SCOUTING INTELLIGENCE

Start with the decision.

You do not need to arrive with a finished research brief. Tell VORTEX who or what you are preparing for, and what decision the work needs to support.

VORTEX turns the logged record into a scoped, decision-ready brief for athletes, coaches, managers, programs, media, and commercial partners.

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WHAT VORTEX CAN ANSWER

Start with an athlete, opponent, matchup, completed heat, event, or roster. VORTEX will help define the exact question and confirm whether the available record can support it.

ATHLETE BRIEF

For one athlete. Examines scoring construction, repeatable performance patterns, and where competitive advantages or vulnerabilities appear.

OPPONENT BRIEF

For one opponent. Examines scoring construction, pacing, and repeatable tendencies relevant to a defined competitive question.

MATCHUP BRIEF

For one athlete-versus-athlete pairing. Compares matchup shape, scoring construction, relevant performance patterns, and available contextual evidence.

HEAT CONTEXT BRIEF

For one completed heat. Explains what the scoreline, wave sequence, and evidence record reveal beneath the official result.

EVENT INTELLIGENCE BRIEF

For one completed event. Identifies what the event rewarded, where the competitive ceiling appeared, and which athletes separated from the field.

TEAM / ROSTER BRIEF

For multiple athletes. Built for coaches, managers, programs, sponsors, media, and team leaders working across a defined competitive question.

VENUE INTELLIGENCE BOUNDARY

Venue Intelligence is separately scoped where sufficient historical or completed-event coverage exists. Availability is confirmed against the applicable corpus before work begins.

MONTHLY CAPACITY

CHOOSE YOUR INTELLIGENCE CAPACITY

Each plan reserves a defined amount of VORTEX research and analysis capacity each month. Larger assignments are scoped before work begins.

SCOUTING

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2 custom briefs per month

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1 named requester

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1 active request at a time

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5-business-day target turnaround

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Internal-use license

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Additional briefs available by scope

PROGRAM

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5 custom briefs per month

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Up to 3 named requesters

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Up to 2 active requests

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3-business-day target turnaround

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Internal program-use license

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Additional briefs available by scope

INTELLIGENCE DESK

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8 custom briefs per month

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Up to 5 named requesters

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Priority production queue

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2-business-day target turnaround where the underlying data already exists

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One monthly findings briefing

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Internal organization-use license

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Additional briefs available by scope

WHAT COUNTS AS A CUSTOM BRIEF

A standard custom brief answers one defined competitive question about up to two athletes within one event, venue, heat, or matchup context.

INCLUDED

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Analysis from the existing VORTEX corpus

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Quantitative findings

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VORTEX interpretation

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Appropriate charts or tables

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One clarification round

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Controlled internal-use delivery

NOT INCLUDED

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Logging new heats or footage

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New custom data collection

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Raw-data delivery

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Formula disclosure

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Bulk exports

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Unlimited revisions

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Publication or broadcast rights

Larger event, season, venue, roster, publication, broadcast, sponsorship, or data-licensing assignments are scoped separately before work begins.

HOW IT WORKS

STEP 01

DEFINE THE QUESTION

Tell VORTEX what you need to understand, who it concerns, how the intelligence will be used, and when the answer is needed.

STEP 02

CONFIRM THE SCOPE

VORTEX confirms the applicable data, brief allocation, delivery timing, usage rights, and any expanded scope before work begins.

STEP 03

RECEIVE THE INTELLIGENCE

VORTEX delivers a controlled, decision-ready report with findings, evidence, interpretation, and limitations clearly separated.

CONTROLLED INTELLIGENCE

VORTEX reports are produced from logged competitive records and defined observable performance objects. Every assignment is bounded by available coverage, sample size, and the question being asked.

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No raw-data ownership

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No unrestricted redistribution

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No scraping or automated extraction rights

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No model-training rights

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No guaranteed competitive outcome

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Publication, broadcast, sponsorship, and licensing rights require separate written scope

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW?

Send VORTEX the competitive question you need answered. If you selected a plan above, it is already attached to this inquiry.

REGARDING: CUSTOM INTELLIGENCE REQUEST

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