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Canadians Abandon 1000-point Scoring
Simple and elegant.
Could we add 15 minutes to everyone's time? running, ducking and grinning..... "Bill Feldbaumer" wrote in message m... The Canadians have been experimenting with a new scoring system for soaring contests. They will abandon 1000-point scoring with all its inaccuracies and complexities in 2004. Scoring will be based on distance with the exclusive use of the Time Distance Task. snip With the TDT, the CD specifies a flight time, 3 hours, for example. Some number of mandatory turnpoints is specified. Pilots are free to choose their own turnpoints after that. The CD could also specify a radius around the turnpoints, as is done with the Turn Area Task. The distance achieved by each pilot three hours after his start time is his score. A pilot may be in the air, at the home airport, or have landed out when his time is up. Land outs are scored the same as finishers, by distance; no arbitrary factors are needed. A bonus is given for landing at the home airport. The cumulative scores are simply the sum of the daily distances. The champion is the pilot with the greatest distance for the entire contest. Because the total flight time is a fixed number for the entire contest, the champion also has the highest speed for the total contest. This is, of course, how champions are chosen in other racing sports worldwide. snip |
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