posted May 29th, 2026 - The NSL News coverage following the 4-way competition at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2026 concludes with the British delegation of five teams. NFTO posted scores on the 4-way Women leaderboard, while Kairos, Mimic, Friendship is Magic and Sora competed in 4-way Open.

All five teams had also appeared on the same leaderboard at the British Indoor Nationals, which took place at Weembi Lille in November 2025 — the same wind tunnel that later hosted the FAI Indoor World Cup. The finishing order at the national indoor championship was identical to the results on the combined AAA Class leaderboard at the FAI Indoor World Cup, with the British teams remaining closely matched at both events.

NFTO competed with a different lineup at the national indoor championship, where British skydiving legend Pete Allum joined three members of the female NFTO lineup — Vana Parker, Sian Stokes and Julia Swallow. Pete Allum, together with Anna Lea, Vana Parker and Julia Swallow, had previously represented Great Britain at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2025 in 4-way Open, where they finished in 5th place with a 26.1 average. Former Chimera member Sarah Ashworth replaced Pete Allum at Weembi Lille last month, and NFTO returned to the 4-way Women category. The team finished in 4th place with a 23.3 average.

British Indoor Open 2025			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		12,H,9	F,A,P,8	5,J,18	L,11,3	17,14,M	15,20,10	G,2,C,4	21,N,16	B,6,O,22	E,D,7,1	Total	Avg
1	NFTO	UK	25	34	26	24	28	19	24	24	26	32	262	26.2
2	Kairos	UK	19	33	21	19	23	16	19	17	23	28	218	21.8
3	E4 Got	UK	20	24	19	17	20	11	17	18	19	23	188	18.8
4	Mimic	UK	19	27	16	14	18	14	17	16	16	22	179	17.9
5	Slam	UK	16	21	16	15	17	10	16	16	18	23	168	16.8
6	Friendship is Magic	UK	19	21	14	16	17	10	12	15	16	23	163	16.3
7	Sora	UK	16	26	14	10	16	11	14	14	17	21	159	15.9
8	Axis	UK	14	19	14	11	13	10	15	14	17	18	145	14.5
9	Scratch Aces	UK	15	19	12	9	16	11	10	13	16	18	139	13.9
10	Strawberriy Capybaras	UK	14	19	13	10	13	11	13	14	14	17	138	13.8
11	Nakama	UK	14	21	11	11	11	11	13	13	16	16	137	13.7
12	Vantage	UK	11	18	11	12	13	11	13	14	14	13	130	13.0
13	Kill Switch	UK	13	17	11	11	12	9	12	11	13	17	126	12.6

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Mimic - Friendship is Magic - Sora at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2026

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NFTO, with Pete Allum in the lineup, were still well ahead of Kairos at the British Indoor Championship in November (262 - 218). Kairos then improved their performance level by another average point at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2026, posting a new team record average of 22.8 and moving within striking distance of their British rivals on the 4-way Women leaderboard (233 - 228).

The rivalry between Kairos and NFTO across two different leaderboards has become a unique storyline since Tano Parker joined Kairos, as reported by the NSL News on 23 March 2025. His mother, Vana Parker, has been a member of NFTO since 2016 and continues to compete regularly in 4-way events. She also serves as a member of the FAI/ISC Formation Skydiving Committee.

The FAI Indoor World Cup marked the fifth occasion on which Vana Parker and Tano Parker competed against each other on different teams, even though NFTO appeared on a separate leaderboard last month. Vana Parker also competed with Dynos at the Wind Games 2026 following the British Indoor Nationals in 2025. Tano Parker is clearly closing the gap as Kairos continue to improve their scoring level consistently. Kairos also compete in outdoor 4-way, and Tano Parker earned his first national outdoor bronze medal at last year’s championship, an event that NFTO did not attend.

