posted Apr 22nd, 2018 - Another team duel took place on the same "German World Challenge weekend" when Airbus FSZ Saar and AtomiX-YUU fought it out at the German Outdoor Nationals 2017.

This duel was an international one between HF Flying Circus from the Czech Republic and Jetmax from Belgium. Flying Circus members mentioned this friendly rivalry during the NSL Live Talk on World Challenge TV after Jetmax members had brought it up on the same World Challenge TV stage earlier.

The competition between the two teams from the Czech Republic and Belgium began two years later, compared to the history of Airbus and AtomiX, and on a much lower level, as well.

In fact, both teams were still competing in the Rookie Class when they met each other for the first time at the World Challenge 2015. HF Flying Circus won the gold medals at the team's first competition in Bedford, and Jetmax placed right behind them. Both teams also had different lineups in 2015. HF Flying Circus had their personnel change for the current lineup at the end of the 2015 season, while Jetmax has been training and competing with the 2018 lineup since the beginning of the 2017 season.

World Challenge 2018			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		10,H,F,13		20,6,22		12,1,11		4,M,G,J		9,B,P,A		N,C,8,3		K,7,L,D		18,19,14		5,Q,21		Total	Avg
10	Odin Parachute System	FR	22		19		18		26		44		23		30		19		23		224	24.9
11	Tenanine	MR	23		20		18		29		39		23		27		17		25		221	24.6
12	HF Flying Circus	CZ	20		17		17		24		40		20	-1	25	-5	17		20	-1	200	22.2
13	JETMAX	BE	19		17		17		23		38		18	-3	31		17	-1	18	-1	198	22.0
14	Eclipse	UK	19		16		14		26		36		12		24		17		18		182	20.2
15	Les Affranchis Flyzone	FR	17		15		15		24		35		15		28		17		15		181	20.1
15	Jazz Republic	ZA	16		15		15		24		30		18		28		16		19		181	20.1
17	Alakran	ES	18		17		15		23		34		14		23		17		17		178	19.8
18	Eros	UK	19		17		14		23		30		18		25		14		17		177	19.7

HF Flying Circus and Jetmax both spent only a short time in the A Class and used the complete 2016 season to practice the 16 blocks of the AA Class. They also met two times at meets in this category, first outdoors at the ESL Championship and then indoors at the ISR Grand Prix. HF Flying Circus won both meets, and Jetmax finished right behind in 2nd place in Roosendaal.

They both moved up into the AAA Class and met again at the World Challenge 2017. Jetmax attended only the Wind Games before the first AAA Class showdown with the Czech team in Bedford, while Flying Circus used five meets of the World Tunnel League winter season at the Hurricane Factory to get familiar with the complete dive pool.

It was not a big surprise that the additional AAA Class experience helped Flying Circus to keep the upper hand in the next duel with Jetmax at the World Challenge 2017.

However, the Belgians kept working on their new AAA Class skills in their own ways and with coach Maya Van Campenhout, ISR FireFlash member, and they moved closer at the two other 2017 events.

World Challenge 2018			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		10,H,F,13		20,6,22		12,1,11		4,M,G,J		9,B,P,A		N,C,8,3		K,7,L,D		18,19,14		5,Q,21		15,16,O		Total	Avg
12	HF Flying Circus	CZ	20		17		17		24		40		20	-1	25	-5	17		20	-1	-		200	22.2
13	JETMAX	BE	19		17		17		23		38		18	-3	31		17	-1	18	-1	-		198	22.0
ISR Grand Prix 2017			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		-		-		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		21,17,12		B,H,Q,10		D,9,K,P		18,22,F		3,G,O,M		16,L,N,E		11,J,15		2,C,A,14		-		-		Total	Avg
6	HF Flying Circus	CZ	17		28		29		17		20		21		19		18		-		-		169	21.1
8	JETMAX	BE	14		23		29		17		23		22		17		19		-		-		164	20.5
ESL Championship 2017			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		3,10,11		J,H,14,4		C,21,B,2		18,Q,G,M		13,A,5		E,22,K,17		20,19,D		16,F,L,P		7,N,15		6,12,1		Total	Avg
6	HF Flying Circus	CZ	11		12	-2	13	-1	14	-1	11		14		13		19		13		9		129	12.9
7	JETMAX	BE	11		12		14		15	-1	11		9	-2	10		17		13		11		123	12.3
World Challenge 2017			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		D,B,6,22		12,E,17		20,G,C,10		N,M,15,H		Q,19,K,4		8,21,L		P,9,J,7		O,11,1		13,A,16		3,18,5		Total	Avg
18	HF Flying Circus	CZ	20		18		16		28		19		18		29		19		17		15		199	19.9
23	JETMAX	BE	17		15		17		24		17		15		24		18		15		15		177	17.7
ISR Grand Prix 2016			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		-		-		Total	Avg
Rank	AA Class		A,9,E		P,L,18		C,B,O,11		14,21		6,K,D		N,J,15		22,F,M		7,Q,H		-		-		Total	Avg
1	HF Flying Circus	CZ	30		19		23		15		20		23		23		29		-		-		182	22.8
2	JETMAX	BE	30		17		23		15		24		19		19		23		-		-		170	21.3
ESL Championship 2016			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		-		-		-		Total	Avg
Rank	AA Class		M,9,L		4,Q,20		19,15		K,18,6		13,14		22,D,1		O,B,A,21		-		-		-		Total	Avg
1	HF Flying Circus	CZ	20		11		8		9		7		10		15		-		-		-		80	11.4
4	Jetmax	BE	14		9		5		10		4		9		14		-		-		-		65	9.3
World Challenge 2015			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	Rookie		C,O,A		F,B,N		E,P,L		K,D,Q		J,H,M		G,E,C		H,N,J		B,M,F		O,K,G		P,Q,D		Total	Avg
1	Flying Circus	CZ	18		26		19		19		23		20		22		45		15		24		231	23.1
2	Jetmax	BE	20		19		16		10		25		15		19		38		18		19		199	19.9

Scoring relationship and history between HF Flying Circus and Jetmax since 2013

HF Flying Circus still won the next outdoor competition at the ESL Championship 2017, even though the distance was much closer compared to the same event a year earlier.

It was the same situation at the next indoor competition, the ISR Grand Prix 2017 in November, where Jetmax moved closer, as well.

Half a year later, this duel eventually became one of the closest battles of the World Challenge 2018. The distance between Flying Circus and Jetmax was down to two points (222 - 220) and both teams pushed each other to new team record averages.

They did not make the last cut in Bedford and will try again to make the Top 10 next year. However, they will face again at other meets this year, and Jetmax will surely try to outscore Flying Circus at a competition for the first time. The next opportunity is probably the ESL Championship 2018 in Saarlouis...