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Nickolas Gruendler SR

Volkswagen Golf GTI · GS · Spokes / SASCA · 2025–2026
Also: Red Volkswagen Golf GTI (GS, 1 event)

Compare with…
Gap to PAX winner+12.32%Median across 4 events
Run 1 pace+17.31%+4.71% off own best
Cones per event1.80 DNF/DSQ runs
PAX wins00 top-10 finishes

Gap to PAX winner, by event

Higher on the chart is faster

0%5%10%15%SPK #8 ’25SPK #2 ’26SPK #3 ’26SPK #6 ’26Each event · SPK #8 ’25: +6.87%Each event · SPK #2 ’26: +12.81%Each event · SPK #3 ’26: +11.83%Each event · SPK #6 ’26: +13.84%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 5Nickolas · Run 1: +17.31%Nickolas · Run 2: +13.33%Nickolas · Run 3: +12.32%Nickolas · Run 4: +12.32%Nickolas · Run 5: +13.84%Nickolas
Median across 4 events

Cones & DNFs

16 runs across 4 events · a cone is +2 s
Cones per event1.87 total
Clean events1 / 4No cones and no DNFs
Runs coned25%75% of runs clean
DNF runs00.0% of runs
Costly cones0Coned runs faster than the one that counted

By run number

0%20%40%60%Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Coned · Run 1: 25%DNF · Run 1: 0%Coned · Run 2: 50%DNF · Run 2: 0%Coned · Run 3: 33%DNF · Run 3: 0%Coned · Run 4: 0%DNF · Run 4: 0%Coned · Run 5: 0%DNF · Run 5: 0%
% of runs coned% of runs DNF

By event

01234SPK #8 ’25SPK #2 ’26SPK #3 ’26SPK #6 ’26cleanCones · SPK #8 ’25: 3DNFs · SPK #8 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #2 ’26: 0DNFs · SPK #2 ’26: 0Cones · SPK #3 ’26: 2DNFs · SPK #3 ’26: 0Cones · SPK #6 ’26: 2DNFs · SPK #6 ’26: 0
ConesDNF runs

Events

Newest first
EventClassPAX posBest rawPAXGapCones
Autocross #6
Spokes / SASCA · Jun 27, 2026
GS108 / 17444.56436.052+13.84%2
Autocross #3
Spokes / SASCA · Mar 28, 2026
GS99 / 19655.53144.924+11.83%2
Autocross #2
Spokes / SASCA · Feb 28, 2026
GS98 / 18451.98542.055+12.81%0
Autocross #8
Spokes / SASCA · Sep 27, 2025
GS62 / 19048.10538.195+6.87%3

Observations

Computed
  • Run 1 is typically +17.31% off the PAX winner; Nickolas finishes around +12.32%, so about 5.0 points come over the remaining runs.
  • Nickolas is typically within 1 point of final pace by run 3.
  • Median gap went from +9.84% in the first half of these events to +12.84% in the second half.
  • 1.8 cones per event. Each cone is 2 s, about 3–4% on a 55 s course.
  • Run 2 is where mistakes happen most: 50% of run 2s were coned or DNF.