posted Jan 31st, 2020 - Three more rounds were completed on Friday at the Wind Games. The remaining two rounds are scheduled for Saturday.

None of the 21 teams, including the three in 4-way Women, were able to maintain the scoring average of the first five rounds, due to the slower sequences on the second day. It is still very impressive that six of the teams mastered the two 3-block sequences in Round 2 (1,13,4) and Round 8 (10,16,22) with 20+ scores.

NMP PCH HayaBusa once again benefited from the surprising and unexpected pressure that Arizona Airspeed put on the indoor and outdoor world champions throughout the whole first half of the competition. The Belgians have explained in earlier NSL News conversations that it is helpful for them to feel a challenger pushing the performance level upwards.

HayaBusa reacted accordingly and posted highscores for each of the three rounds on Friday. However, they were still not able to totally shake off the new Airspeed lineup, who are still impressing the whole field and the audience with their world-class scores right behind the Belgians.

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Wind Games 2020			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		Q,F,6,14		1,13,4		8,J,15		O,9,D,5		21,A,P,H		N,C,20,12		7,G,K,19		10,16,22		17,E,11		M,B,3,L		18,2,D		Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	32	-1	29		28	-1	44	-3	45		29		35		25		-		-		-		267	33.4
2	Arizona Airspeed	US	34		24	-1	29		45	-2	41		29		34	-1	23		-		-		-		259	32.4
3	SDC Rhythm XP	US	33		25		27	-1	44	-1	41		26		30	-3	23		-		-		-		249	31.1
4	IFS-Moscow	RU	27	-3	20	-3	25	-2	45	-2	36	-1	25	-1	30	-1	23		-		-		-		231	28.9
5	Weembi Unicorns	IN	28		23		26		42		36		23		29		20		-		-		-		227	28.4
6	ISR FireFlash	BE	30		23		26		39		36		22	-1	27	-2	20		-		-		-		223	27.9
7	NFTO	UK	28		21		22		38		36		21		27	-1	18		-		-		-		211	26.4
8	Echochamber	SE	28		21		22		37		35		21	-1	23	-2	19		-		-		-		206	25.8
9	Nephtys Weembi	FR	26		19	-1	20	-1	35		32		22		26	-1	19		-		-		-		199	24.9
10	Oceanside AtomiX	DE	25	-2	21		19	-2	31	-1	31		19		27		17	-1	-		-		-		190	23.8
11	Out of the Blue	NL	25		19		21		31	-2	29	-1	18		25		17	-1	-		-		-		185	23.1
12	Windabona Black Mantis	AT	27		18	-1	21		27	-3	27		19	-1	24		17		-		-		-		180	22.5
13	Blue Steel	FI	24		18		20		29		26	-1	20		24		15	-1	-		-		-		176	22.0
14	Papea	ES	22		19		21		29	-1	27	-2	19		21	-2	17		-		-		-		175	21.9
15	Lucky Boys	HU	20	-2	18	-1	20		28	-1	27		18		23		17		-		-		-		171	21.4
16	Voss Vind Girls	NO	22	-1	19	-1	21		28	-1	27		16	-1	14	-3	17	-1	-		-		-		164	20.5
17	Realfly Fire	CH	23		16	-3	18	-2	25	-1	28	-1	13	-2	23		17		-		-		-		163	20.4
18	Windobona Angels	ES	21		16	-1	17	-2	26		26	-1	17		21		15		-		-		-		159	19.9
18	3 Boys 1 Girl	IN	21		16		18		27		26		17		19		15	-1	-		-		-		159	19.9
20	Equinox	LT	22		17		15	-1	20	-2	21	-3	16		17	-2	13		-		-		-		141	17.6
21	Standby	IT	20		13	-3	16		22		24		12	-1	19	-2	12	-1	-		-		-		138	17.3

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Friday was a new moving day after the first dust had settled on Thursday. The teams had time to evaluate and come up with a strategy for the next three rounds. NMP PCH HayaBusa were obviously humbled by the Airspeed performance and could not afford to give away more rounds.

