Paragliding XC competition stats of Mark Hardman
NZL (2002-2024), GBR (2024-2026)
Mark Hardman is a paragliding XC competition pilot with 55 competitions, between 2002 and 2026, best world ranking #330 (2007). Last competition 5 months ago.
- Ranking: 530.
- Best ranking ever: 330. (Feb 2007)
- 22 active years. Last competition 5 months ago.
- Competitions / year: 2.5, max 8 (2019)
- Longest pause: 32 months (Feb 2002 – Oct 2004)
- Best comp points: 47.766, average 24
- Consistency score: 58%
- Strategic choices accuracy: 74%
- Opponents faced: 1973, 1443 beaten at least once
55 competitions / 212 tasks
| Date | Competition | Strategic Value | Pq | Expected Position | Position | Expected Points | Points | Expected Ranking Impact | Ranking Impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2026 | New Zealand 2026 Paragliding Nationals & Open | -21% | 0.325 | 4/48 | 2 | 27.907/30.4 | 29.549 | 0/0 | 0 |
| Jan 2026 | SRS Gin Edition Colombia | 48% | 0.587 | 37/126 | 96 | 41.254/70.4 | 7.603 | 6.4/35.5 | 0 |
| Jul 2025 | 36th British & Dutch Championships | 17% | 0.655 | 57/125 | 34 | 29.396/78.6 | 47.317 | 3.3/52.5 | 21.2 |
| Jul 2025 | Flymaster Open 2025, 2nd XC Junior Pre-Worlds, 18th XC Pre-European Championships | 17% | 0.613 | 51/114 | 28 | 29.293/73.6 | 47.766 | 3.2/47.5 | 14.3 |
| Jun 2025 | Paragliding World Cup 2025 China ::: Linzhou | 13% | 0.643 | 64/125 | 51 | 24.395/77.2 | 33.35 | 3.3/56.1 | 12.3 |
| Feb 2025 | Bright open 2025 | 39% | 0.468 | 25/87 | 12 | 27.973/44.9 | 36.818 | 10/26.9 | 18.8 |
| Feb 2025 | Corryong PG Open 2025 | 61% | 0.479 | 26/82 | 21 | 33.58/57.5 | 38.007 | 15.6/39.5 | 15.6 |
| Aug 2024 | Norwegian, Latvian & Lithuanian Open 2024 | 83% | 0.452 | 29/114 | 66 | 35.989/54.2 | 15.881 | 18.4/36.6 | 0 |
| Aug 2024 | Disentis Open 2024 | 89% | 0.514 | 25/85 | 43 | 37.328/61.7 | 21.965 | 19.7/44.1 | 4.3 |
| Feb 2024 | Bright Open 2024 PG | 89% | 0.392 | 22/97 | 11 | 32.175/45 | 38.745 | 32.2/45 | 21.3 |
| Feb 2024 | Hawkes Bay Paragliding XC 2024 | 43% | 0.258 | 3/32 | 1 | 15.766/17.1 | 17.1 | 15.7/17 | 17 |
| Aug 2023 | PrePWC Fagaras Open 2023 | 68% | 0.479 | 22/56 | 7 | 24.102/48.3 | 40.862 | 23.9/48.1 | 34.4 |
| Feb 2023 | Flow Corryong PG Open 2023 | 56% | 0.416 | 26/80 | 28 | 20.11/34.2 | 19.084 | 17.3/31.4 | 16.3 |
| Jan 2023 | New Zealand PG Open - 2023 | 73% | 0.352 | 14/69 | 1 | 25.259/33.5 | 33.5 | 22.5/30.7 | 30.5 |
| Feb 2021 | New Zealand Paragliding Nationals 2021 | 61% | 0.351 | 5/81 | 28 | 38.107/40.8 | 23.6 | 9.5/12.2 | 0 |
| Jan 2021 | Hawkes Bay Regional Paragliding 2021 | -38% | 0.322 | 4/37 | 2 | 17.9/20 | 19.3 | 0/0 | 0 |
| Dec 2020 | Southern Fun NZ 2020 | 37% | 0.323 | 4/56 | 4 | 28.6/30.8 | 28.6 | 7/9.2 | 6.9 |
| Nov 2020 | Auckland Regional Paragliding Competition 2020 (Round 1) | -21% | 0.329 | 3/37 | 4 | 18.911/20.4 | 18.2 | 0/0 | 0 |
| Mar 2020 | New Zealand PG Open 2020 Rotorua | 63% | 0.370 | 10/78 | 70 | 34.3/40.5 | 1.69 | 12.5/18.7 | 0 |
| Dec 2019 | Southern Fun NZ 2019 | -14% | 0.323 | 4/43 | 12 | 19.2/21.1 | 14.3 | 0/0 | 0 |
| Aug 2019 | 16th FAI World Paragliding Championship | -87% | 0.907 | 126/150 | 126 | 3.59/108.8 | 3.59 | 0/84.8 | 0 |
| Aug 2019 | 2019 16th FAI European Paragliding Championship test event, Serbian, Hungarian and B&H Nationals | 43% | 0.481 | 31/140 | 56 | 32.34/46.2 | 22.1 | 8.7/22.6 | 0 |
| Jul 2019 | Flymaster Open 2019 | 27% | 0.408 | 9/54 | 6 | 29.127/36.5 | 31.828 | 5.5/12.9 | 8.1 |
