You raced 21 heats at the 2026 Australian Drone Nationals and kept getting better all the way through, ending 1.31s quicker in your late heats than your early ones. You qualified 24th of 75 in Open Class and fought up to 16th, and you also raced the Young Guns all the way to the final for 4th of 11.
You qualified 24th of 75 with a best two consecutive of 56.41s, 0.55s behind mish in 23rd, and that earned you a start in the A Main. In the finals you found your best form, lapping in the 27s and 28s heat after heat and taking 2nd behind Zen in Redemption Round 4. Your fastest lap of the event, a quick 26.52s, came in Redemption Round 8, comfortably inside the field median of 31.28s. You finished 16th of 75, eight places up on qualifying, and in the Young Guns you went from 6th qualifier to 4th of 11 in the final.
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 combined26.02s21st of 70 on theoretical pace
Your real best lap26.52s0.49s left on the table
Strongest sectorS3 (18th 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
8.74s25th of 71 · +37.7% on the fastest
Fastest 6.35s (flowerpig) · median 9.75s
Typical 9.44s (21st) · ±8.4% lap to lap · 37 clean splits
Fastest through S1
1flowerpig6.35
2Sloogus6.43
3BMSThomas6.79
4IQ06.87
5digsky7.00
25You8.74
S2
9.03s19th of 70 · +32.9% on the fastest
Fastest 6.79s (flowerpig) · median 10.53s
Typical 9.83s (17th) · ±6.4% lap to lap · 37 clean splits
Fastest through S2
1flowerpig6.79
2IQ07.14
3Screecher7.20
4Davey FPV7.44
5Sloogus7.51
19You9.03
S3
8.26s18th of 71 · +32.7% on the fastest
Fastest 6.22s (flowerpig) · median 9.91s
Typical 9.25s (18th) · ±7.4% lap to lap · 39 clean splits
Fastest through S3
1flowerpig6.22
2Sloogus6.59
3IQ06.64
4BMSThomas6.85
5digsky7.04
18You8.26
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 opened the Young Guns with 2nd of 3 in the quarterfinal, behind Sloogus and ahead of Magic Soup. Your 2.20s holeshot got you going and you finished on a quick 28.91s.
Sector splits 3 laps
Lap
S1
S2
S3
Total
1
9.44
9.47
14.51
33.41
2
12.56
17.63
9.35
39.54
3
8.96
9.80
10.15
28.91
Fastest in the class Your best Your best this heat · — = an unreliable split, ignored
Best lap
28.91s
Holeshot
2.20s
Total
104.06s
Laps
3
3rd
Finals2026 Mission Foods Australian Drone Nationals - Young Guns
Winners Round 3 finished 5th of 6, behind Wheelzfpv and ahead of Enjenir. Your first two laps, 28.11s and 28.77s, were right on the pace you had found.
Sector splits 3 laps
Lap
S1
S2
S3
Total
1
9.15
9.71
9.25
28.11
2
8.93
10.13
9.71
28.77
3
8.90
11.16
11.14
31.21
Fastest in the class Your best Your best this heat · — = an unreliable split, ignored
Redemption Round 4 brought 2nd of 6, chasing Zen and staying ahead of MacDaddy. All three laps sat between 27.90s and 28.41s, your most consistent race of the event.
Sector splits 3 laps
Lap
S1
S2
S3
Total
1
9.44
9.82
9.15
28.41
2
8.74
10.25
8.92
27.90
3
9.42
9.66
9.09
28.17
Fastest in the class Your best Your best this heat · — = an unreliable split, ignored
Redemption Round 8 ended 5th of 6, behind Fizz and ahead of Wubbz. You opened with a 26.52s, your fastest lap of the whole Nationals.
Sector splits 3 laps
Lap
S1
S2
S3
Total
1
8.76
9.00
8.76
26.52
2
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9.56
8.48
18.04
3
10.73
9.13
7.85
27.70
Fastest in the class Your best Your best this heat · — = an unreliable split, ignored
Best lap
26.52s
Holeshot
4.51s
Total
123.21s
Laps
3
Eight places gained and a Young Guns final is a huge Nationals, Joey, and the way you kept finding time all week says there is plenty more to come. Thank you for racing with us.