US 2008 Competition Facts

In 2008 there we


354 pilots who flew at least one contest day at a sanctioned
contest.
(In 2004 there were 408). This list is different from the Pilot
Ranking List as the PRL covers a three year period.
22 contests at 19 sites. Three sites had two contests
simultaneously.
15 Regionals and 7 Nationals, including 1-26.
There were 5 contest sites that had 50 or more pilots with 2 of these
being combined Nationals or combined National/Regional.
114 contest days were flown. Regionals had 65. Nationals had 49.
Average number of contest days: Regionals 4.5 and Nationals 7
5 National contests flown west of the Mississippi River and 2 east
197 Total tasks were flown, being 143 TAT, 41 MAT and 13 AT
These tasks were divided as follows:
Regionals Nationals Total Tasks
TAT 114 77% 29 60% 143 69%
MAT 27 18% 14 26% 41 24%
AT 7 5% 6 14% 13 7%

The 2008 WGC at Lesse had about 50% TAT and 50% AT (Racing)
The 2008 WGC at Rieti had about 33% TAT and 67% AT
This means that about 58% of the WGC tasks were AT (Racing task in
Europe)
with our Nationals having about 14%

Some facts for those who are interested!