posted Apr 15th, 2025 - The third day of the FAI Indoor World Championship 2025 began with 8-way and VFS competition, after two days of 4-way in the early morning. The last two rounds were on the competition agenda, and the flying order was now adjusted, according to the current rankings after Round 8.

The biggest move waited for Skywalkers Junior who started in the first group of four teams in the flying chamber on Thursday and Friday. The Czech team was in 4th place after Round 8, and only Aethers Medjay, Arizona Airspeed and NMP PCH HayaBusa performed after them.

The 4-way Open Class competition turned out to feature the situation according to the NSL Power Rankings in the previews, and the expected battles took place throughout the whole competition. Only the top spot was in French hands from the beginning to the end, even though Aethers Medjay gave away more rounds than they probably wanted to. Arizona Airspeed (3) and NMP PCH HayaBusa (1) combined for a total of four sole highscores, France won the other six rounds. It was an extraordinary situation on the 4-way Open Class leaderboard, as none of the three medal winners ever tied a score between each other in all ten rounds.

FAI Indoor World Championship 2025			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		D,4,17		C,22,10		5,P,Q,18		1,M,J,O		16,6,19		H,8,21		12,13,A		L,G,K,9		15,F,7		E,2,N,B		Total	Avg
1	Aethers Medjay	FR	32		23	-1	35		41		28		27		29		45		32		37	-2	329	32.9
2	Arizona Airspeed	US	27	-2	24		31		34		26		26	-1	27		49		34		36		314	31.4
3	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	29	-1	22	-2	33		40	-1	24	-3	23	-4	26		43	-4	28	-3	38	-3	306	30.6
4	Skywalkers Junior	CZ	28		22	-2	30		39		25		23	-4	25		38	-2	27	-3	33		290	29.0
5	NFTO	UK	24	-1	22		26	-1	28	-4	22	-1	22		22	-1	36		29		30		261	26.1
5	Fly X Amnesya	IT	26		19		25	-2	32	-1	23		22	-2	23		32	-5	27	-4	32		261	26.1
7	Qatar Lions	QA	26	-1	19	-3	28	-1	31	-5	24		21	-2	22	-1	34		24	-4	31		260	26.0
8	Echochamber	SE	23	-1	17	-2	27	-1	32	-2	22	-1	22		25	-1	34	-3	27	-2	28	-4	257	25.7
9	Papea	ES	26	-1	18	-3	25		35	-2	19	-2	21	-3	21	-2	33	-3	28	-2	29	-3	255	25.5
10	Out Of The Blue	NL	22		18		21	-3	29	-2	21		21	-1	20	-1	28	-3	25	-1	24	-2	229	22.9
11	Realfly Fire	CH	22		14	-3	23		31		19		18	-3	18	-1	26	-4	21	-3	25	-1	217	21.7
12	Netunos	BR	20	-1	16		20	-3	26	-2	18		18	-1	18		27		21	-1	19	-3	203	20.3
13	Singapore	SG	16		10	-4	11	-4	17	-5	14	-1	15	-2	11	-4	15	-3	15	-2	19	-1	143	14.3
14	Thailand	TH	8	-1	7	-2	7		11	-5	7		7	-3	5	-3	8	-4	11		8	-3	79	7.9

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NSL TV Unfiltered: Rounds 9 and 10 at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2025

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Skywalkers Junior were expected to compete for the unofficial amateur world championship title, according to the latest NSL Power Rankings. They even seemed to have the potential to challenge Arizona Airspeed and NMP PCH HayaBusa round by round. Eventually they won three rounds over one or the other medalist and tied two more rounds.

The Czech team was actually no longer a part of the race for the 4th place. They distanced themselves by 31 points from NFTO and FlyX Amnesya in 5th place and gave away only one single round to any team behind them, while they were much closer to NMP PCH HayaBusa in 3rd place. 16 points separated Skywalkers Junior from the Belgian 4-way world champions of 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2021.

It was no surprise that Czech 4-way godfather Jan Klapka was in good spirits when his former 4-way juniors, with a current average age of under 18 years, were on their way to the flying chamber for Round 9, together with the three best 4-way teams in the world. Jan Klapka did not expect FAI medals at this point in time, and he is not even aiming at just any FAI medal. He and his team have plans for a longer time period, and they leave no doubt that they want to become world champions one day. Their 5th team member Michal Mikolasek was a part of the Czech delegation at Paraclete XP, as well.

FAI Indoor World Championship 2025			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open Power Rankings		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Total	Avg
1	Aethers Medjay	FR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	Arizona Airspeed	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Skywalkers Junior	CZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Echochamber	SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	NFTO	UK	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	China	CN	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Fly X Amnesya	IT	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Qatar Lions	QA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Papea	ES	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	Out Of The Blue	NL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	Netunos	BR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	Singapore	SG	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
14	Thailand	TH	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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4-way Open at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2025: Aethers Medjay - Arizona Airspeed - NMP PCH HayaBusa

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Qatar coach Gary Smith explained the situation of the Qatar Lions in their battle for the 5th place at the same time on the later Saturday morning. The Lions were the leader of the group of the five teams behind Skywalkers Junior after Round 8. The young Qatar Lions, new national team in 4-way Open, could not maintain the position and ended up behind NFTO and FlyX Amnesya from Italy.

The teams behind Skywalkers Junior had their internal battle on the 4-way Open Class leaderboard, even without the Czech team. NFTO and FlyX Amnesya in 5th place were separated from Spain's Papea in 9th place by only six points, and all five teams exchanged highscores round by round. NFTO won this internal battle for the 5th place with the cleanest performance of the same five teams.

Dutch team Out Of The Blue (OOTB) claimed the last Top 10 position over Realfly Fire from Switzerland. The ranking order of the second half of the 4-way Open Class leaderboard was in place after Round 8 and did not change again. Only NFTO and FlyX Amnesya used the last two rounds to move up the leaderboard and ahead of the Qatar Lions. Tom Mattoni's brother Noe was the first one to congratulate him after Round 10. The NSL News met later with Stephane, Tom and Noe Mattoni for NSL Live Talk.