The most recent revision of the FAI Sporting Code has a new record type: distance using up to three [predeclared] turnpoints. This is different from free distance using up to three turnpoints.
If past practice is any guide, the folks who decide these things will set minimum performances for US national records, but not for state record claims.
The rules have also been changed to make it clear that one flight can only set one type of distance record and one type of speed record (although possibly in multiple glider classes). The rules were not clear on this point before, and I know several people (including me) who have flown pre-declared triangular courses and claimed both triangle distance and free out-and-return distance for the same flight. That won't be allowed anymore for new record claims.
A pilot can apparently still make claims in multiple classes, though - for example, a good enough PW-5 flight could claim records in the World, 15M, Standard and Open classes.
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