Statistics & analytics

Every activity is automatically analysed. The depth of analysis depends on the sport — free flight unlocks the most advanced metrics.

Core metrics (all sports)

• Distance — cumulative GPS distance.
• Duration and moving time.
• Speed — current, average and maximum.
• Altitude — current, min, max, and elevation gain/loss (ascent/descent).
• Pace and average pace.
• Heart rate and cadence when a sensor is connected.

Elevation gain per hour

For climbing sports (cycling, running, e-bike and hike-and-fly) you also get an elevation gain per hour section — the VAM, your vertical speed uphill. It shows the average over the whole activity plus your best efforts: the best hour, and the best 1, 5, 10, 21 and 42 km window found anywhere in the track.

Only positive gain counts, and only climbing time: descents and flat sections are excluded, so the figure is a genuine climbing performance rather than an average diluted by the way down.

Hike-and-fly counts the walk only

On a hike-and-fly, the rate measures the walk-up, which is the athletic part. Time spent airborne is excluded entirely — a thermal climb is not walking, and used to inflate the figure. Each flight also splits the track, so a best-effort window can never span a walk-up and a landing as if they were one continuous climb.

Free-flight analytics

For paragliding, hang gliding and similar sports, SportsTrackLive computes:

• Climb rate (current, average, max) and a variometer read-out.
• Glide ratio — horizontal distance per unit of altitude lost, current and since takeoff.
• Thermal analysis — automatic detection of thermals with entry/exit altitude, climb rate, turn rate (left/right) and core location.
• Wind analysis — wind speed and bearing throughout the flight, computed from the flight itself (no weather model), plus wind segments. See Wind detection for how it works.
• Time spent per altitude band.
• Transitions and turns — glide time between thermals and total turn count.

Contest scoring

Free-flight tracks are scored automatically for multiple contest types: open distance, free distance, flat triangle, FAI triangle and XContest. You'll see the achieved distance, the applied score and whether the course was closed — ready to submit to scoring websites.

Profile-level statistics

Beyond a single activity, your profile aggregates:

• Lifetime totals — number of activities, total time, best distance and duration.
• A calendar view (year, month and last-30-days) with daily breakdowns.
• Year-over-year comparisons.
• A gamified points score based on recent activity.
• Personal records by sport and by locality.

Free vs. Premium

Core metrics are available to everyone. Some advanced statistics and filters are part of Premium.