On Monday, 1 January 2018 23:15:07 UTC+2, Paul T wrote:
I think the 2005? Open Europeans in Rayskala Finland had a 1000 k
task with about 17 finishers - all thermal of course! :-) .

Correct, that was the one and only 1000K task in EGC/WGC level competition. Briefing was announced to be early in the morning and I think they were launching right after 10. Some 15m class pilots were furious because they got only 850K task.