You came to the 2026 Australian Drone Nationals and flew like you belonged at the sharp end, qualifying 11th of 75 in Open Class and finishing 17th overall. Across 17 heats you put 45 laps in the air, took two heat wins and three podiums, and set a fastest lap of 24.04s that sat well inside the field's median pace.
Qualifying was a steady climb: you shaved time round after round, reached a best of 24.04s twice and banked a best two consecutive of 48.92s to land 11th of 75, a mere 0.43s behind MirellaFPV in 10th. That put you in the A Main, where you opened the finals with a win in Winners Round 1, holding off Davey FPV with a 24.95s opener. You backed it up with 2nd in Winners Round 3 behind Sloogus, lapping a quick 24.40s on the way. You finished the event 17th of 75, and you got 0.57s quicker from your early heats to your late ones.
Where you qualifiedEvery pilot's qualifying time (best 2 consecutive laps), fastest on the left.Your pace through the dayBest lap in each heat — higher is faster.Qualifying Finals Fastest lap
Your sectorsThe track was timed in 3 sectors. Your best time through each, against every pilot in Open Class.
Your best sectors combined23.10s12th of 70 on theoretical pace
Your real best lap24.04s0.94s left on the table
Strongest sectorS1 (6th of 71)quicker than the class median in 3 of 3
Your sector profileYour best and your typical time through each sector, against the fastest in the class and the class median.Fastest Your best Your typical Median
S1
7.12s6th of 71 · +12.2% on the fastest
Fastest 6.35s (flowerpig) · median 9.75s
Typical 8.31s (9th) · ±8.7% lap to lap · 39 clean splits
Fastest through S1
1flowerpig6.35
2Sloogus6.43
3BMSThomas6.79
4IQ06.87
5digsky7.00
6You7.12
S2
8.38s17th of 70 · +23.4% on the fastest
Fastest 6.79s (flowerpig) · median 10.53s
Typical 9.34s (12th) · ±8.0% lap to lap · 39 clean splits
Fastest through S2
1flowerpig6.79
2IQ07.14
3Screecher7.20
4Davey FPV7.44
5Sloogus7.51
17You8.38
S3
7.60s13th of 71 · +22.1% on the fastest
Fastest 6.22s (flowerpig) · median 9.91s
Typical 8.34s (11th) · ±10.1% lap to lap · 39 clean splits
Fastest through S3
1flowerpig6.22
2Sloogus6.59
3IQ06.64
4BMSThomas6.85
5digsky7.04
13You7.60
Your sectors, heat by heatYour quickest split through each sector in every heat — higher is faster.S1 S2 S3
Only complete laps with believable split times are counted, and a best is a time flown at least twice — one-off gate glitches are ignored.
You won Round 18 — Race 6, launching with a 2.59s holeshot and finishing ahead of Davey FPV. Your laps tumbled from 29.32s to a quick 24.07s as the race went on.
Sector splits 3 laps
Lap
S1
S2
S3
Total
1
10.02
9.93
9.36
29.32
2
8.51
9.72
7.87
26.11
3
8.26
7.98
7.83
24.07
Fastest in the class Your best Your best this heat · — = an unreliable split, ignored
Winners Round 3 brought 2nd of 6, chasing Sloogus home and staying ahead of Davey FPV. Your 24.40s second lap was among the quickest you flew all event.
Sector splits 3 laps
Lap
S1
S2
S3
Total
1
7.57
9.21
8.10
24.87
2
7.18
9.00
8.22
24.40
3
8.20
9.64
8.24
26.09
Fastest in the class Your best Your best this heat · — = an unreliable split, ignored
Your final heat, Redemption Round 8, finished 6th of 6 behind Kiwi. You got off the line with a lightning 1.59s holeshot, your quickest launch of the finals.
Holeshot
1.59s
Total
1.59s
Laps
0
Two heat wins, an A Main start and a top-15% qualifier at your national championships is a weekend to be proud of, ironoid. Thank you for racing, and we cannot wait to see where that 24.04s goes next.