As used in Pigeon Racing, the term “Loft-Grouping” coefficient is defined as follows. Definition;

Loft-grouping is the result in pigeon racing achieved by extending the average velocity results (distance/time) to determine the distance, not the time; the winner (highest velocity in a designated area) was ahead of the second, third, fourth, and other followers in the same area.

It is based on the principle that if one bird (The Area Marker) managed a specific result in a designated area, all the birds arriving in that area, released from the same liberation, theoretically could have achieved the same result.

Loft-Grouping, calculations determine the distance the followers from the same area; each was behind the Marker. Using the average distance behind the Marker of the first four birds arriving at each loft, a result (Average distance behind the Marker) of each competing loft can now be released.

This Loft’s result can now compete with similar historical and futuristic results internationally; thus, it is safe to say that Loft-Grouping is the only fair result that can be used to determine a World Champion in Pigeon Racing.

The following application will be used in all calculated results. Use the red cell to calculate a new result

Method of calculation 

1.       Markers distance/markers velocity = Net flying time

2.       1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th measured bird’s speed X markers Net Flying hours will determine the distance flown by each measured bird in the yellow column.

3.       Marker’s distance minus loft distance travelled in the same hours as the Marker = meters behind Marker in the green column. 

4.       The average distance of 4 measured birds is the total meters behind marker / 4 as in the pink column

5.       Due to the fast differences of the competing lofts between participants and the irregular hours on the wing and to derive the final result of kilometres lost per hour of flight (KLPHF), the average kilometres of the loft behind is again multiplied by the net flying hours of the Marker. The handicap determines the final score by adding or subtracting the applicable handicap in the dark green column.

The Markers distance may be changed to any number to test the calculations, and the KLPHF result should remain the same. This phenomenon indicates that the distance between the lofts is nullified, and competitors are being judged equally as if they all raced to the same loft.

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