IFS-Moscow was the other team with a need for adjustments, and the Russian world-class indoor team reacted just as effectively as HayaBusa did. Result was the move from 6th to 4th place and a 4-point lead over Weembi Unicorns. Arizona Airspeed and SDC Rhythm XP still own the positions right behind HayaBusa with their best career averages, while IFS-Moscow have taken the expected top spot behind the full-time competitors.

ISR FireFlash is the other amateur team in this group of world-class 4-way teams, and the second Belgian team is also still standing with a team record average despite the three slower rounds. All teams should be able to at least maintain their current scoring levels in the last two rounds.

Another move took place in 4-way Women, even though the rankings have not changed. The French Nephtys Weembi, still reigning indoor world champions, did not win or tie a round on Thursday and were 13 points behind NFTO. This changed on Friday, and the French national indoor team could at least win two rounds. NFTO still has a commanding lead of 12 points.

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Wind Games 2020			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		Q,F,6,14		1,13,4		8,J,15		O,9,D,5		21,A,P,H		N,C,20,12		7,G,K,19		10,16,22		17,E,11		M,B,3,L		18,2,D		Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	32	-1	29		28	-1	44	-3	45		-		-		-		-		-		-		178	35.6
2	Arizona Airspeed	US	34		24	-1	29		45	-2	41		-		-		-		-		-		-		173	34.6
3	SDC Rhythm XP	US	33		25		27	-1	44	-1	41		-		-		-		-		-		-		170	34.0
4	Weembi Unicorns	IN	28		23		26		42		36		-		-		-		-		-		-		155	31.0
5	ISR FireFlash	BE	30		23		26		39		36		-		-		-		-		-		-		154	30.8
6	IFS-Moscow	RU	27	-3	20	-3	25	-2	45	-2	36	-1	-		-		-		-		-		-		153	30.6
7	NFTO	UK	28		21		22		38		36		-		-		-		-		-		-		145	29.0
8	Echochamber	SE	28		21		22		37		35		-		-		-		-		-		-		143	28.6
9	Nephtys Weembi	FR	26		19	-1	20	-1	35		32		-		-		-		-		-		-		132	26.4
10	Oceanside AtomiX	DE	25	-2	21		19	-2	31	-1	31		-		-		-		-		-		-		127	25.4
11	Out of the Blue	NL	25		19		21		31	-2	29	-1	-		-		-		-		-		-		125	25.0
12	Windabona Black Mantis	AT	27		18	-1	21		27	-3	27		-	-1	-		-		-		-		-		120	24.0
13	Papea	ES	22		19		21		29	-1	27	-2	-		-		-		-		-		-		118	23.6
14	Voss Vind Girls	NO	22	-1	19	-1	21		28	-1	27		-		-		-		-		-		-		117	23.4
14	Blue Steel	FI	24		18		20		29		26	-1	-		-		-		-		-		-		117	23.4
16	Lucky Boys	HU	20	-2	18	-1	20		28	-1	27		-		-		-		-		-		-		113	22.6
17	Realfly Fire	CH	23		16	-3	18	-2	25	-1	28	-1	-		-		-		-		-		-		110	22.0
18	3 Boys 1 Girl	IN	21		16		18		27		26		-		-		-		-		-		-		108	21.6
19	Windobona Angels	ES	21		16	-1	17	-2	26		26	-1	-		-		-		-		-		-		106	21.2
20	Standby	IT	20		13	-3	16		22		24		-		-		-		-		-		-		95	19.0
20	Equinox	LT	22		17		15	-1	20	-2	21	-3	-		-		-		-		-		-		95	19.0

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The NSL News had introduced the promising Austrian team Black Mantis on 3 October 2019. Black Mantis had a late start, and the scores were added to the leaderboard with a delay. Austria has a presence again at the bigger 4-way meets, and Black Mantis is not even far away from the Top 10.

Blue Steel from Finland was also on the move on Friday and left Papea and Vossvind Girls behind. Black Mantis is the new target for the Scandinavian team of the Finnish Tunnel League.

Last and not least, Equinox from Lithuania have broken the tie with the Italian team Standby. Two of the original team members of 2012 (Rasa Skuodiene, Algimantas Skuodis) are still in the current lineup. Equinox won the first two rounds, before the Italian team came back and tied this duel at the bottom of the leaderboard after Round 5.

Equinox won the three rounds on moving day by three points and will try to defend the 20th place on Saturday.