Distance vs BFT?

It also depends on how you process each segment. From your words I assume you use multiple separate arrays (segments) and accumulate them with a weight. I use one multidimensional array, which means that I can't give different weight to segments. This works a bit like a tree, going deeper into dimensions when enough data is present. Bringing one more dimension (segment) into such a structure will scatter the data, so I really only add it when it has proven that it helps. As my bot tries to keep its preferred distance, against the majority the distance segment gives no additional info about the movement of the opponent.