Ozric
Volunteer Moderator
Woohoo! I'm not gutted that Sgurr rocked up on the last day and beat my time, knocking me out of first spot that I honestly thought I might have snuck... Not at all... In all seriousness really well done, I'm more than happy to be as close as I was to be honest.
I'm not sure how I managed to get under the 25 minute mark, I thought it would be mid 25 especially after my station tap but I guess I must have just been smooth. My initial run was going LHS 1380 > Fawaol > Jumuzgo > Aymifa > Vequess that was 12 jumps. I worked out that if I started in the other direction I could get 11 from the in game plotter and Jumuzgo > Aymifa > Fawaol > LHS 1380 > Vequess. I could tell (or I hoped) from the jump up in times of the top three being in the 25's that there must be a way to save an extra jump and I knew it had to be between Fawaol and LHS 1380, or LHS and Vequess because they were the only ones with 3 jumps. I knew my jump range would be over 26Ly by that point without refuelling and after some scouring I found that Ceti Sector MX-T B3-2 should do as the intermediate point.
Second time doing that route and it all just clicked
While going through my video to cut it down I notice that before going for the station entrance I often didn't boost for quite a while because I was worried it would be too late of a boost. Not doing that allowed me to keep a really tight line and then enter the station going at a reasonable speed, as wrestling the Cobra back on track once it starts drifting is tricky. The first and last entries into the stations are a little bit wide and I lose a bit of speed, but the middle three are nailed on.
I've no idea if one way if actually faster than the other, but after trying both I definitely feel that for me it's more comfortable to forgo the last boost or two. I've knocked up this video following in the vein of Alec's one and trying to find a song that was 8 1/2 minutes I ended up back at Delphic, so you get the joy of listening to them too
Source: https://youtu.be/H4YRijDynCQ
A huge thanks to Sulu for organising what's been a cracking race to start the Championship off! Congratulations to all of the people who took part, it was brilliant to see so many new faces around and some returning after a while away from the BRC too. I hope you all had fun, maybe learnt a thing or two, and managed to improve your times.
I'm really looking forwards to the next race as I didn't get the chance to run it last time being the host. It's certainly going to be a different style.
I'm not sure how I managed to get under the 25 minute mark, I thought it would be mid 25 especially after my station tap but I guess I must have just been smooth. My initial run was going LHS 1380 > Fawaol > Jumuzgo > Aymifa > Vequess that was 12 jumps. I worked out that if I started in the other direction I could get 11 from the in game plotter and Jumuzgo > Aymifa > Fawaol > LHS 1380 > Vequess. I could tell (or I hoped) from the jump up in times of the top three being in the 25's that there must be a way to save an extra jump and I knew it had to be between Fawaol and LHS 1380, or LHS and Vequess because they were the only ones with 3 jumps. I knew my jump range would be over 26Ly by that point without refuelling and after some scouring I found that Ceti Sector MX-T B3-2 should do as the intermediate point.
Second time doing that route and it all just clicked
While going through my video to cut it down I notice that before going for the station entrance I often didn't boost for quite a while because I was worried it would be too late of a boost. Not doing that allowed me to keep a really tight line and then enter the station going at a reasonable speed, as wrestling the Cobra back on track once it starts drifting is tricky. The first and last entries into the stations are a little bit wide and I lose a bit of speed, but the middle three are nailed on.
I've no idea if one way if actually faster than the other, but after trying both I definitely feel that for me it's more comfortable to forgo the last boost or two. I've knocked up this video following in the vein of Alec's one and trying to find a song that was 8 1/2 minutes I ended up back at Delphic, so you get the joy of listening to them too
A huge thanks to Sulu for organising what's been a cracking race to start the Championship off! Congratulations to all of the people who took part, it was brilliant to see so many new faces around and some returning after a while away from the BRC too. I hope you all had fun, maybe learnt a thing or two, and managed to improve your times.
I'm really looking forwards to the next race as I didn't get the chance to run it last time being the host. It's certainly going to be a different style.
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Although I think I've got the hang of Imgur now, so there won't be any last-minute PMs cos I can't upload any images...
. It's to select a prefered pad! I wasn't even aware we could do this. Now I need to learn the layout of the station.
