posted Aug 8th, 2026 - The NSL Power Rankings for the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2026 have not changed since they were first posted on May 7th, not even after Gary Smith evaluated the situation a few days later, followed by Niklas Hemlin on July 2nd.

The NSL News preview leaderboards also remained unchanged until August 2nd, shortly after Sweden’s Echochamber made a strong start to the 2026 outdoor season at a competition in Gryttjom. The strongest teams from Norway, Agera Oceanside, and Italy, Amnesya FLY X, have now posted their first outdoor scores of the year. However, the NSL Power Rankings will remain unchanged, at least until Monday. NMP PCH HayaBusa coach Gary Smith, who is currently working with the German national 4-way Open Class team, Airbus Illertissen, will take a closer look at the current situation on Monday. That is when adjustments to the NSL News leaderboards may be made.

The NSL Power Rankings are nothing more or less than “speculative predictions” of the expected leaderboard positions, as Arizona Airspeed team captain Joey Marshall accurately described them during an NSL Live Talk conversation. However, the information provided to the NSL News still serves as the factual foundation for the NSL Power Rankings.

FAI Outdoor World Championship 2026			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open Power Rankings		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Total	Avg
1	Aethers	FR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	Golden Knights	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Skywalkers Most	CZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	Airbus 4-way Illertissen	DE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	Echochamber	SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	Agera Oceanside	NO	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	SOAR	UK	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	Out Of The Blue	NL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	Amnesya	IT	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5	Papea	ES	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	Savolo	ZA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	Netunos	BR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	Flyspot Sky4Four	PL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	Havoc	AU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16	Indonesia	ID	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Rank	Top 10 National Teams	Country	Average
1	Aethers	FR	27.1
2	Golden Knights	US	26.1
3	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	25.7
4	Echochamber	SE	19.5
5	Savolo	ZA	17.9
6	Airbus Illertissen	DE	17.8
7	Skywalkers Most	CZ	17.4
8	Netunos	BR	17.0
9	Agera Oceanside	NO	16.1
10	Amnesya FLY X	IT	15.9

However, there is another NSL News feature that is not based on “speculative predictions.” The NSL News database also collects as much scoring information as possible, providing hard evidence after every 4-way competition. The scoring numbers appear as team meet averages on a separate leaderboard, which is generated whenever the latest scores are added to the database.

The main challenge in generating this leaderboard is that the scoring numbers are mostly based on different competition draws. Only the scores of teams that competed at the same event can be compared directly, such as those of Golden Knights and NMP PCH HayaBusa at the Paraclete XP Summer Classic 2026. The other meet averages are hard data as well, but they require interpretation—or “speculative predictions”—to generate the NSL Power Rankings.

The current world rankings leaderboard shows the best meet averages of the national 4-way Open Class teams in the Top 10 positions. All of these teams are also expected to travel to Arizona in October, where they will compete using the same competition draw, at the same place and time. They can also be found in the NSL Power Rankings, which date back to the first edition published on May 7th.

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Agera's Rounds 1 - 10 at Norway's national outdoor championship

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Most of the listed teams have not only performed different sequences based on their respective competition draws; they also attended their events at very different times. South African team Savolo posted its 17.9 average in March this year, while Italy’s national 4-way Open Class team, Amnesya FLY X, has not even completed its national outdoor championship yet. They still have two more rounds on this weekend’s agenda.

The different timing of the posted scores also needs to be considered when creating the “speculative predictions” for the NSL Power Rankings. More scoring numbers are still coming and will be added to the database. National championships are still to come in the United States, France, Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, the Czech Republic, and Spain. The latest numbers will change the world rankings and, consequently, the NSL Power Rankings.

The two top contenders for the FAI medals in Eloy, Golden Knights and NMP PCH HayaBusa, are beginning their final approach to the outdoor world championship together at the military CISM World Championship this month. The results will have no impact on the world rankings. However, the scores and the outcome of the CISM duel in Slovakia could provide a preview of the next showdown in Eloy—and could change the NSL Power Rankings as well.

XP Summer Classic 2026			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA/Open/Advanced Class		L,O,15,10		8,G,17		13,1,21		K,2,E,B		14,18,A		20,Q,J,F		4,H,6		9,N,12		3,16,11		M,D,5,P		Total	Avg
1	Golden Knights	US	23		25		23		31	-1	21		31		24		25		20		38		261	26.1
2	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	24		23		22	-1	27	-3	20	-1	33		22		25		23		38		257	25.7

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Golden Knights - NMP PCH HayaBusa at the Paraclete XP Summer Classic 2026

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