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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.

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.

Bib   Racer                   Club  Class     Δ GS    Δ SL  Δ Total

199   Steven Foradori         VBM   TB       -4.72   -6.88  -11.61
26    Diane Clark-Finkel      VE2W  SW       -6.13   -3.05   -9.18
83    Dana Lewis              E2W   SN       -4.64   -3.66   -8.29
217   Todd Lau                E2M   SN       -4.41   -1.43   -5.84
4     Alexandra Carrico       EW    TR       -0.95   -2.32   -3.28
149   Andrew Kerbrat          E2M   SW       -1.52   -1.43   -2.95
183   Rick Van Houdt          SVBM  TR       -1.84   -0.53   -2.37
70    Jeffrey Sitko           VE1M  SW       -2.07    0.12   -1.95
21    Kathy Carrico           VAW   TR       -2.56    0.83   -1.74
22    Joel Holzknecht         O     TO        0.20   -1.69   -1.49
20    Ryan Bloodworth         E2M   SN       -0.72   -0.61   -1.33
78    Chuck White             AM    SW        0.37   -0.92   -0.56
170   Dennis Parrott          VBM   TB       -1.75    1.21   -0.54
15    Jenessa Hilger          EW    SD        0.70   -1.09   -0.39

Handicap Averages

Here are everyone's handicaps as of February 27, 2023, after race 9.

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    19.01 14.77
134   Mike Altenburg          TB    SVE2M 25    38    37.52 42.31
18    Kermit Anderson         SD    SVEM  10    18    14.31 11.31
221   Steve Anderson          SD    SVE2M 25    38    34.20 34.34
14    Gregory Bast            SW    EM    10    18    18.99 12.52
16    Daniel Bates            TO    VE2M  25    38    29.45 28.19
17    Kathy Bauer             TR    VE2W  35    48    44.82 42.91
138   Vincent Benivegna       TO    VE1M  15    28    22.87 27.85
19    Susan Benivegna         TO    BW    60    80    68.43 63.22
141   Robert Bettman          TR    SVEM  10    18    20.77 15.02
237   Mason Bettman           TR    E2M   25    38    30.42 34.35
20    Ryan Bloodworth         SN    E2M   25    38    30.46 35.19
197   Ray Blythe              SW    SVE2M 25    38    35.00 37.58
5     Foster Butler           JD    VE1M  15    28    20.60 26.47
142   Dave Carrico            TR    SVAM  35    48    50.57 46.76
      Nicholas Carrico        TR    O     0     12    9.28  6.49
21    Kathy Carrico           TR    VAW   45    64    57.67 62.16
4     Alexandra Carrico       TR    EW    10    28    22.70 24.72
147   Renee Cherette          TR    VAW   45    64    57.03 68.84
225   Jacek Cholewicki        TO    VE1M  15    28    23.54 22.59
26    Diane Clark-Finkel      SW    VE2W  35    48    33.61 34.80
145   Joe Connelly            TO    SVBM  45    64    46.38 54.13
143   David CORCORAN          SN    SVBM  45    64    58.22 77.66
176   Michael Cox             TO    SVE2M 25    38    33.71 42.05
151   Alfred Cureau           SW    VBM   45    64    74.05 79.61
223   Rick Discher            SD    CM    60    80    89.66 91.55
88    wayne drier             TR    SVE2M 25    38    39.76 33.41
28    Brian Dusina            TB    SVAM  35    48    35.21 39.98
148   Arthur Ellwanger        TB    SVBM  45    64    69.99
226   Brian FInkel            SW    AM    35    48    44.39 45.02
199   Steven Foradori         TB    VBM   45    64    52.50 53.87
165   Bill Fuge               SW    SVAM  35    48    45.45 43.98
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    18.67 15.81
24    TJ Graham               TO    EM    10    18    16.05 14.29
190   James Green             SW    AM    35    48    42.50 53.09
39    Janie Guiliani          TB    E1W   25    38    34.26 31.70
7     David Hall              TR    O     0     12    12.62 9.79
178   Will Heckman            TB    E2M   25    38    33.43 32.16
144   michael hietbrink       TR    VE1M  15    28    27.03
15    Jenessa Hilger          SD    EW    10    28    25.01 24.48
6     Drew Hilger             SD    O     0     12    11.11 7.60
234   Marlene Hoeft           SW    BW    60    80    79.76 77.47
40    Camille Hoeft           SW    CW    75    96    87.81 85.37
41    Suzanne Holmes          RN    VE2W  35    48    47.27 40.62
22    Joel Holzknecht         TO    O     0     12    13.33 8.34
42    Jim Hoppenrath          TR    SVE2M 25    38    32.90 32.10
11    Shawn Hughes            AA    VE2M  25    38    26.44 31.19
222   Mike Jablonski          TB    SVBM  45    64    59.96 65.72
44    zachary jablonski       TB    EM    10    18          12.93
233   Jason Kanakry           TR    EM    10    18    15.39 19.46
149   Andrew Kerbrat          SW    E2M   25    38    29.48 25.51
49    Gary Konsza             SD    SVE1M 15    28    23.69 23.62
162   Cliff Langdon           TO    VE1M  15    28    21.52 17.99
217   Todd Lau                SN    E2M   25    38    42.01 33.85
35    Art LeVasseur           SN    VBM   45    64    47.80 55.88
83    Dana Lewis              SN    E2W   35    48    40.71 57.19
48    D Lewis Koltoniak       TO    BW    60    80    86.27 80.45
113   Susie Mackens           TO    E1W   25    38    26.83 31.82
161   Nick Mazzenga           SN    E2M   25    38    30.90 37.00
93    Doug McClelland         SD    SVEM  10    18          16.95
146   Willie Meade            SD    O     0     12    6.25  2.53
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    68.91 62.64
166   Brian Onnela            TR    SVEM  10    18    18.00 19.64
167   Alan Osterdale          AA    CM    60    80    73.51 79.04
170   Dennis Parrott          TB    VBM   45    64    56.43 61.79
64    jamie pawelek           TB    VBM   45    64    62.10 85.38
133   Bill Perlmutter         TR    SVE2M 25    38    41.34 40.00
171   Joseph Pioch            SW    CM    60    80    83.98 86.74
135   Samantha Sayers         TO    E1W   25    38    39.09 36.28
67    Mike Sayers             TO    SVE1M 15    28    29.00 29.33
70    Jeffrey Sitko           SW    VE1M  15    28    16.10 15.61
136   David Smith             SD    SVE1M 15    28    21.25 15.90
34    Patrick Smithbauer      TB    SVBM  45    64    62.39 58.48
92    Scott Soucie            TB    AM    35    48    39.58 38.41
33    Ginnie Uhley            TR    VE2W  35    48    50.37 52.65
183   Rick Van Houdt          TR    SVBM  45    64    52.45 49.64
150   mark warren             TO    SVE1M 15    28    21.91 24.04
2     Laura White             SD    VE2W  35    48    38.28 39.22
78    Chuck White             SW    AM    35    48    36.36 45.85
139   Christopher Williams    SN    VE2M  25    38    34.78 41.27
81    Paul Williams           SN    SVE1M 15    28    25.19 25.96
137   S Woodford-Stober       TO    E1W   25    38    34.89 33.15

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)