Foil RunAlpha

Your downwind run, decoded.

Your path, estimated time on foil, and speed.

The shape of your run.

Switch the illustration to see how smaller turns change the line.

Top gateSmaller turns around the same broad routeA dotted straight line connects the gates. The dark smoothed path follows the broad bend. The teal full path weaves around that bend, adding distance in smaller curves.Bottom gate
Straight lineSmoothed pathFull path

Smaller turns add distance around the same broad route.

Illustrated paths. Same gates, same broad route.

Straight line
Direct distance between the top and bottom gates.
Smoothed path
The broad route, with smaller curves smoothed away.
Full path
Distance along the recorded GPS track, using only recorded pieces when there is a gap.

Move a gate and all run stats update for the new interval.

Wiggle is the extra in your line.

Wiggle measures the extra distance in the smaller curves.

×1.20 means 20% extra distance. Broad river bends can stay near ×1.00.

Wiggle example

Recorded path
1,200 m
Smoothed path
1,000 m

Example lengths after simplification.

How Wiggle is calculated

Both paths are simplified into roughly 5-metre steps to reduce GPS jitter. Wiggle divides the recorded length by the smoothed length. The displayed Full path and Smoothed path distances use more detail.

The stretches where you kept going.

Glides
Continuous stretches at riding speed. Brief dips are allowed; a sustained slowdown can end a glide.
On foil
Share of recorded time in glides, estimated from sustained GPS speed of 7 knots or more.
Longest glide
Your longest glide’s distance along its smoothed path.
Elapsed time
Time from the top gate to the bottom gate.

Gaps in the recording.

When an interval was not recorded, the time stays gate-to-gate while the map and movement facts use only the recorded pieces.

Time
Gate-to-gate. It still includes the unrecorded interval.
Distance
Recorded pieces only.
On foil
Measured against the recorded time, not against Time.

Speed, heart rate, and highlights.

Fastest km
Your quickest kilometre of track within one continuous on-foil span (a glide, on a downwind run), shown as the time it took with the average speed beneath. It appears only when one span contains a full kilometre; the Run map marks where it was.
Max glide speed
Highest sustained speed within a glide, using a rolling median to soften GPS spikes.
Avg HR
Average heart rate during the run. A note flags limited coverage.
Shred score
Shred points per minute of riding, for Parawing and Downwind SUP runs. A run needs a minute of riding to get a score.
Best minute
The most Shred points in any 60 seconds of one continuous ride. Swell and terrain still matter, so compare similar conditions or attempts on the same Course.