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Did You Know...

... that Round 4 brought the last sole highscore for NMP-PCH Hayabusa?

Hayabusa after Round 4 - Time to relax?
posted Apr 10th, 2011 - The fast sequence of random formations in Round 3 of the World Challenge 2011 had separated the three top teams significantly, and Aerodyne Aerokart Maubeuge even dropped to the 4th place. The French national team would make it back to the 3rd place eventually. However, that was all that could be done as of adjustments on the top of the leaderboard after Round 3.

NMP-PCH Hayabusa did not even stop after creating a 7-point lead over Arizona Airspeed. The 29-pointer in Round 4 somehow reminded on the French Round 10 at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010. Arizona Airspeed and Aerodyne Aerokart Maubeuge both delivered very well in Round 4, however, it was not enough to keep up with the Belgians.

Hayabusa added a perfect Round 4 to the dominating performance of the first three rounds, posted another sole highscore and seemed to be unstoppable with the new 9-point lead. It was almost a relief for the rest of the field and for the audience when Airspeed finally won a round at the end of the first day. The videos of Round 5 will show the first highscore of a different team.

World Challenge 2011Round1Round2Round3Round4Round5Round6Round7Round8Round9Round10TotalAvg
R.AAA Class10,C,520,P,2H,M,Q,K,AL,J,16,12E,7,15O,11,2214,B,176,13,94,3,211,G,8TotalAvg
1NMP-PCH Hayabusa27 25(-1)65 29 33 23 28 28 22 25 30530.5
2Arizona Airspeed26 24(-2)60(-2)27 34 24 27 28 23 25 29829.8
3Aerodyne Aerokart Maubeuge26 25 52 27 31 25 29 27 24 24 29029.0
4XL25 24 58 24 32 24 26 25 21 23 28228.2
5SDC Rhythm XP22 23 56 23 27 20 24 21 19 22 25725.7
6SportsLotto21(-2)23(-1)49(-3)23 29 20 25 23 21 21 25525.5
7NPC Aerokart Maubeuge24 20(-1)41(-4)22 26 21 26 22 21 20 24324.3
8Satori19 19(-1)57 21 25 19 24 21 17 20 24224.2
9Aerodyne DB Defenders21(-1)21 44(-1)20(-1)27 19 25 21 19 19 23623.6
10Thunder13(-4)20(-1)41(-2)23 27 20 23 21 19 17 22422.4
NSL Talk with Hayabusa after the competition
The Belgian 29-pointer in Round 4 was the last sole highscore for Hayabusa. The Belgian team was so far ahead that the victory was not really in jeopardy any longer. Hayabusa was able to relax and watch what the other top contenders would be doing.

The NSL News discussed this situation with the Hayabusa members after the completion of the World Challenge 2011, and the video was posted with the story on 4 April 2011. The Belgians did not really plan to slow down or be more cautious after being so far ahead of the field.

However, they also could not tell whether the situation at the end of the first day may have had a subconscious impact on the energy level and input. There was no reason any longer to push hard, and it is also important for a team to learn how to carry a victory situation over the finish line.

Casual atmosphere on the second day of the World Challenge 2011
Fact is that Hayabusa posted four sole highscores in the first four rounds to create an 8-point lead by the end of the day, including the 1-point loss to Airspeed in Round 5, and then never won a round again in the second half.

It is impossible to find out whether there was a common subconscious agreement between the team members to scale back from pushing the limits to just deliver solid and consistent world class performance. However, this is what happened, and it might be beneficial for Hayabusa to evaluate what brought the team to this athletically and strategically perfect execution. It seems to work well...

The Hayabusa members also mentioned that the situation on the second day is more what should be expected in the future. All teams have blocks and sequences that they like and that they are good at. The highscores could be exchanged round by round, as it happened between Round 5 and Round 10.

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