Event Speed Factor Calculation Details
The goal of speed factors are to determine the ranking, statistically, of the speeds of a set of racers relative to each other. Each racer's speed is compared to the fastest racer of that stage and given a percentage. All of that racer's stages are then averaged.
Refinement 1:
Any stage time that has been manually adjusted is not counted.
Refinement 2:
A variety of stages removed from the calculation. The intent is that a racer has a single stage where they have trouble, whether they stopped to change a tire, spun, or helped pull another racer out, these anomalies are not figured in to the overall speed factor used in reseeds or future start orders.
Number of Stages for a particular racer |
Number of Slow stages dropped |
Number of Fast stages dropped |
---|---|---|
1 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 1 | 0 |
3 | 1 | 0 |
4 | 1 | 0 |
5 | 1 | 1 |
6 or more | 2 | 1 |