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Old May 18th 18, 06:34 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Pat Russell[_2_]
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Default Reducing collision hazard at contests

3. Change the scoring formula so that fencing risks becomes a less of a winning strategy. Today you get no reward for being the lone finisher and are heavily penalized for being the lone outlander. The scoring formula heavily incentivizes sticking to the gaggle. There are plenty of ways to change this.

Here's one of them:
https://www.fai.org/sites/default/fi...r_1_p rop.pdf