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→Scoring Metric for Soaring Flights ("Normal rules")
<li value="2">Two points are awarded for each 100 feet of height gained after the launch, provided the climb is maintained for 500 feet. Climbs less than 500 feet do not gain height points.</li>
<li value="3">A [[GPS trace|GPS or barograph trace]] must be submitted for a flight to be awarded height gain points. If this is not available, only time points will be awarded for the flight. It is the responsibility of each team to ensure that the trace of each scoring glider is captured.</li>
<li value="4">Instructors may fly in scoring gliders and may , but should not verbally assist the competitor. They may not physically fly the glider at any time. The only exception to this is to maintain normal safety(in which case the flight must not be scored).</li><ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"><li value="a">''As agreed at the 2024 Varsity Match.'' To improve inclusivity for pre-solo pilots, rule #4 may be relaxed upon mutual approval from both team captains. Instructors may verbally assist and/or physically fly the glider during take-offs and landings; such flights are still valid for scoring. Instructors should not verbally assist or physically fly the glider in any phase of flight between take-off and landing, except to maintain normal safety (in which case the flight must not be scored).</li><ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"><li value="i">"Take-off" is defined as the phase of flight from when the main wheel is rolling on the ground, until the release of the cable.</li><li value="ii">"Landing" is defined as the phase of flight from the beginning of the downwind leg of the circuit, until the main wheel is in contact with the ground and the glider has come to a stop. A typical landing should consist of an uninterrupted and complete circuit, final approach beginning above 400ft, round-out, and touchdown; in the case of an untypical landing (e.g. partial or no circuit performed), both team captains will arbitrate to determine the root cause of the untypical landing, whether the instructor's intervention was within the spirit of rule #4a, and whether the flight should be disqualified on basis of the competitor's unsafe flying.</li></ol></ol><br>
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