2020 Handicap Averages and Most Improved
Everyone in the MACC program runs in ability classes. Our intent is that racers in each class are of similar ability, to keep things competitive and interesting. A handicap system is used to determine when a racer should move to a different class.
Most Improved
We give awards at the end of each season for the most improved male and female racers. To qualify, you have to have at run at least 5 GS times (at least 3 races) and 5 SL times (3 races) last season and this season.
These are the final standings. Great work, Brian and Sandy!
March 13. We had an error in our software for calculating most improved. We originally thought the most improved woman was Debi; after fixing the software, the most improved is Sandy. Congratulations to both!
Bib Racer Club Class Δ GS Δ SL Δ Total
226 Brian Finkel BM SW -5.04 -4.85 -9.89 43 Nicholas Chiappetta E1M TO -5.20 -2.98 -8.18 55 Bob Milne AM TO -3.87 -3.93 -7.79 199 Steven Foradori SVCM TB -2.19 -5.06 -7.25 92 Scott Soucie AM TB -3.69 -3.11 -6.80 64 jamie pawelek VBM TB -8.49 1.91 -6.58 73 Sandy Stober VE2W TO -5.12 -1.27 -6.39 48 Debi Koltoniak BW TO -4.71 -0.88 -5.59 70 Jeff Sitko E1M SW -0.99 -4.39 -5.38 162 Cliff Langdon VE1M TO -2.64 -2.49 -5.12 28 Brian Dusina SVAM TB -5.46 0.40 -5.06 15 Jenessa Hilger EW SD -1.91 -3.02 -4.94 69 Nick Carrico EM TR -1.63 -3.20 -4.82 143 David Corcoran SVBM SN -0.28 -4.11 -4.40 229 William Meade EM SD -2.14 -2.02 -4.16 20 Ryan Bloodworth E2M SN -1.27 -2.85 -4.11 183 Rick Van Houdt SVBM TR -3.03 -1.06 -4.09 18 Kermit Anderson EM SD -1.65 -2.42 -4.07 22 Joel Holzknecht EM TO -1.98 -1.68 -3.65 26 Diane Clark-Finkel VE2W SW -1.18 -2.47 -3.65 104 Andrew Kerbrat E2M SW 0.99 -4.47 -3.48 42 Jim Hoppenrath VAM TR -1.08 -2.07 -3.15 5 Foster Butler VE1M JD -1.26 -1.85 -3.10 1W Sherrie Glas EW TR -2.97 0.20 -2.77 178 William Heckman E2M TB 0.25 -2.86 -2.61 204 Rick Discher DM SD 1.99 -4.47 -2.47 210 Timothy Loula SVE1M TB -0.63 -1.62 -2.25 103 David Tomasik EM AA -0.25 -1.48 -1.73 134 Mike Altenburg VE2M TB -2.14 0.57 -1.57 32 Jim Geisling VE2M TR -0.70 -0.82 -1.53 17 Kathy Bauer VE2W TR 1.15 -2.56 -1.41 81 PAUL Williams SVE1M SN -0.70 -0.63 -1.33 3 Kurt Adams SVE1M SD -0.88 -0.35 -1.22 166 Brian Onnela SVE1M TR -1.47 0.30 -1.17 78 Chuck White AM SW -0.17 -0.84 -1.01 44 Zach Jablonski EM TB 1.19 -1.82 -0.63 34 SUSAN GEISLING CW TR 2.06 -2.60 -0.53 62 Rob Reader SVE1M SD -1.43 1.06 -0.37 14 Gregory Bast EM SW 0.39 -0.72 -0.33 60 Bill Perlmutter SVE2M TR 1.34 -1.61 -0.27 25 Jacek Cholewicki VE1M TO -0.24 0.02 -0.21 79 Laura White VE2W SD 0.47 -0.51 -0.04
Handicap Averages
Here are everyone's handicaps as of March 8, 2020, after race 11.
NOTE: Handicaps reported for race 5 (SGS) are done only for bragging rights. They are not used to update GS averages, because SGS is not GS. They are not used for upgrades because there is only one SGS per season.
