posted Jul 25th, 2017 - Last weekend did not bring any new scores to the leaderboards, and the scores of the July 15 weekend are still the latest ones.

It was a special leaderboard though, as it happens to turn out once in a while. The NSL competition draw for the AAA Class is always randomly created and then trickles down into the other three outdoor categories. This procedure creates an interesting situation whenever a sequence is identical for two different categories. In such a case, teams have the opportunity to compare their scores directly with others in a higher or lower category.

A 5-point AAA Class sequence without a slot switcher could also be drawn for a AA Class competition, and this was the case in Round 1 on the July 15 weekend.

Block 9 (Cat + Accordeon) is even a part of the A Class dive pool, as well. However, the A Class sequences are complete with a third scoring formation, even though the A Class draw may also create a 4-point sequence, as it was the case in Round 2 and Round 5. The sequence of Round 1 brought only the AAA and AA teams together.

July 15th, 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		F,A,C,9	10,18,15	L,12,2	1,17,8	P,Q,6,B	19,N,M,4	3,7,H	G,11,20	Total	Avg
1	Seattle Swift	US	18	10	10	7	19	15	13	12	104	13.0
2	Cark Americano's	UK	15	6	8	8	13	-	-	-	50	10.0
3	Otter Droppings	US	14	6	7	7	9	10	7	8	68	8.5
4	Ospreys	UK	8	5	7	6	5	-	-	-	31	6.2
Rank	AA Class		F,A,C,9	18,15	L,2,B	1,8	P,Q,6	19,N,M	7,H,4	G,11,20	Total	Avg
1	Southern Mix XP	US	18	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	12.5
2	Vantage	UK	18	10	11	10	12	-	-	-	61	12.2
3	Pajama Pumas	UK	16	8	11	10	15	-	-	-	60	12.0
4	Babes on our Bellies (BOOBs)	US	16	7	10	9	11	11	-	-	64	10.7
5	Spaceland Toxic	US	14	6	7	7	12	12	10	-	68	9.7
6	SPX Toxic Heveh	US	10	6	9	8	13	12	9	-	67	9.6
7	SDC ZEUS	US	13	5	10	6(-1)	11	8(-1)	10	-	63	9.0
8	Dive Hard 4.0	UK	14	6	9	6	9	-	-	-	44	8.8
9	Purple HaZe	US	11	5	5	6	9	6	-	-	42	7.0
10	Fourtified	US	9	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	6.5

Rank	Team	Country	Class	F,A,C,9
1	Seattle Swift	US	AAA	18
1	Southern Mix XP	US	AA	18
1	Vantage	UK	AA	18
4	Pajama Pumas	UK	AA	16
4	BOOBs	US	AA	16
6	Cark Americano's	UK	AAA	15
7	Spaceland Toxic	US	AA	14
7	Otter Droppings	US	AAA	14
7	Dive Hard 4.0	UK	AA	14
10	SDC ZEUS	US	AA	13
11	Purple HaZe	US	AA	11
12	SPX Toxic Heveh	US	AA	10
13	Fourtified	US	AA	9
14	Ospreys	UK	AAA	8

The sequence of Round 1 was also the one that scrambled up the leaderboard more than the other combinations on the same weekend.

Seattle Swift, on top of the AAA Class leaderboard, still maintained the top position on the combined AAA/AA leaderboard.

However, two AA Class teams (Southern Mix, Vantage) tied the 18-pointer highscore for the round.

The AA Class teams showed even more strength, with Pajama Pumas and BOOBs next behind the top score with their 16-pointers. In fact, the whole combined AAA/AA leaderboard for Round 1 was a colorful mix between teams in both categories.

The same sequence for AA and A teams (P,Q,6) came in Round 5. British A Class team Jurassic Pork managed to leave two AA Class teams behind. Southern Mix and Fourtified are not on the combined leaderboard, as they did not get to Round 5 due to the weather situation at Skydive Tennessee.

