You flew 32 heats and 96 laps at the 2026 Australian Drone Nationals, spending an hour and 35 minutes in the air for Canberra Multirotor Racing Club. You climbed six places in Pro Spec with two heat wins, and gained five places in the Old Dogs bracket on the way to 10th of 20.
You flew 54 laps in qualifying and finished 61st of 75, with a best two consecutive laps of 95.53s. Your laps tightened up steadily through the week, and in the B Main you found your best of the class, a 47.08s, finishing 3rd of 4 ahead of Skyline88. You finished the Open Class Finals 69th of 75. The Old Dogs bracket was the standout: qualified 15th, you raced through to the semifinal and finished 10th of 20, five places up.
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 combined45.83s64th of 70 on theoretical pace
Your real best lap47.08s1.25s left on the table
Strongest sectorS2 (61st of 70)quicker than the class median in 0 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
14.40s62nd of 71 · +126.9% on the fastest
Fastest 6.35s (flowerpig) · median 9.75s
Typical 17.55s (63rd) · ±11.6% lap to lap · 23 clean splits
Fastest through S1
1flowerpig6.35
2Sloogus6.43
3BMSThomas6.79
4IQ06.87
5digsky7.00
62You14.40
S2
16.20s61st of 70 · +138.6% on the fastest
Fastest 6.79s (flowerpig) · median 10.53s
Typical 18.08s (61st) · ±8.0% lap to lap · 23 clean splits
Fastest through S2
1flowerpig6.79
2IQ07.14
3Screecher7.20
4Davey FPV7.44
5Sloogus7.51
61You16.20
S3
15.22s63rd of 71 · +144.6% on the fastest
Fastest 6.22s (flowerpig) · median 9.91s
Typical 17.00s (63rd) · ±7.8% lap to lap · 25 clean splits
Fastest through S3
1flowerpig6.22
2Sloogus6.59
3IQ06.64
4BMSThomas6.85
5digsky7.04
63You15.22
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.
Your Old Dogs quarterfinal began with a 3.16s holeshot and ended 3rd of 5 to move you on to the semis. You came home behind tex and ahead of Has0, closing with a 53.79s lap.
Sector splits 1 lap
Lap
S1
S2
S3
Total
2
21.59
19.20
17.19
57.98
Fastest in the class Your best Your best this heat · — = an unreliable split, ignored
Best lap
53.79s
Holeshot
3.16s
Total
171.29s
Laps
3
5th
Finals2026 Mission Foods Australian Drone Nationals - Old Dogs
Qualifying gave you 42 laps and 32nd of 35, but the finals were where you shone. In the C Main you won back-to-back redemption heats, then took 2nd in Redemption Round 7 and 4th in the C Main Final to earn your place in the B Main. There you set your best lap of the class, a 54.67s, and you finished the Pro Spec Finals 26th of 35, six places up on qualifying.
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 Pro Spec.
Your best sectors combined54.13s30th of 33 on theoretical pace
Your real best lap54.67s0.54s left on the table
Strongest sectorS1 (29th of 33)quicker than the class median in 0 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
18.05s29th of 33 · +75.6% on the fastest
Fastest 10.28s (IQ0) · median 13.85s
Typical 20.26s (29th) · ±8.9% lap to lap · 26 clean splits
Fastest through S1
1IQ010.28
2Screecher10.31
3Davey FPV10.54
4Fizz10.65
5Wubbz10.94
29You18.05
S2
18.69s29th of 33 · +74.3% on the fastest
Fastest 10.72s (Screecher) · median 13.75s
Typical 20.82s (30th) · ±7.2% lap to lap · 26 clean splits
Fastest through S2
1Screecher10.72
2Davey FPV11.25
3IQ011.51
4Red2rotor11.83
5Fizz11.83
29You18.69
S3
17.39s29th of 33 · +82.5% on the fastest
Fastest 9.53s (IQ0) · median 13.21s
Typical 18.92s (30th) · ±9.9% lap to lap · 26 clean splits
Fastest through S3
1IQ09.53
2Davey FPV10.64
3Screecher10.84
4Wubbz11.03
5Red2rotor11.11
29You17.39
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.
Redemption Round 2 gave you your best lap of the class, a 54.67s, and 3rd of 4. tex was ahead and LEWNATIC behind.
Best lap
54.67s
Holeshot
5.12s
Total
190.45s
Laps
3
Thanks for racing, JohnnyGMachine. Ninety-six laps, two heat wins and two brackets where you climbed past your qualifying spot make for a week to be proud of.