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Thomas McDonald

Corryong Cup 2026 · Task 3 (Open) (Wed, 7 Jan 2026) · open · ranked #38 · times in Australia/Melbourne (GMT+11)

Officially: 39th · 80 pts (AirScore)

Scores computed · FAI S7F 2026

Landed out at 5.0 km — 53.7 points

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The flight

What the tracklog shows, and which crossings scored.

How this works

Start time taken: gate 1 of 2 — 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).14:00:00

Day quality — points on offer

Task validity 100% of a perfect day, so 1000 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%

38 pilots flew out of 38 present. Nominal launch is 96%, so launch validity is full once 37 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 36.1 km past the minimum on average, with a best of 80.3 km.

How far the field got — the spread distance validity is computed from, one dot per pilot. 38 pilots flew; you flew 5.0 km, further than 0 of them. The day averaged 36.1 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.100%

The fastest pilot took 1:52:17 against a nominal task time of 1:30:00 — the task took as long as it was meant to, so no time devaluation applies.

Points on offer for the day1000 pts

1000 × 1.00 × 1.00 × 1.00 = 1000

Split between the components: 1 of 38 pilots made goal — a goal ratio of 0.03

distance 857.4 · time 142.6

The share each component takes of the day

distance 85.7% · time 14.3%

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

53.7 of 857.4 pts

Equal 37th furthest of 38

How this works

Flew -1.0 km, less than the 5.0 km minimum — scored as the minimum distance.
Task distance80.3 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 class80.3 km
Linear half — half the available points scale with your share of the best distance26.7 pts

0.5 × (5.0 km ÷ 80.3 km) × 857.4 = 26.7

Difficulty half — rewards flying past stretches where many pilots landed27.1 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 80.3 km, worth 53.7 of 857.4.

Time points

0 of 142.6 pts

How this works

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

Total

53.7 of 1000 pts

How this works

Distance + time + leading + arrival, minus penalties53.7 pts

round(53.7 + 0.0, 1 dp) = 53.7

Where the points went

Your 53.7 against the 1000 that won the class.

How this works

Distance−803.7 pts

you 53.7, the leader 857.4

Time−142.6 pts

you 0, the leader 142.6

Behind Rory Duncan−946.3 pts

Most of the gap — 803.7 of 946.3 points — is distance-points.