And you miss the point, if I am on a final glide I don't care what height I
started from, what I am interested in is how fast I can make the glide to
the goal. The height I can pull up to determines how low I dare go near the
goal bearing in mind that I want to pull to a safe height for my approach
and landing. The point is that the ballasted glider will not only get there
faster, it will also pull up higher = ballasted glider wins.

Rgds,

Derrick.