July 15th, 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total	Avg
Rank	AA Class		F,A,C,9	18,15	L,2,B	1,8	P,Q,6	19,N,M	7,H,4	Total	Avg
1	Southern Mix XP	US	18	7	-	-	-	-	-	25	12.5
2	Vantage	UK	18	10	11	10	12	-	-	61	12.2
3	Pajama Pumas	UK	16	8	11	10	15	-	-	60	12.0
4	Babes on our Bellies (BOOBs)	US	16	7	10	9	11	11	-	64	10.7
5	Spaceland Toxic	US	14	6	7	7	12	12	10	68	9.7
6	SPX Toxic Heveh	US	10	6	9	8	13	12	9	67	9.6
7	SDC ZEUS	US	13	5	10	6(-1)	11	8(-1)	10	63	9.0
8	Dive Hard 4.0	UK	14	6	9	6	9	-	-	44	8.8
9	Purple HaZe	US	11	5	5	6	9	6	-	42	7.0
10	Fourtified	US	9	4	-	-	-	-	-	13	6.5
Rank	A Class		F,A,C	B,M,4	L,2	8,D	P,Q,6	19,N	-	Total	Avg
1	Jurassic Pork	UK	16	10	8	4	10	-	-	48	9.6
2	Poor 4cast	UK	12	11	8	6	9	-	-	46	9.2
3	Random Blockage	US	3	6	4	1	6	4	-	24	4.0

Rank	Team	Country	Class	P,Q,6
1	Pajama Pumas	UK	AA	15
2	SPX Toxic Heveh	US	AA	13
3	Spaceland Toxic	US	AA	12
3	Vantage	UK	AA	12
5	Babes on our Bellies (BOOBs)	US	AA	11
5	SDC ZEUS	US	AA	11
7	Jurassic Pork	UK	A	10
8	Dive Hard 4.0	UK	AA	9
8	Purple HaZe	US	AA	9
8	Poor 4cast	UK	A	9
11	Random Blockage	US	A	6

The sequence of Round 1 (F,A,C) eventually brought the A and Rookie Class teams together, as well, with a sequence of three random formations. The British A Class teams used the scoring opportunity well and took the two top positions.

A Class teams are more familiar with fast sequences of only random formations, as they appear frequently in their competition draws.

The A Class dive pool includes only eight blocks for the first step into the technical 4-way world. The combination with 16 random formations makes it more likely to get a sequence of three random formations regularly.

However, Round 1 was the only faster sequence that A and Rookie Class teams shared on the July 15 weekend.

The coming weekend will bring teams from Germany and the Northern Plains Skydiving League together on the same leaderboard before the Sun Path Products NSL News will travel to the skydiving center in Saarlouis, host of the FAI World Cup 2017, for the live coverage of the event.

July 15th, 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Avg
Rank	A Class		F,A,C	B,M,4	L,2	8,D	P,Q,6	19,N	Total	Avg
1	Jurassic Pork	UK	16	10	8	4	10	-	48	9.6
2	Poor 4cast	UK	12	11	8	6	9	-	46	9.2
3	Random Blockage	US	3	6	4	1	6	4	24	4.0
Rank	Rookie		F,A,C	B,M,H	L,G,O	D,K,J	P,Q,E	N,A,B	Total	Avg
1	RAFSPA Shadow	UK	5	7	5	5	9	-	31	6.2
2	Last Minute FOG	US	8	9	2	6	6	6	37	6.2
3	Get A Grip!	US	4	13	4	5	4	-	30	6.0
4	Aero4m	UK	4	8	3	4	5	-	24	4.8
5	Norfolk and Chance	UK	4	3	4	3	5	-	19	3.8
6	Dixx 'n' Chixx	US	2	5	1	1	6	6	21	3.5
7	3Fall	UK	2	7	2	1	5	-	17	3.4
8	Terminally Challenged	UK	4	2	1	2	1	-	10	2.0
9	Let's Do It Girls	UK	0	5	1	2	1	-	9	1.8
10	Strong and Unstable	UK	1	0	1	2	0	-	4	0.8