2023 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.
Handicap Averages
Here are everyone's handicaps as of February 6, 2023, after race 7.
A new handicap page is posted after each of the 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 SVEM 10 18 18.52 14.17 134 Mike Altenburg TB SVE2M 25 38 39.68 43.11 18 Kermit Anderson SD SVEM 10 18 14.29 11.00 221 Steve Anderson SD SVE2M 25 38 36.24 34.34 14 Gregory Bast SW EM 10 18 16.90 12.52 16 Daniel Bates TO VE2M 25 38 29.79 28.58 17 Kathy Bauer TR VE2W 35 48 45.15 43.70 138 Vincent Benivegna TO VE1M 15 28 22.88 28.13 19 Susan Benivegna TO BW 60 80 68.08 62.49 141 Robert Bettman TR SVEM 10 18 20.57 15.12 237 Mason Bettman TR E2M 25 38 31.28 34.52 20 Ryan Bloodworth SN E2M 25 38 30.66 34.50 197 Ray Blythe SW SVE2M 25 38 35.00 37.58 5 Foster Butler JD VE1M 15 28 21.11 26.47 142 Dave Carrico TR SVAM 35 48 52.82 47.53 Nicholas Carrico TR O 0 12 8.97 6.49 21 Kathy Carrico TR VAW 45 64 60.42 61.79 4 Alexandra Carrico TR EW 10 28 22.30 26.28 147 Renee Cherette TR VAW 45 64 59.62 65.47 225 Jacek Cholewicki TO VE1M 15 28 24.29 21.50 26 Diane Clark-Finkel SW VE2W 35 48 37.09 36.00 145 Joe Connelly TO SVBM 45 64 46.38 54.13 143 David CORCORAN SN SVBM 45 64 62.20 75.45 176 Michael Cox TO SVE2M 25 38 31.85 41.80 151 Alfred Cureau SW VBM 45 64 75.46 78.18 223 Rick Discher SD CM 60 80 98.53 91.65 88 wayne drier TR SVE2M 25 38 39.76 33.41 28 Brian Dusina TB SVAM 35 48 35.73 38.11 226 Brian FInkel SW AM 35 48 44.39 45.02 199 Steven Foradori TB VBM 45 64 54.97 57.20 165 Bill Fuge SW SVAM 35 48 45.04 42.67 132 Susan Geisling TR CW 75 96 90.51 91.08 32 James Geisling TR SVAM 35 48 40.47 38.26 125 Doug Gilmour TB VE2M 25 38 30.27 35.15 Sherrie Glas TR EW 10 28 17.49 16.29 24 TJ Graham TO EM 10 18 15.71 14.29 190 James Green SW AM 35 48 44.23 52.85 39 Janie Guiliani TB E1W 25 38 34.26 31.64 7 David Hall TR O 0 12 12.62 9.79 178 Will Heckman TB E2M 25 38 34.84 33.32 144 michael hietbrink TR VE1M 15 28 26.69 15 Jenessa Hilger SD EW 10 28 25.21 25.14 6 Drew Hilger SD O 0 12 10.83 7.47 234 Marlene Hoeft SW BW 60 80 82.56 77.47 40 Camille Hoeft SW CW 75 96 92.64 90.82 41 Suzanne Holmes RN VE2W 35 48 46.29 40.35 22 Joel Holzknecht TO O 0 12 13.22 8.48 42 Jim Hoppenrath TR SVE2M 25 38 32.90 32.03 11 Shawn Hughes AA VE2M 25 38 27.52 31.40 222 Mike Jablonski TB SVBM 45 64 59.06 65.72 44 zachary jablonski TB EM 10 18 12.62 233 Jason Kanakry TR EM 10 18 14.74 18.07 149 Andrew Kerbrat SW E2M 25 38 30.07 27.23 49 Gary Konsza SD SVE1M 15 28 22.72 21.47 162 Cliff Langdon TO VE1M 15 28 22.26 18.24 217 Todd Lau SN E2M 25 38 42.68 33.85 35 Art LeVasseur SN VBM 45 64 48.77 56.52 83 Dana Lewis SN E2W 35 48 41.79 57.19 48 D Lewis Koltoniak TO BW 60 80 86.27 80.45 113 Susie Mackens TO E1W 25 38 28.87 31.48 161 Nick Mazzenga SN E2M 25 38 33.13 37.93 93 Doug McClelland SD SVEM 10 18 16.95 146 Willie Meade SD O 0 12 4.70 2.38 89 Denise Miller TR VAW 45 64 69.86 71.92 23 William Moore XX SVE2M 25 38 27.82 205 Todd Newman AA VBM 45 64 68.84 61.43 166 Brian Onnela TR SVEM 10 18 19.03 19.77 167 Alan Osterdale AA CM 60 80 79.70 79.43 170 Dennis Parrott TB VBM 45 64 58.24 60.85 64 jamie pawelek TB VBM 45 64 62.91 85.38 133 Bill Perlmutter TR SVE2M 25 38 39.88 38.29 171 Joseph Pioch SW CM 60 80 90.28 87.70 135 Samantha Sayers TO E1W 25 38 39.09 37.92 67 Mike Sayers TO SVE1M 15 28 29.00 29.33 70 Jeffrey Sitko SW VE1M 15 28 16.96 16.02 136 David Smith SD SVE1M 15 28 21.25 15.90 34 Patrick Smithbauer TB SVBM 45 64 62.39 58.13 92 Scott Soucie TB AM 35 48 44.28 40.37 33 Ginnie Uhley TR VE2W 35 48 48.93 52.29 183 Rick Van Houdt TR SVBM 45 64 52.70 49.64 150 mark warren TO SVE1M 15 28 20.82 23.82 2 Laura White SD VE2W 35 48 37.61 40.07 78 Chuck White SW AM 35 48 37.37 46.33 139 Christopher Williams SN VE2M 25 38 34.62 39.22 81 Paul Williams SN SVE1M 15 28 25.19 25.96 137 S Woodford-Stober TO E1W 25 38 35.68 34.79
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 2023 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)