A new handicap page is posted after each of the five weekends in the season. All handicap pages for the season can be accessed from the racing results page.Bib Racer Club Class Min Max GS SL
3 Kurt Adams SD SVE1M 15 28 18.84 21.14 134 Mike Altenburg TB VE2M 25 38 35.29 42.16 18 Kermit Anderson SD EM 0 18 9.97 8.52 221 Steve Anderson SD SVE2M 25 38 38.83 38.28 96 Mark Arthurs SD VE1M 15 28 22.00 17.95 218 Michael Ault TO SVBM 45 64 75.66 78.58 14 Gregory Bast SW EM 0 18 15.82 13.56 16 Daniel Bates TO VE2M 25 38 32.43 35.78 17 Kathy Bauer TR VE2W 35 48 47.65 44.59 138 Vincent Benivegna TO VE2M 25 38 27.49 34.54 19 Susan Benivegna TO BW 60 80 70.50 64.56 141 Bob Bettman TR SVE1M 15 28 21.22 18.43 139 Gary Bloodworth SN SVCM 60 80 77.68 74.38 20 Ryan Bloodworth SN E2M 25 38 34.01 36.27 83 Dana Bloodworth SN AW 45 64 52.74 62.46 197 Ray Blythe SW SVE2M 25 38 33.13 38.62 140 Howard Bouwens TR VBM 45 64 66.88 58.56 23 Jeffery Burnette TB E2M 25 38 29.87 37.24 5 Foster Butler JD VE1M 15 28 20.42 27.19 142 David Carrico TR SVAM 35 48 52.36 49.29 21 Kathy Carrico TR VAW 45 64 67.64 63.12 4 Alexandra Carrico TR EW 0 28 23.33 24.82 69 Nick Carrico TR EM 0 18 7.61 6.03 145 Mike Cherette TR SVE2M 25 38 39.93 86 Renee Cherette TR VAW 45 64 71.26 73.67 43 Nicholas Chiappetta TO E1M 15 28 19.87 16.34 84 Barbara Chiappetta TO CW 75 96 160.41104.20 25 Jacek Cholewicki TO VE1M 15 28 21.64 19.95 26 Diane Clark-Finkel SW VE2W 35 48 41.58 37.38 33 Steve Coatney AA SVE2M 25 38 51.24 51.02 128 Joseph Connelly TO CM 60 80 62.42 63.53 27 Joe Conway AA DM 75 1000 91.48 97.87 143 David Corcoran SN SVBM 45 64 56.89 63.63 176 Michael Cox TO VE2M 25 38 35.86 48.43 151 Alfred Cureau JD CM 60 80 65.96 67.46 146 Chip Dayton SW E2M 25 38 33.30 39.03 204 Rick Discher SD DM 75 1000 97.81 91.73 28 Brian Dusina TB SVAM 35 48 35.30 45.32 148 Arthur Ellwanger TB SVBM 45 64 56.71 59.07 226 Brian Finkel SW BM 45 64 63.91 69.01 199 Steven Foradori TB SVCM 60 80 67.24 67.34 32 Jim Geisling TR VE2M 25 38 45.29 42.40 34 SUSAN GEISLING TR CW 75 96 95.92 90.84 35 Jackie Giles TR E1W 25 38 36.06 36.40 125 Doug Gilmour TB AM 35 48 37.24 45.76 80 Brendan Gimby AA E1M 15 28 27.38 24.15 1W Sherrie Glas TR EW 0 28 13.48 14.42 195 Dick Goodwin SW SVAM 35 48 55.44 57.01 99 T.j Graham SN EM 0 18 12.97 18.97 149 Pat Groves TO CW 75 96 117.59118.49 39 Janie Guiliani TB E1W 25 38 35.15 35.19 112 Steve Hark SD EM 0 18 19.72 12.65 178 William Heckman TB E2M 25 38 34.16 33.48 232 Tom Hicks TR EM 0 18 16.05 23.17 100 Michael Hietbrink TR VE1M 15 28 24.39 15 Jenessa Hilger SD EW 0 28 22.95 21.89 1M Drew Hilger SD EM 0 18 9.68 6.84 7 Grant Hilger SD EM 0 18 13.66 109 Marlene Hoeft SW BW 60 80 86.52 75.24 207 Greg Hoeft AA VE2M 25 38 38.46 42.01 40 Camille Hoeft SW CW 75 96 116.08116.08 41 Sue Holmes RN VE2W 35 48 42.32 41.82 22 Joel Holzknecht TO EM 0 18 9.08 9.13 42 Jim Hoppenrath TR VAM 35 48 38.25 38.52 122 Shawn Hughes AA VE2M 25 38 31.82 32.92 222 Mike Jablonski TB SVBM 45 64 58.55 64.60 44 Zach Jablonski TB EM 0 18 17.90 14.34 116 Jason Kanakry TR EM 0 18 15.85 16.08 177 Thomas Kaznecki SN SVCM 60 