal.

Points on offer for the day968.3 pts

1000 × 1.00 × 1.00 × 0.9683 = 968.3

Split between the components: 28 of 37 pilots made goal — a goal ratio of 0.76

distance 355 · time 613.3

The share each component takes of the day

distance 36.7% · time 63.3%

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

347 of 355 pts

29th furthest of 37

How this works

Task distance67.5 km

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

Scored distance64.5 km

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

Best distance in class67.5 km
Linear half — half the available points scale with your share of the best distance169.5 pts

0.5 × (64.47 km ÷ 67.5 km) × 355 = 169.5

Difficulty half — rewards flying past stretches where many pilots landed177.5 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 64.5 km of the class best 67.5 km, worth 347 of 355.

Time points

0 of 613.3 pts

How this works

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

Total

347 of 968.3 pts

How this works

Distance + time + leading + arrival, minus penalties347 pts

round(347.0 + 0.0, 1 dp) = 347

Where the points went

Your 347 against the 968.3 that won the class.

How this works

Distance−8 pts

you 347, the leader 355

Time−613.3 pts

you 0, the leader 613.3

Behind Olav Opsanger−621.3 pts

Most of the gap — 613.3 of 621.3 points — is time-points.