Modification History: Pilot Ranking List for US Contests
09 January 2023: USAFA teams completely redone.
15 October 2022: Servers re-synced.
13 October 2022: 2022 contests added.
25 November 2021: USAFA team members added. 2018 1-26 team members updated.
15 October 2021: Several tweaks.
13 October 2021: 2021 contests added.
12 January 2021: 2020 contests added. Selection years changed for 2020.
23 October 2019: 2018 Standard Class Nationals rescored.
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22 October 2019: One small tweak.
19 October 2019: Region 4 North scores updated to official.
13 October 2019: First release of 2020.
08 November 2018: Region 5 North updated.
23 October 2018: Several individual modifications.
22 October 2018: Several individual modifications.
21 October 2018: First release of 2019.
25 April 2018: 2017 1-26 Championships updated.
04 January 2018: Contest officials updated.
19 October 2016: Categories tweaked.
18 October 2016: Region 4 North updated. Checks for missing entries added.
17 October 2016: Handling of foreign nationals tweaked.
16 October 2016: First, β release of 2017
03 November 2015: A duplicate entry removed.
02 November 2015: USAFA entries for Air Sailing 2015 modified, twice.
01 November 2015: First, β release of 2016
20 February 2015: Updated
18 February 2015: Updated
19 January 2015: Updated
15 January 2015: Updated
31 October 2014: Updated for 2014 contests, and released online.
11 October 2015: First, β release of 2015
20 January 2013: 1-26 Championships scored separately.
07 January 2013: R4N and R5N added. Foreign and remaining missing individual pilots added. β release announced.
06 January 2013: Two-day contest weighting corrected.
05 January 2013: Air Sailing added, and more teams added..
04 January 2013: Bunch of teams straightened out, and Region 8 included.
01 January 2013: First, α release of 2013.
23 January 2012: Categories updated.
22 January 2012: Changes in 2012 and contest list added.
16 January 2012: First, β release of 2012.
07 November 2010: Weighting of two-day regionals changed.
17 October 2010: First, β release of 2010
17 January 2010: Participation added.
17 October 2009: First, β release of 2010
01 February 2009: First, β release of 2009
21 January 2008: A number of additions made.
18 January 2008: Calculation of Category I pilots improved to include Nationals medalists whose Nationals ranking was not their best of the year.
17 January 2008: Standings for future years included.
16 January 2008: Indication of preliminary status for contests without completed paperwork removed.
15 January 2008: Team rankings take into account the 75% rule for individuals and maintain
a separate ranking for the team.
14 January 2008: Regional Sports class weighting corrected. Contingency
of rankings for contests without completed documentation removed.
13 January 2008: First hack at 2008 rankings.
01 May 2007: Problem with the selectable list for contest organizers
fixed, thanks to a 'heads up' from John Godfrey.
01 November 2006: Non-resident status corrected for several Nationals
participants.
30 November 2006: Various corrections.
26 November 2006: Various corrections.
26 November 2006: Various corrections.
22 November 2006: First public release of 2007 rankings. All contest results accepted as
official.
22 January 2006: 2003 corrected for 2-day regionals.
20 January 2006: Foreign citizens added for 2005 Nationals.
19 January 2006: 18 Meter Nationals included.
18 January 2006:
2006 PRL,
and provisional 2007 and 2008 PRL's added.
01 June 2005: 2004 Region 4 South results removed, thanks to Henry Retting
18 March 2005:
Title changed to "Pilot Ranking List for US Contests"
thanks to a suggestion from Carmen Waters.
03 November 2004:
2003 Motor Glider Nationals added. Non-permanent residents rankings for prior years
checked.
22 October 2004:
2005 results removed pending receipt of the contest documentation from
organizers.
16 October 2004:
A selectable list for contest organizers added.
Non-permanent residents flagged for preferential entry into nationals.
09 October 2004:
2004 contest year rankings restored.
Contingent flag for Medallion winners promotion to Category 1 verified.
Comma and tab separated formats for SSA mailing and online poll redone,
including accent translation.
08 October 2004:
Preliminary 2006 and 2007 contest year rankings added.
08 October 2004:
Short contests weighted appropriately.
07 October 2004:
Medallion winners promotion to Category 1 recoded. Contingent categories highlighted.
15 November 2003: Problem with the names in the 2003 15 Meter Class Nationals fixed
thanks to a 'heads up' from Liz Schwenkler.
28 October 2003: acro server back online.
27 October 2003: 2003 Region 11 North Standard added.
26 October 2003: Number of contestants form multiple contests per
document.
25 October 2003: 2001, 2002, 2003 completely redone with 1200 name adjustments... There are
still some that are ambiguous, if not outright wrong.
24 October 2003: Provisional rankings for 2005 and 2006 included.
21 October 2003: Filenames changed to reflect that they apply to a contest year [the ranking year], not the last year that contributes to the ranking.
17 October 2003: Provisional 2004 Ranking List put online. Teams in Regionals
re-established, those in the Nationals removed from the Ranking, although their scores still
included in establishing number of contestants and rankings of valid entries.
23 June 2003: Provision for one-year extension for contest officials incorporated.
22 March 2003: Team rankings removed, per the Contest Committee.
Number of pilots in each category added. Searchable version temporarily
removed.
02 March 2003: IGC rankings for USA pilots extracted.
04 November 2002: Everything redone, to tie names to contest ID's, and a
few additional name/number cleanups were made.
20 October 2002: Provision for two-day regionals included, and Region 5 South World Class included. Additional name/number cleanups.
19 October 2002: Several name and SSA number changes. Everything redone.
17 October 2002: Searchable version updated for rules changes.
16 October 2002: Categories corrected and completely redone with links to the contributing contest installed,
thanks to a 'heads up' from Mark Navarre.
Listing of contests corrected to display
multiple contests in a region,
thanks to 'heads up's from Bob Hills and Frank Reid.
14 October 2002: Air Sailing Sports added for 2001 and 2000, SSA membership
numbers updated, and documentation on weighting updated.
13 October 2002: Guest and deceased pilots removed. Western
Seniors included. Lots of changes under the hood for the treatement of
SSA membership numbers. Weighting of the Sports Class Nationals
corrected for the 2002 rules change,
thanks to a 'heads up' from Dan Cole.
12 October 2002: Remaining contests entered, and many more name corrections entered.
11 October 2002: Teams separated, and many name corrections entered.
10 October 2002: Listings of the contests used for each year in the rankings developed.
09 October 2002: First cut at the 2003 rankings.
03 February 2002: Alphabetical listing added, and years other the 2002
updated. Medallions in earlier years are not yet correct.
01 February 2002: Got medallions winners for all Nationals.
31 January 2002: Still more name corrections. Added draft Categories.
27 January 2002: Still more name corrections. Added numerical order for organizers.
07 September 2001: First stab at this, thanks to a
suggestion from François Pin.