FAI Indoor World Cup 2026			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way AAA Combined		J,20,C,4		10,O,L,M		B,21,N,H		14,F,3		18,16,9		E,6,8		19,1,Q		G,5,12		P,D,17,22		15,11,2		Total	Avg
1	Aethers	FR	33	-1	37		42		30	-1	31		32		33		35		36		27		336	33.6
2	Golden Knights	US	32		34	-1	38	-2	29		29		29		30	-1	30	-1	33		26		310	31.0
3	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	31	-1	32	-3	42		29		30	-1	29		31		29		32	-1	22	-2	307	30.7
4	China Hubei 1	CN	31		35		37	-1	26	-1	30		29		29	-1	30		32		23	-2	302	30.2
5	Siberries	RU	30	-2	33		37		27	-2	28		28	-1	26	-2	29		31		24		293	29.3
6	Skywalkers Most	CZ	28	-3	34	-1	33	-4	28	-1	27		27	-3	28	-2	28	-1	30	-4	24		287	28.7
7	Strike	RU	28	-1	32		36		29		25	-2	26	-2	25	-1	28		32		22	-1	283	28.3
7	Nephtys	FR	29		36		33	-4	25	-2	27		26	-1	28		29		29		21		283	28.3
9	Amnesya Fly X	IT	28	-1	31		34	-3	26		27		25	-3	27	-1	24	-3	28	-1	22		272	27.2
10	16.8.4	RU	25	-1	29	-2	32		24	-1	25	-1	24		26	-1	26	-2	28	-1	22		261	26.1
11	China Hubei 2	CN	27	-2	28	-2	29	-2	24		25	-2	27		25		27	-3	26	-3	20	-2	258	25.8
12	Les Krocmous	FR	26		27		36		24		24		24		23		21	-3	29		21		255	25.5
13	VDV	RU	25	-1	30	-1	29	-5	26		24	-1	26	-1	25	-1	21	-3	26	-1	21		253	25.3
14	Indonesia	ID	25	-3	28	-2	32	-3	24		23	-3	26	-1	24	-2	23	-3	27		16	-6	248	24.8
15	Gen XYZ	BR	26	-1	29	-1	25	-5	23	-1	21	-2	24		25		23	-2	26		19		241	24.1
16	AYRO	BE	25		28		32		22	-1	24		22	-2	23		23	-1	19	-4	21		239	23.9
16	Aerokart Ak'demie	FR	26		25	-1	30	-2	21	-1	20	-2	24		21	-4	23		28		21		239	23.9
18	Trinity	RU	23	-1	26		30		25		23		23		21	-2	22	-1	23	-1	20		236	23.6
19	Out Of The Blue	NL	24	-2	28		32		18	-5	23		21	-3	22	-1	23		25	-1	19	-1	235	23.5
20	NFTO	UK	24	-2	28	-1	32		23	-2	19	-4	18	-3	23		21	-1	25		20		233	23.3
21	Thyra	NO	25		26		27	-1	21		20		24		22	-1	20		25		19		229	22.9
22	Kairos	UK	21	-2	26		28		21		21	-1	24		24		22		23		18		228	22.8
23	XP Angels	US	26		23	-1	25	-2	23		20		22	-2	20	-3	20	-1	24		18	-1	221	22.1
24	Magic 4	LT	20		26		27	-1	21		19		18	-2	23		21		22		16	-1	213	21.3
25	Flyspot Sky4Four	PL	22		26		28	-2	21		19	-2	19	-3	18	-3	22		21		16	-1	212	21.2
25	Bronteroc	HU	21		26		26	-3	21		20	-1	21	-1	20		17	-2	23		17		212	21.2
27	Meltemi Oceanside Illertissen	DE	22		24		27		21		20		22		21		16	-3	21		16	-1	210	21.0
28	Killers of Hopes and Dreams	US	19	-1	25		26	-1	20		19	-1	20		19	-2	19		23		17		207	20.7
29	Oblivion	FR	21		22		25		18	-1	19		22		21		19		21		17		205	20.5
30	Airdrops	CH	19	-1	25		27		17	-3	18	-1	21		21	-2	16	-2	23		16		203	20.3
31	Brasil Blue	BR	19	-2	23	-3	26	-1	17	-2	18	-1	20		21	-1	19		23		16	-1	202	20.2
31	WingX	CH	21	-1	25		25	-2	21		19		17	-2	20	-1	19		21	-1	14	-2	202	20.2
33	Windabona Angels	ES	20		26		27		19	-1	17	-2	21		21	-3	14	-5	19		17		201	20.1
33	Panthers	CZ	19	-3	23	-3	25	-5	19	-1	17	-2	22		21		17	-3	21	-2	17		201	20.1
33	Les Hermines	FR	22		22		23		20		15	-3	19		21		19		23		17		201	20.1
36	Indonesia Women	ID	20	-3	25		23	-4	19	-1	20	-1	19	-2	18	-2	20		19	-1	16	-1	199	19.9
37	Aura Nomads	RU	19	-1	20	-1	19		17	-2	18	-1	20		20		21		23		17	-1	194	19.4
38	Mimic	UK	16	-4	23		24	-1	19		19		19		19	-1	18	-1	20		13	-2	190	19.0
38	AERA Flystation	DE	20		21		23		17		17		19		18	-1	18		21		16		190	19.0
40	Aeroxs	FI	20		21		24	-3	18	-1	16	-1	21		15	-3	17		18	-1	16		186	18.6
41	Valkyrie	IT	16	-3	23		24	-3	11	-5	17		18	-1	18	-2	18	-1	20		14	-2	179	17.9
42	Friendship is Magic	UK	19		21		23		17	-1	16		16	-2	16	-2	14	-4	17	-1	14		173	17.3
43	Thailand	TH	15	-5	24	-2	19	-6	18	-2	15	-3	18	-1	18	-3	10	-7	15	-2	14	-2	166	16.6
44	Sora	UK	14	-3	18		16	-5	12	-2	16		18		16	-1	14	-1	17		13	-1	154	15.4
45	Airows	CH	9	-2	15	-2	18		12	-2	7	-2	13		13	-1	7	-4	13	-1	11		118	11.8

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NFTO - Kairos at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2026

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Kairos won four consecutive rounds over NFTO after a slow start at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2026 and closed the gap to just a single point after Round 8. NFTO then raised the pace again and eventually secured victory in this internal duel by five points overall.

The three other British 4-way Open Class teams were unable to match the pace of either NFTO or Kairos. Both Mimic and Friendship is Magic finished well above their previous scoring levels and increased their lead over Sora, the longest-standing team among the four British 4-way Open Class teams at the FAI Indoor World Cup.

The British delegation of five 4-way teams at Weembi Lille was the second largest among all participating nations. Only the host nation, France, had one additional 4-way team on the combined AAA Class leaderboard.

Great Britain’s three 8-way teams even matched the level of French participation at the event. The NSL News will soon continue with the concluding coverage of the 8-way competition.