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.
Update April 12, 2023. There was a long-standing bug in the MACC software that prevented some races from being counted. A few of you noticed you were missing, and Chuck found and fixed the bug. Here are the results with more eligible racers. It made a difference: Camille Hoeft is now the most improved female, joining Brian Finkel as the most improved male racer.
Bib Racer Club Class Δ GS Δ SL Δ Total
40 Camille Hoeft CW SW -9.88 -6.83 -16.71 226 Brian FInkel AM SW -3.21 -10.15 -13.36 171 Joseph Pioch CM SW -12.46 -0.71 -13.17 167 Alan Osterdale CM AA -9.94 -3.13 -13.07 199 Steven Foradori VBM TB -4.62 -8.06 -12.68 26 Diane Clark-Finkel E1W SW -6.63 -4.54 -11.17 83 Dana Lewis E2W SN -5.20 -3.39 -8.59 92 Scott Soucie AM TB -5.25 -2.87 -8.13 217 Todd Lau E2M SN -4.83 -1.07 -5.89 223 Rick Discher CM SD -6.45 1.59 -4.86 162 Cliff Langdon VE1M TO -2.33 -1.52 -3.85 190 James Green AM SW -1.30 -2.51 -3.81 151 Alfred Cureau VBM SW -4.44 0.77 -3.67 21 Kathy Carrico VAW TR -4.40 0.84 -3.56 149 Andrew Kerbrat E2M SW -1.53 -1.91 -3.44 137 S Woodford-Stober E1W TO -0.73 -2.65 -3.37 183 Rick Van Houdt SVBM TR -3.16 0.18 -2.98 22 Joel Holzknecht O TO 0.13 -2.72 -2.59 5 Foster Butler VE1M JD -0.94 -1.61 -2.55 4 Alexandra Carrico EW TR 0.29 -2.31 -2.02 17 Kathy Bauer VE2W TR -2.21 0.48 -1.73 134 Mike Altenburg SVE2M TB -2.51 0.82 -1.70 70 Jeffrey Sitko VE1M SW -2.83 1.63 -1.19 20 Ryan Bloodworth E2M SN -1.10 -0.09 -1.19 113 Susie Mackens E1W TO -2.15 1.05 -1.10 78 Chuck White AM SW 0.39 -1.08 -0.69 11 Shawn Hughes VE2M AA 0.55 -1.08 -0.53 16 Daniel Bates VE2M TO 1.03 -1.42 -0.39 34 Patrick Smithbauer SVBM TB -1.47 1.24 -0.23 15 Jenessa Hilger EW SD 0.49 -0.71 -0.22
Handicap Averages
Here are everyone's handicaps as of March 12, 2023, after race 11.
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 20.31 15.33
134 Mike Altenburg TB SVE2M 25 38 35.21 44.10
18 Kermit Anderson SD SVEM 10 18 15.40 12.61
221 Steve Anderson SD SVE2M 25 38 31.99 31.95
14 Gregory Bast SW EM 10 18 19.69 12.52
16 Daniel Bates TO VE2M 25 38 29.80 27.22
17 Kathy Bauer TR VE2W 35 48 44.17 43.90
138 Vincent Benivegna TO VE1M 15 28 23.36 27.85
19 Susan Benivegna TO BW 60 80 70.45 63.22
141 Robert Bettman TR SVEM 10 18 22.33 15.26
237 Mason Bettman TR E2M 25 38 30.42 34.35
20 Ryan Bloodworth SN E2M 25 38 29.93 35.92
197 Ray Blythe SW SVE2M 25 38 35.00 37.58
5 Foster Butler JD VE1M 15 28 20.60 26.53
142 Dave Carrico TR SVAM 35 48 51.63 46.76
Nicholas Carrico TR O 0 12 10.35 6.56
21 Kathy Carrico TR VAW 45 64 54.64 62.22
4 Alexandra Carrico TR EW 10 28 24.32 25.10
147 Renee Cherette TR VAW 45 64 57.03 64.43
225 Jacek Cholewicki TO VE1M 15 28 23.54 22.37
26 Diane Clark-Finkel SW E1W 25 38 32.88 32.76
145 Joe Connelly TO SVBM 45 64 46.38 54.13
