posted Feb 26th, 2019 - The aftermath of the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2019 begins with the competition videos of Arizona Airspeed and SDC Rhythm XP.

The scores on the leaderboard featured the thriller of the first seven rounds on Saturday just by the numbers, which was already exciting enough. However, watching the competition videos and knowing the scoring numbers at the same time is lifting the experience of the audience to a significantly higher level.

Even the combination of the scores and the videos cannot substitute for the live experience of watching how the battling teams prepare for their breath-taking performances, how they deal with the pressure, and how they control their emotions and behavior after a competition round. Indoor competition brings this special live experience much more up close and personal to audience and fellow competitors than outdoor events.

The NSL Reality TV clips are an effort to bring the live meet atmosphere to the online audience as good as possible, while the actual competition videos feature the athletic performance in the flying chamber. Two NSL Reality TV clips were posted on Saturday and Sunday, and it is time now to follow up with the action in the flying chamber.Saturday's and Sunday's NSL Reality TV clips at Paraclete XP

The leaderboard after the first seven rounds on Saturday presented an unexpected picture, at least for Arizona Airspeed. SDC Rhythm XP had not only tied or even won a round here and there, as it has happened in the past.

It was a 1-point difference after seven rounds, which was a completely different situation compared to the previous and recent U.S. duel at the Wind Games.

The U.S. indoor and outdoor champions also did not really have any terrible rounds and neither a bad meet average. Arizona Airspeed has been lingering around the 31+ scoring level for a while, which is still on the world's top level. In fact, only NMP PCH HayaBusa and Weembi High Rollers have ever posted higher indoor meet averages.

The Arizona Airspeed trouble is more related to the fact that SDC Rhythm XP shows progression while Airspeed seems to be stuck in the 31+ 4-way mud. The same Airspeed lineup had posted once a 32+ average at the World Challenge 2018, which is still the Airspeed indoor record number.

The 32.4 average is also the highest U.S. indoor average in history, while it is not even close any longer to the Belgian and French top levels, and SDC Rhythm XP keeps cutting into the difference.

Paraclete XP Indoor 2019		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open	P,N,Q,1	G,2,17	14,18,D	K,12,10	5,H,J,L	19,M,7	15,13,8	C,6,B,9	20,16,11	E,3,O,A	Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	38	30	25	25	42	31	23	44	23	36	317	31.7
2	SDC Rhythm XP	39	31	24	23	44	30	22	35	22	36	306	30.6
3	Golden Knights Gold	30	27	22	19	34	26	20	35	21	29	263	26.3
4	Ranch 2nd Generation	31	26	23	22	30	27	18	30	21	28	256	25.6
5	XPG4	30	22	20	19	31	24	19	28	17	27	237	23.7
6	Lite XP	25	19	16	17	23	24	17	26	17	27	211	21.1
7	Great Expectations	27	15	18	17	24	23	16	24	13	24	201	20.1
8	Air Force Shadow	25	20	15	15	27	20	16	25	15	22	200	20.0
9	Perris Force	27	16	16	16	20	22	14	23	14	23	191	19.1
10	Vega XP	22	13	15	12	21	23	15	24	15	20	180	18.0
10	Phoenix XP	22	17	15	16	20	20	14	20	15	21	180	18.0
12	SDC Rhevolution XP	23	14	14	14	19	20	14	21	15	17	171	17.1
13	Fire Ball XP4	23	14	15	14	21	18	15	16	12	21	169	16.9
14	Air Force Boomers	22	16	12	14	22	18	15	18	10	15	162	16.2
15	Lucky Joshua	21	13	14	13	17	17	14	17	13	20	159	15.9
16	SCZ ZEUS 3.5	19	15	13	12	18	15	10	18	11	17	148	14.8
17	A Bunch of Misfits Winto a Bar	17	13	13	14	20	18	13	11	11	16	146	14.6
18	Airtrocity	18	14	12	12	18	17	13	17	10	14	145	14.5
19	NSL4XIC	18	12	10	9	16	15	10	15	10	13	128	12.8

Arizona Airspeed and SDC Rhythm XP at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2019

Round 8 then changed the picture quickly, at least for last weekend's competition. Arizona Airspeed launched the second meet day on the highest possible alert and energy level, and it paid out extremely well. SDC Rhythm XP could not keep up with Airspeed's emergency performance and fell hopelessly behind at the Paraclete meet.

However, Doug Barron said during the NSL Live Talk that his team is happy with the new 30.6 record average. Of course, Rhythm would have liked to maintain the eye-to-eye level that they had throughout the first seven rounds, and there was some disappointment after Round 8.

It did not last long though, as the competition between the two teams in the last two rounds was back to the same level where it was before Round 8. Airspeed added only one more point to the lead, and Rhythm finished with a new team record average.

Arizona Airspeed is the old and new U.S. indoor 4-way champion and will compete for the U.S. delegation at the FAI Indoor World Meet in April. They have seven weeks left to find a way how to deliver ten emergency performances like in Round 8, before meeting NMP PCH HayaBusa and Weembi High Rollers in Lille, France...