What is Performance Wingsuiting?
Performance wingsuiting pushes wingsuit pilots to their limits of how fast they can fly horizontally, how far a pilot can fly and how long a pilot can fly for between a set altitude. This is a solo competition where pilots have their allocated lanes in flight typically from a cross wind aircraft run -in, so a straight flight back to the drop zone is completed. The pilots will have 3 attempts at each discipline and their best score is recorded. In order for a completed competition 1 full round must be completed (i.e 1x speed run, 1x distance run and 1x time run).
Speed
For the speed task, the highest average horizontal speed over ground achieved while in the evaluation window counts; the further you fly in the shortest time while in the competition window, the better
Time
For the time task, the time spent in the evaluation window counts; the longer you stay in the competition window, the better.
Distance
For the distance task, the horizontal distance covered over ground while in the evaluation window counts; the further you fly while in the competition window, the better.
What are the categories?
This is based on the size of your Wingsuit. At national level the following 3 categories are run. Only the advanced category will proceed to world level.
- Rookie - Small suit size
- Intermediate - Intermediate Suit size
- Advanced - Advanced/ Large Suit size
How is it judged?
The judging window is between 2500m and 1500m, so from exit to start of the window the wingsuiter needs to choose their approach. Generally the more speed/dive the better the result will be.
Each wingsuiter will be allocated a ‘lane/channel’ prior to competition start. The pilot must stay within their lane and warnings will be given if a pilot fails to do so. A pilot can get disqualified from a round if they continue to breach their lane. This is purely a safety aspect of the competition in order to avoid collisions.
Fly sights / GPS – all competitors must fly with a GPS (flysight) unit where the data will be analysed to see performance and judged accordingly.