| Jun 2019 | BaWü Open 2019 | -47% | 0.653 | 28/53 | 35 | 14.414/46.8 | 8.6 | 0/20.3 | 0 |
| Jun 2019 | 2019 Paragliding World Cup - China | -49% | 0.684 | 78/118 | 75 | 13.875/82.1 | 15.6 | 0/55.6 | 0 |
| Feb 2019 | New Zealand PG Open 2019 | 81% | 0.343 | 7/80 | 2 | 34.5/37.6 | 37 | 30.1/33.2 | 32.6 |
| Jan 2019 | Bright Open 2019 | 61% | 0.557 | 31/74 | 20 | 25.813/58.8 | 36.75 | 20.1/53.1 | 31 |
| May 2018 | 2018 China Linzhou Paragliding Pre World Cup | 72% | 0.360 | 15/74 | 14 | 28.501/37.9 | 29.2 | 24.9/34.3 | 25.5 |
| Feb 2018 | 2018 New Zealand Paragliding | 90% | 0.345 | 22/99 | 6 | 30.056/41.4 | 38.626 | 27.8/39.1 | 36.9 |
| May 2017 | 2017 China Linzhou Paragliding Open | 65% | 0.282 | 10/74 | 33 | 25/29.5 | 14.3 | 14.4/18.9 | 2.3 |
| Mar 2017 | 2017 New Zealand Paragliding Open | 77% | 0.329 | 18/78 | 8 | 25.7/35.7 | 31.5 | 23.7/33.7 | 29.9 |
| Jun 2016 | 2016 Rat Race / Sprint Paragliding Competition | 25% | 0.441 | 26/50 | 18 | 14.6/39.5 | 21.7 | 5.9/30.8 | 13 |
| Mar 2016 | 2016 New Zealand PG Open Round 2 - Nelson | 50% | 0.258 | 5/39 | 13 | 17.7/20.2 | 12.7 | 15.2/17.7 | 10.9 |
| Oct 2015 | 2015 Canungra Cup | 79% | 0.371 | 33/88 | 33 | 23.8/44.3 | 23.8 | 19.1/39.6 | 19.1 |
| Feb 2015 | 2015 The Corryong Open | 45% | 0.371 | 28/53 | 21 | 13.1/34.7 | 18.1 | 13.1/34.7 | 18.1 |
| Feb 2015 | 2015 New Zealand Paragliding Championship - PG Open - Wanaka | 49% | 0.283 | 11/46 | 15 | 14.3/19.6 | 12.3 | 14.2/19.5 | 10.3 |
| Mar 2014 | 2014 New Zealand PG Open Round Two Rotorua | 61% | 0.275 | 7/37 | 3 | 17.3/21.6 | 20.2 | 17.3/21.6 | 20.1 |
| Feb 2014 | 2014 New Zealand Paragliding Open Round One Nelson | 66% | 0.308 | 12/42 | 16 | 17.4/25.9 | 14.5 | 17.4/25.9 | 14.5 |
| Feb 2013 | 2013 New Zealand Paragliding Championship - PGOpen round - Wanaka | 78% | 0.290 | 11/59 | 15 | 22.4/28.4 | 20 | 22.3/28.3 | 19.9 |
| Jan 2012 | 2012 New Zealand Paragliding Open, Round 1 | 65% | 0.381 | 11/45 | 22 | 23.8/33.7 | 14.2 | 21.9/31.8 | 12.2 |
| Jan 2011 | 2011 Wanaka Paragliding Festival | 1% | 0.364 | 8/39 | 16 | 18/23.8 | 12 | 0.1/5.9 | 0 |
| Oct 2010 | 2010 The Canungra Paragliding Cup | 79% | 0.500 | 28/83 | 27 | 28.4/49.7 | 29.1 | 23.1/44.4 | 25.2 |
| Feb 2010 | 2010 New Zealand Paragliding Open - Round 2 | 53% | 0.263 | 3/39 | 3 | 19.4/20.7 | 19.4 | 17.7/19 | 17.5 |
| Jan 2010 | 2010 New Zealand Paragliding Open Round 1 | 47% | 0.310 | 4/25 | 1 | 16.5/19.5 | 19.5 | 16.4/19.4 | 19.2 |
| Aug 2009 | 2009 British Open St Jean de Montclar | 65% | 0.543 | 58/109 | 25 | 20.8/65.2 | 44.4 | 20.7/65.1 | 44.2 |
| Jan 2009 | NZ PG Nats 09 | 51% | 0.306 | 8/49 | 3 | 17.4/21.3 | 20.1 | 17.3/21.2 | 18.1 |
| Jan 2008 | Wanaka PG Festival 08 | 62% | 0.373 | 12/53 | 11 | 24.5/33.8 | 25.3 | 18.8/28.1 | 11.4 |
| Jan 2007 | Wanaka PG Festival 07 | 57% | 0.384 | 10/52 | 4 | 25.9/33.7 | 31 | 16.9/24.7 | 43 |
| Nov 2006 | Waikato Nat Champs 06 | 48% | 0.334 | 5/40 | 12 | 17.8/20.5 | 13.3 | 15.8/18.5 | 7 |
| Mar 2006 | Pre-Worlds 2006 | 22% | 0.750 | 102/148 | 71 | 11.8/90 | 29 | 10.8/89 | 32 |
| Mar 2006 | Kiwi Open 2006 | 16% | 0.709 | 98/137 | 43 | 7.6/68.1 | 36 | 7.6/68.1 | 31 |
| Jan 2006 | 2006 Wanaka Paragliding Festival (new Zealand Nationals) | 25% | 0.297 | 14/51 | 8 | 12/38 | 21 | 12/38 | 21 |
| Nov 2004 | New Zealand Nationals 04 | 3% | 0.308 | 15/23 | 4 | 1/26 | 15 | 1/26 | 15 |
| Oct 2004 | Canungra Cup 2004 | 22% | 0.427 | 51/75 | 40 | 8/77 | 16 | 8/77 | 16 |
| Feb 2002 | NZ PG Nats 02 | 0.448 | 22 | 31 | 30 |