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This time, the U.S. teams tried to interfere with the defending VFS champion. The same four teams who took on SDC Core at last year's national championships were back on Friday to challenge the currently best indoor and outdoor team in the world.
They had even less of a chance than a year ago, and the distance between 1st and 2nd (Arizona Arsenal) grew from 19 to 40 points. Arsenal was able to outscore Core twice at the USPA Nationals 2015 and did not win a round at this year's event. Core posted all highscores of the 8-round meet. Other than that, the same four U.S. teams behind SDC Core also finished in exactly the same order as in Eloy last year.
USPA Nationals 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | Avg | |
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Rank | 4-way VFS | H,14,4 | 16,G,6 | B,L,A,E,15 | 12,13,J | 9,D,2 | 11,F,5 | I,7,M,K | 3,1,10 | Total | Avg |
1 | SDC Core | 19 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 168 | 21.0 |
2 | Arizona Arsenal | 15 | 14 | 21 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 128 | 16.0 |
3 | Arizona X Force | 13 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 111 | 13.9 |
4 | Golden Knights | 10 | 13 | 6 | 28 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 109 | 13.6 |
5 | Skydive California Super Serious | 11 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 108 | 13.5 |
6 | Drive Dysnutz | 8 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 66 | 8.3 |
SDC Core allowed only Evolution to win a round at the Mondial, and this was only caused by an ominous loss of seven points in Round 3.
The U.S. team then posted seven of the eight highscores at the FAI Indoor World Cup and allowed Golden Knights and Fly Definition to tie the 23-pointer in Round 8, which was also caused by two penalties. The other U.S. teams in Eloy were not able to keep up with Core in any of the eight rounds.
FAI Mondial 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | Avg | ||
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Rank | 4-way VFS | L,15,7 | 6,D,3 | 16,B,8 | K,G,12,I | N,14,E,M | J,2,1 | H,10,F,17 | C,A,11,13 | Total | Avg | |
1 | SDC Core | US | 19(-1) | 21(-1) | 19(-7) | 19(-1) | 20 | 30 | 18 | 22 | 168 | 21.0 |
2 | Evolution | CA | 17(-2) | 15(-1) | 23 | 18 | 14(-3) | 29(-1) | 17 | 18(-3) | 151 | 18.9 |
3 | Transfert | FR | 19 | 14(-1) | 21(-1) | 16 | 18(-1) | 29 | 13(-1) | 18(-2) | 148 | 18.5 |
4 | Vertical Flystation | RU | 12(-2) | 11(-1) | 12(-8) | 11(-1) | 13(-1) | 19(-2) | 13(-1) | 17 | 108 | 13.5 |
5 | Element | BE | 12 | 10 | 16 | 11(-1) | 12 | 21(-1) | 8 | 16 | 106 | 13.3 |
5 | Focus | AU | 11(-3) | 8(-2) | 15(-3) | 10 | 14(-1) | 24 | 10(-1) | 14 | 106 | 13.3 |
7 | Blue Pelican | NO | 12 | 9(-1) | 19(-1) | 12(-1) | 12(-1) | 22 | 7(-1) | 12 | 105 | 13.1 |
8 | Omni 99 | UK | 7(-1) | 5(-2) | 9(-4) | 9 | 8(-2) | 15 | 4(-1) | 12 | 69 | 8.6 |
SDC Core never met Team4speed in a competition, as the U.S. team was launched when Jason Russell and Stephanie Strange left Dubai Nexus after the 4th Dubai International Parachuting Championship 2013. They had just outscored the French team for the third time, with Timothy McMaster, Derek Cox and Earl David on camera for the Dubai team.
Golden Knights and SDC Core were the only U.S. teams in the Formation Skydiving events at the FAI Indoor World Cup where they won gold and bronze. The Golden Knights now ended up without a USPA medal in 4th place, while SDC Core defended the gold medals successfully.
FAI Indoor World Cup 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | Avg | ||
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Rank | 4-way VFS | 13,14,7 | A,B,8,M | L,11,G,F | 1,K,H,17 | 10,4,15 | 12,3,6 | 16,E,I,N | D,C,9,5 | Total | Avg | |
1 | SDC Core | US | 33 | 38 | 34 | 27 | 23 | 35 | 26 | 23 | 239 | 29.9 |
2 | Flystation | RU | 29 | 34 | 33 | 25 | 20 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 212 | 26.5 |
3 | Golden Knights | US | 28 | 33 | 29 | 24 | 22 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 210 | 26.3 |
4 | Flyspot Definition | PL | 29 | 36 | 29 | 22 | 16 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 201 | 25.1 |
5 | TEEM iFLY Toronto | CA | 24 | 27 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 162 | 20.3 |
6 | Element | BE | 23 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 156 | 19.5 |
7 | Skyriders Speedfly | PL | 20 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 142 | 17.8 |
8 | team aVFSome | PL | 19 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 133 | 16.6 |
9 | Wait For It | FI | 12 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 71 | 8.9 |