80 211.16 47 Sue Kent TR CW 75 96 120.01105.86 104 Andrew Kerbrat SW E2M 25 38 40.11 33.44 156 Nick Koltoniak TO SVE2M 25 38 39.23 48.40 48 Debi Koltoniak TO BW 60 80 83.89 82.91 49 Gary Konsza SD SVE1M 15 28 22.74 22.49 162 Cliff Langdon TO VE1M 15 28 19.25 22.45 217 Todd Lau SN AM 35 48 50.18 34.84 51 Art LeVasseur SN VBM 45 64 55.00 53.50 210 Timothy Loula TB SVE1M 15 28 29.71 29.11 113 Susie Mackens TO E1W 25 38 28.05 38.73 163 Jack Maynard SN SVBM 45 64 55.81 61.02 159 Domenic Mazzenga SN SVCM 60 80 92.33 87.09 160 Keli Mazzenga SN CW 75 96 99.52 76.65 161 Nick Mazzenga SN E2M 25 38 39.66 38.45 93 Doug Mcclelland SD VE1M 15 28 23.35 17.95 229 William Meade SD EM 0 18 9.26 4.86 89 Denise Miller TR VAW 45 64 60.84 60.33 55 Bob Milne TO AM 35 48 39.05 48.15 205 Todd Newman AA VBM 45 64 72.23 63.61 52 Paul Nicholls SD VE2M 25 38 27.95 38.14 121 Patrick Okeefe TR SVAM 35 48 54.95 46.88 58 Lou Oles TR SVBM 45 64 55.34 56.31 166 Brian Onnela TR SVE1M 15 28 18.77 21.37 167 Alan Osterdale AA CM 60 80 85.62 101.24 170 Dennis Parrott TB VBM 45 64 66.63 58.41 64 jamie pawelek TB VBM 45 64 58.69 80.87 60 Bill Perlmutter TR SVE2M 25 38 41.05 41.76 171 Joe Pioch SW CM 60 80 115.1793.67 82 John Pomerville SD VE1M 15 28 23.44 25.95 173 Scott Pyles RN SVE1M 15 28 30.16 27.43 38 Mallory Reader SD EW 0 28 24.30 23.94 62 Rob Reader SD SVE1M 15 28 27.43 30.43 65 Jack Riggs SD EM 0 18 12.91 14.37 68 Samantha Sayers TO E1W 25 38 30.23 32.33 174 Moby Mick Serafinski TR VBM 45 64 65.62 53.77 70 Jeff Sitko SW E1M 15 28 19.12 18.19 71 David C. Smith SD SVE1M 15 28 22.66 18.15 154 Patrick Smithbauer TB SVBM 45 64 57.32 57.03 92 Scott Soucie TB AM 35 48 39.70 44.30 220 David Souser TB E2M 25 38 28.33 34.61 179 Richard Steele AA SVAM 35 48 50.39 49.05 73 Sandy Stober TO VE2W 35 48 40.25 46.27 103 David Tomasik AA EM 0 18 16.43 13.26 75 Ginnie Uhley TR VE2W 35 48 53.38 50.24 183 Rick Van Houdt TR SVBM 45 64 51.12 55.08 76 Mark Warren TO E1M 15 28 23.05 28.09 77 MaryLynn Webster TR EW 0 28 22.22 18.73 78 Chuck White SW AM 35 48 44.63 52.22 79 Laura White SD VE2W 35 48 37.73 42.16 81 PAUL Williams SN SVE1M 15 28 25.96 26.20 90 Chris Williams SN VAM 35 48 38.99 42.16 185 Ron Zawlocki SN SVE2M 25 38 42.08 42.50
Most Improved Formula
Handicap is defined as the percent your time is longer than a reference racer with zero par time. That is, HC = 100*(your_time - par_time)/par_time.
If we subtract your old handicap from your new handicap, that gives us the change in the percent that your times are longer than the zero par time. We want the change relative to your old time, not the par time, so we divide by the factor (1 + HC_old/100), which is the ratio of your old time to the par time.
And that's how we get the magic formula:
% improvement = (HC_new -
HC_old)/(1 + HC_old/100)
More 2020 Season Results
MACC Handicaps
A handicap system is used to place MACC racers in appropriate ability classes, and to determine when racers should upgrade or downgrade to different classes.
MACC Class definitions
Handicap Calculations (pt 1)
Handicap Calculations (pt 2)
Handicap Theory (PDF)