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Did You Know...

... that SDC Core dominates the 4-way VFS world?

Gold medals at the FAI Mondial 2016
posted Oct 23rd, 2016 - The 8-way lineup of the Golden Knights is not the only U.S. team in complete control of their event at this point in time. VFS team SDC Core has shown the same dominance this year, and the latest victory was completed yesterday at the USPA Nationals.

This time, the U.S. teams tried to interfere with the defending VFS champion. The same four teams who took on SDC Core at last year's national championships were back on Friday to challenge the currently best indoor and outdoor team in the world.

They had even less of a chance than a year ago, and the distance between 1st and 2nd (Arizona Arsenal) grew from 19 to 40 points. Arsenal was able to outscore Core twice at the USPA Nationals 2015 and did not win a round at this year's event. Core posted all highscores of the 8-round meet. Other than that, the same four U.S. teams behind SDC Core also finished in exactly the same order as in Eloy last year.

USPA Nationals 2016
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Rank4-way VFSH,14,416,G,6B,L,A,E,1512,13,J9,D,211,F,5I,7,M,K3,1,10TotalAvg
1SDC Core192024291918172216821.0
2Arizona Arsenal151421261212111712816.0
3Arizona X Force131217141212131811113.9
4Golden Knights10136281013141510913.6
5Skydive California Super Serious111016211212111510813.5
6Drive Dysnutz8651388513668.3
SDC Core's 2016 lineup
The U.S. teams don't have to feel bad about this hopeless situation, as they are in the same boat, together with all other VFS teams in the world. SDC Core recently won the outdoor gold medals at the FAI Mondial and then the indoor world title at Flyspot in Poland.

SDC Core allowed only Evolution to win a round at the Mondial, and this was only caused by an ominous loss of seven points in Round 3.

The U.S. team then posted seven of the eight highscores at the FAI Indoor World Cup and allowed Golden Knights and Fly Definition to tie the 23-pointer in Round 8, which was also caused by two penalties. The other U.S. teams in Eloy were not able to keep up with Core in any of the eight rounds.

FAI Mondial 2016
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Rank4-way VFSL,15,76,D,316,B,8K,G,12,IN,14,E,MJ,2,1H,10,F,17C,A,11,13TotalAvg
1SDC CoreUS19(-1)21(-1)19(-7)19(-1)2030182216821.0
2EvolutionCA17(-2)15(-1)231814(-3)29(-1)1718(-3)15118.9
3TransfertFR1914(-1)21(-1)1618(-1)2913(-1)18(-2)14818.5
4Vertical FlystationRU12(-2)11(-1)12(-8)11(-1)13(-1)19(-2)13(-1)1710813.5
5ElementBE12101611(-1)1221(-1)81610613.3
5FocusAU11(-3)8(-2)15(-3)1014(-1)2410(-1)1410613.3
7Blue PelicanNO129(-1)19(-1)12(-1)12(-1)227(-1)1210513.1
8Omni 99UK7(-1)5(-2)9(-4)98(-2)154(-1)12698.6
Gold with Dubai Nexus at the FAI World Cup 2013
SDC Core was 17 points ahead of Evolution (Canada) at the Mondial and 27 points ahead of Flystation (Russia) at the FAI Indoor World Cup, then 40 points ahead of Arizona Arsenal yesterday. There has not been much serious competition for the U.S. world champions ever since the French Team4speed retired after Prostejov 2014.

SDC Core never met Team4speed in a competition, as the U.S. team was launched when Jason Russell and Stephanie Strange left Dubai Nexus after the 4th Dubai International Parachuting Championship 2013. They had just outscored the French team for the third time, with Timothy McMaster, Derek Cox and Earl David on camera for the Dubai team.

Golden Knights and SDC Core were the only U.S. teams in the Formation Skydiving events at the FAI Indoor World Cup where they won gold and bronze. The Golden Knights now ended up without a USPA medal in 4th place, while SDC Core defended the gold medals successfully.

FAI Indoor World Cup 2016
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Rank4-way VFS13,14,7A,B,8,ML,11,G,F1,K,H,1710,4,1512,3,616,E,I,ND,C,9,5TotalAvg
1SDC CoreUS333834272335262323929.9
2FlystationRU293433252026232221226.5
3Golden KnightsUS283329242227242321026.3
4Flyspot DefinitionPL293629221622242320125.1
5TEEM iFLY TorontoCA242724191519181616220.3
6ElementBE232521161621181615619.5
7Skyriders SpeedflyPL202218151423161414217.8
8team aVFSomePL192018161321121413316.6
9Wait For ItFI1213867997718.9
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