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Nick Gruendler

Mazda Miata · RCSP · All clubs · 2026
Also: Miata (RCSP, 1 event)

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Gap to PAX winner+8.84%Median across 9 events
Run 1 pace+15.93%+4.29% off own best
Cones per event1.00 DNF/DSQ runs
PAX wins00 top-10 finishes

Gap to PAX winner, by event

Higher on the chart is faster

0%5%10%15%20%SPK #1SPK #2SPK #3SPK #4SPK #5SPK #6SPK #7SPK #8SPK #9Each event · SPK #1: +9.67%Each event · SPK #2: +7.74%Each event · SPK #3: +7.30%Each event · SPK #4: +6.94%Each event · SPK #5: +14.40%Each event · SPK #6: +8.84%Each event · SPK #7: +11.16%Each event · SPK #8: +8.59%Each event · SPK #9: +14.41%RollingEach event
Each event4-event rolling median

Pace by run number

Median best-so-far gap to the PAX winner after each run

0%5%10%15%20%Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Nick · Run 1: +15.93%Nick · Run 2: +11.16%Nick · Run 3: +9.06%Nick · Run 4: +9.06%Nick · Run 5: +9.25%Nick
Median across 9 events

Cones & DNFs

38 runs across 9 events · a cone is +2 s
Cones per event1.09 total
Clean events4 / 9No cones and no DNFs
Runs coned18%82% of runs clean
DNF runs00.0% of runs
Costly cones1Coned runs faster than the one that counted

By run number

0%20%40%60%Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Coned · Run 1: 11%DNF · Run 1: 0%Coned · Run 2: 22%DNF · Run 2: 0%Coned · Run 3: 0%DNF · Run 3: 0%Coned · Run 4: 43%DNF · Run 4: 0%Coned · Run 5: 25%DNF · Run 5: 0%
% of runs coned% of runs DNF

By event

01234SPK #1SPK #2SPK #3SPK #4SPK #5SPK #6SPK #7SPK #8SPK #9cleancleancleancleanCones · SPK #1: 1DNFs · SPK #1: 0Cones · SPK #2: 0DNFs · SPK #2: 0Cones · SPK #3: 3DNFs · SPK #3: 0Cones · SPK #4: 0DNFs · SPK #4: 0Cones · SPK #5: 0DNFs · SPK #5: 0Cones · SPK #6: 2DNFs · SPK #6: 0Cones · SPK #7: 0DNFs · SPK #7: 0Cones · SPK #8: 1DNFs · SPK #8: 0Cones · SPK #9: 2DNFs · SPK #9: 0
ConesDNF runs

Costly cones

Coned runs that were faster than the time that counted, before the penalty.

EventRunRawConesCounted bestTime lostPAX pos clean
SPK #8 Oct 4, 2026457.810+158.7420.932 s25th (was 38th)

Events

Newest first
EventClassPAX posBest rawPAXGapCones
Autocross #9
Spokes / SASCA · Oct 31, 2026 · listed as “Nick G”
RCSP61 / 17045.24838.822+14.41%2
Autocross #8 (Beeville)
Spokes / SASCA · Oct 4, 2026 · listed as “Nick G”
RCSP38 / 9158.74250.400+8.59%1
Autocross #7
Spokes / SASCA · Aug 1, 2026 · listed as “Nick G”
RCSP66 / 15438.35132.905+11.16%0
Autocross #6
Spokes / SASCA · Jun 27, 2026
RCSP60 / 17440.17234.467+8.84%2
Autocross #5
Spokes / SASCA · Jun 6, 2026 · listed as “Nick G”
RCSP69 / 15736.54531.355+14.40%0
Autocross #4
Spokes / SASCA · May 9, 2026
RCSP30 / 17246.90940.247+6.94%0
Autocross #3
Spokes / SASCA · Mar 28, 2026
RCSP48 / 19650.23643.102+7.30%3
Autocross #2
Spokes / SASCA · Feb 28, 2026
RCSP37 / 18446.81440.166+7.74%0
Autocross #1
Spokes / SASCA · Jan 31, 2026 · listed as “Nick G”
RCSP46 / 12143.72437.515+9.67%1

Observations

Computed
  • Run 1 is typically +15.93% off the PAX winner; Nick finishes around +8.84%, so about 7.1 points come over the remaining runs.
  • Nick is typically within 1 point of final pace by run 3.
  • Median gap went from +7.74% in the first half of these events to +10.00% in the second half.
  • 1.0 cones per event. Each cone is 2 s, about 3–4% on a 55 s course.
  • Run 4 is where mistakes happen most: 43% of run 4s were coned or DNF.
  • 1 coned run was faster than the time that counted. The biggest, at SPK #8, would have been 0.932 s quicker and 13 PAX places higher clean.