143 David CORCORAN SN SVBM 45 64 56.46 77.65
176 Michael Cox TO SVE2M 25 38 33.71 42.05
151 Alfred Cureau SW VBM 45 64 70.23 78.53
223 Rick Discher SD CM 60 80 84.53 91.55
88 wayne drier TR SVE2M 25 38 39.76 33.41
28 Brian Dusina TB SVAM 35 48 36.10 42.71
148 Arthur Ellwanger TB SVBM 45 64 70.06
226 Brian FInkel SW AM 35 48 41.39 40.42
199 Steven Foradori TB VBM 45 64 52.79 51.96
165 Bill Fuge SW SVAM 35 48 45.48 43.98
132 Susan Geisling TR CW 75 96 88.65 88.18
32 James Geisling TR SVAM 35 48 40.47 38.26
125 Doug Gilmour TB VE2M 25 38 27.52 35.15
Sherrie Glas TR EW 10 28 19.00 15.75
24 TJ Graham TO EM 10 18 16.05 14.29
190 James Green SW AM 35 48 42.41 53.25
39 Janie Guiliani TB E1W 25 38 34.85 32.85
7 David Hall TR O 0 12 12.62 10.18
178 Will Heckman TB E2M 25 38 31.88 32.18
144 michael hietbrink TR VE1M 15 28 27.77
15 Jenessa Hilger SD EW 10 28 24.82 25.01
6 Drew Hilger SD O 0 12 12.85 7.67
234 Marlene Hoeft SW BW 60 80 75.53 76.00
40 Camille Hoeft SW CW 75 96 82.26 84.77
41 Suzanne Holmes RN VE2W 35 48 47.27 40.62
22 Joel Holzknecht TO O 0 12 13.33 7.79
42 Jim Hoppenrath TR SVE2M 25 38 32.11 31.38
11 Shawn Hughes AA VE2M 25 38 26.28 30.33
222 Mike Jablonski TB SVBM 45 64 61.19 65.72
44 zachary jablonski TB EM 10 18 20.06 12.93
233 Jason Kanakry TR EM 10 18 15.58 18.90
149 Andrew Kerbrat SW E2M 25 38 29.47 24.95
49 Gary Konsza SD SVE1M 15 28 26.03 24.52
162 Cliff Langdon TO VE1M 15 28 20.69 17.99
217 Todd Lau SN E2M 25 38 41.46 34.38
35 Art LeVasseur SN VBM 45 64 47.81 55.69
83 Dana Lewis SN E2W 35 48 39.85 57.66
48 D Lewis Koltoniak TO BW 60 80 86.27 80.45
113 Susie Mackens TO E1W 25 38 26.75 32.46
161 Nick Mazzenga SN E2M 25 38 29.30 37.51
93 Doug McClelland SD SVEM 10 18 16.95
146 Willie Meade SD O 0 12 8.27 2.57
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 68.63 62.64
166 Brian Onnela TR SVEM 10 18 18.70 20.90
167 Alan Osterdale AA CM 60 80 68.72 78.37
170 Dennis Parrott TB VBM 45 64 58.33 63.11
64 jamie pawelek TB VBM 45 64 60.23 85.38
133 Bill Perlmutter TR SVE2M 25 38 41.34 41.19
171 Joseph Pioch SW CM 60 80 76.63 87.64
135 Samantha Sayers TO E1W 25 38 35.48 35.70
67 Mike Sayers TO SVE1M 15 28 28.45 29.00
70 Jeffrey Sitko SW VE1M 15 28 15.27 17.39
136 David Smith SD SVE1M 15 28 21.57 16.43
34 Patrick Smithbauer TB SVBM 45 64 58.19 58.60
92 Scott Soucie TB AM 35 48 36.56 37.51
33 Ginnie Uhley TR VE2W 35 48 49.74 52.45
183 Rick Van Houdt TR SVBM 45 64 50.49 50.69
30 tom varner SD SVBM 45 64 57.46
150 mark warren TO SVE1M 15 28 21.84 24.04
2 Laura White SD VE2W 35 48 39.02 39.26
78 Chuck White SW AM 35 48 36.49 45.71
139 Christopher Williams SN VE2M 25 38 36.06 40.72
81 Paul Williams SN SVE1M 15 28 24.79 24.02
137 S Woodford-Stober TO E1W 25 38 34.49 31.24
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)