I thought I might just have the edge on that contest but it was all in the last day after catching what Vankwish was hinting at, so thanks to Vankwish I get first place and amazingly, as has happened before, I also have the most expensive solution.
That is clear use of Dark force putting the cloth through the falling plates, when it's in the right place it must be increasing the collision response, I had better send that to Peter just in case it is something new. It works for now but probably won't in Beta2.
Just for fun I did it with four plates with just one cloth and Jims catcher and got 1836. I guess it would also work with 3 plates it just needs the time to find the spot where it comes alive.
Just as I am writing this I see Sendai45 has put in an 1840, well done. Is your catcher in the results Sendai
New contest coming shortly