12 Days of FME 2024

Leaderboard (20241216)
Made a belated fix to the leaderboard to handle the case where 2 or more teams can claim First To status - i.e. they are the first to arrive at the same country at the same time. In such cases, they both get the extra point.

Records (20241213)
Made minor fixes to segment distances where they crossed the dateline. Expanded the distance record report to show the top 10 contestants. Updated distance formatting.

Status Report/Balloon Details (20241212)
Updated the live maps with a layer that shows only the last 12 hours of other balloons' movements.

Leaderboard (20241212)
Oxygen units remaining has been added to the leaderboard, so we can see at a glance how much oxygen the leading balloons have remaining.

Records (20241212)
The Airport Closest Shaves report has been fixed to give the correct results and updated to show 10 contestants.

Records (20241211)
The Dateline Crossings report has been updated to sort by the Crossed At field so that the latest crossings are at the top of the list.

Records (20241210)
The Fastest Speed report has been fixed to give the correct results!

Records (20241210)
The Cloest to Safe report has been fixed to give the correct results and updated to show 10 contestants. It is slower now, so please give the report time to load.

Records (20241207)
The number of different overflown countries for the contest has been added to the Records page.

Records (20241207)
The sort criteria for the Countries Overflown report were updated to include speed, because ties in the table are decided on fastest maximum speed

Records (20241207)
The sort criteria for the Airports Overflown report were updated to include speed, because ties in the table are decided on fastest maximum speed

Records (20241207)
The Airports Overflown report has been updated to show 10 contestants, not 5, because of the very close scoring!

Records (20241207)
The Top Speeds report has been updated to show 10 contestants, not 5, because of the very close scoring!

Maps (20241205)
Updated map styling to make balloon objects transparent by default, but solid when highlighted. Also updated the balloon colours and styles in general.

Leaderboard (20241205)
The sort criteria were updated to include speed, so ties in the table are now decided on fastest maximum speed (as per the Terms and Conditions)

Records (20241205)
The Countries Overflown report has been updated to show 10 contestants, not 5, since there is currently a 7-team tie at the top of the table.

Records (20241205)
The Close Shaves report (closest to an airport without overlapping its exclusion zone) has been changed from kilometres to metres, since so many users are getting very, very close to airports!

Home Page (20241204)
A new box has been added to the front page to show contest news.

Altitude Update (20241204)
A fix was made to prevent out of range elevations being submitted.

Records (20241203)
The Speed Records report was updated to fix a problem with the sorting order.

Status Report (20241203)
The Status Report page was updated to sort by the At (last update) field, so that unlaunched balloons appear at the foot of the list.