The ranking will be as of January 1st, 2012:

http://ushpa.aero/compresults.asp

Notice that the Rob Kells Meet, the Santa Cruz Flats Race, the Big Spring US
Nationals, and the Flytec Race and Rally are the meets that counted in 2011 (you
can click on the many links above). No non US meets brought any points to this
ranking despite their high value (600 NTSS points). There is always a trade off
of high value versus tough competition. These domestic meets should also be
important in 2012. The Santa Cruz Flats Race and the US Nationals in Big Spring
attract high valued US pilots without bringing in high valued international
pilots who reduce one's chances to grab 660 points as Jeff O'Brien did this year
at the Santa Cruz Flats Race.

The Florida meets are always high valued as international pilots attend (it's
cheap to fly from Europe and the Americas and there aren't conflicts with meets
near them). The Santa Cruz Flats Race attracts California pilots as it takes
place seven driving hours from Los Angeles, so you can expect good pilots there.
Big Spring has the best, strongest, and most consistent conditions with
substantial community support, so it is also attractive to many US pilots.

Dustin won the Brazilian Nationals (one of the three meets that count for the
Nationals) in August, but likely because of continuing political conflicts in
Brazil with respect to CIVL/FAI payments, the Brazilian pilots (and Jonny
Durand) didn't bring enough NTSS points to the competition (500) to give Dustin
enough points (550) to surpass his 587 points from the Santa Cruz Flats Race.
The Forbes Flatlands was not counted at all despite being worth 600 points (due
to the high level of the competition).

Will it be worth it for US pilots to go to Forbes for the pre-Worlds at the
Forbes Flatlands if they are going there basically for the NTSS points? The US
has three competitions worth 600 points and in 2012 we could easily have four.
It is much less costly to go to these competitions then to go overseas. It is
more difficult to get the highest number of points at an international
competition due to the competition from other high level pilots.

Of course, there are other good reasons to go to Forbes for the 2012 pre-Worlds
including practicing flying there in anticipation of flying there during the
Worlds in January, 2013.