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The NSL Poll of the Super Sequence ran parallel with the question whether the IPC judging rules should include slower motion reviews in the future. The NSL News audience made a very clear statement in favor of slower motion, and the IPC Meeting approved the new rules a few weeks later in Argentine. The story on 12 February 2012 broke the IPC news.
The results of the Super Sequence poll were not as clear as the vote for the slower motion judging option. However, it was still a vast majority (58% - 42%) that prefers following the IPC rules for the competition draw.
World Challenge 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Avg | |
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Rank | AAA Class | 5,4,12 | J,M,E,D,L | 20,17,8 | 15,18,7 | 22,A,F,K | 21,C,G,6 | 9,19,16 | B,13,14 | H,P,O,3 | N,2,10 | Total | Avg |
1 | Aerodyne Aerokart | 22 | 63 | 23 | 26 | 31 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 32 | 23 | 305 | 30.5 |
2 | XL | 21 | 57 | 24 | 25 | 35 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 37 | 23 | 304 | 30.4 |
3 | NMP-PCH Hayabusa | 22 | 57 | 23 | 25 | 36 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 34 | 22 | 301 | 30.1 |
4 | Perris Fury | 21 | 66 | 23 | 24 | 33 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 33 | 19 | 298 | 29.8 |
5 | Arizona Airspeed | 23 | 55 | 23 | 25 | 30 | 29 | 26 | 27 | 36 | 22 | 296 | 29.6 |
6 | Aerokart PCs | 20 | 62 | 22 | 24 | 30 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 36 | 22 | 294 | 29.4 |
7 | Aerokart Deep Blue | 21 | 59 | 20 | 21 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 33 | 20 | 272 | 27.2 |
8 | Paraclete XP4 | 21 | 37 | 21 | 21 | 29 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 34 | 23 | 264 | 26.4 |
9 | Satori | 19 | 57 | 19 | 21 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 28 | 19 | 263 | 26.3 |
10 | SDC Rhythm XP | 18 | 53 | 18 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 30 | 20 | 253 | 25.3 |
This brings the series of forced random rounds at the World Challenge to an end, which have brought quite some shake ups to the leaderboards in the past. The most infamous one came probably with the Round 2 sequence (J,M,E,D,L) at the World Challenge 2010. Arizona Airspeed melted and was out of the race for the money after only two rounds.
Airspeed had scored the sole highscore in Round 1 and was in the mix in all other rounds, as well. However, Round 2 had caused enough damage for Airspeed to finish in 5th place after ten rounds. It became enough reason for Airspeed to put more efforts in training sequences with only Random Formations.
World Challenge 2010: Round 2 Top View - World Challenge 2010: Round 2 Level View
Paul Mayer's decision does not mean that there will be no Super Sequence at the World Challenge 2012. The IPC rules for the competition draw offer this possibility at any time, only the chances for extremely high scores in one round are reduced.
The results of a Super Sequence often separate the teams more than other sequences do. This means that it becomes more likely that all teams, including the ones on the top of the leaderboard, will be closer together. The difference of one point could decide over a few thousand dollars more or less. That is exciting, too...