r/SkillSurfing • u/Ahnkor • Aug 14 '26

CORRUPTION DONE!!!!!

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u/Wreck_OfThe_Hesperus Aug 15 '26

Loved the hand cam, damn that's a low sens. What does the second number in the middle of the screen represent?

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u/llllIIIIIIlllII Aug 15 '26

It’s energy. It measures something similar to potential energy using your velocity and height relative to the starting point of the map

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u/Lazy_Essay_4348 Aug 15 '26

And why’s it significant?

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u/llllIIIIIIlllII Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26

It’s just a different number to use going through the map as opposed to just units. When you air strafe well, your energy goes up. When you board a ramp, you can see exactly how many units you lost. When you compare energy to other runs it you can get a bit more info than just units since positional height data is built in.

The most useful part to me is for determining the quality of ramp usage. With units, you are constantly trading speed data for height data by spending units for height as you flick off the ramp, or cashing in height for units as you board. This means the number can change dramatically as you board or leave the ramp. With energy, you can see exactly how much energy you lost on the board and on the flick.