Pace
Just one more thought.
I explained the luck involved in both hand and chute landings
It also occurred to me that as the element of luck increases with one it decreases with the other.
Take a beach landing on a wonderful hard sand beach, tide out, no people. There is very little luck involved with a hand landing. There is almost no judgement, you have miles of beach, all you have to do is manage to keep control of the aircraft and the landing should go well. On the other hand with the chute you might drift into the sea or on to the ground beyond the beach - there is more luck.
Take on the other hand a rock strewn area of the Scotland. There is a lot of luck involved with a hand landing. You have almost no control what you will hit. On the other hand with the chute you are pretty much assured whatever you hit it is much more likely to be a lot less hard than with the same hand landing. Chances are the outcome will be better with the chute, given that in both instances skill cant avoid you hitting something, just that without the chute it will probably be faster and therefore "harder".
As the element of luck increases with one it decreases with the other. For each pilot there is a meeting point which determines at which point you elect to pull and at which point you elect to hand land.