Women's Worlds

On Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 9:06:57 PM UTC-6, Charlie Quebec wrote:
Lucky that the other competitor got a zero on the first day. To come back from a zero to 10th, and close enough a first day score of less than 850 would have seen the French girl win.


Both French pilots flew exceptionally well except for the one bad outcome on Day 1. However, I would quibble with you that this represented a potentially decisively lucky break for Sarah.

If you look more closely at the scores, Sarah smoked the entire field on Day 1. The French pilots flew as a tight team, as is common. They were typically within 40-50 points of each other each day and the average points spread between them outside Day 1 was less than six points - the expected result of such a tight team strategy. On Day 1 the other French Pilot scored 752 points, so if they had flown together and finished together the French pilot who got a zero on Day 1 would still have come up 112 points short in the end. On only one day did the differential between the two French pilots exceed 112 points - it was 117 points and it cut the other way.

So my conclusion is it its extraordinarily unlikely that undoing the Day 1 zero score would've resulted in any difference on the top podium spot. It would most likely have resulted in a different outcome in 3rd place - which is nothing to sneeze at.

Congrats to all on some great soaring performances.

Andy Blackburn
9B

Aude flew the task on day one and placed second before the penalty. But it's a pointless discussion - Sarah undoubtedly would have flown differently if there was someone hot on the heels. Well done to Sarah.

On Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 10:06:57 PM UTC-5, Charlie Quebec wrote:
Lucky that the other competitor got a zero on the first day. To come back from a zero to 10th, and close enough a first day score of less than 850 would have seen the French girl win.

Your tombstone should say

"He Threw Shade Everywhere He Went"

T8

Woohoo Team USA!

Congratulations Sarah!

All the best,
Daniel