Holme Fell Final Details wrote:Start times for the Holme Fell Event are based on the 2004 UK Cup results up to and including 2nd May 2004. Competitors have been grouped according to their position counting their best 4 scores from 7 races this year, with the group containing the top competitors starting last. Start times within each group have been drawn at random.
This doesn't appear to be strictly true, with members of a certain national relay team having very few (if any) UK cup points being placed in the top seeded group.
I'm not having a go at their right to be there in the top seeded group (of course they should be) but if the website states it is based on UK cup points then it should be.