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Nickolas Gruendler SR

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

Compare with…
Gap to PAX winner+12.81%Median across 3 events
Run 1 pace+14.78%+1.75% off own best
Cones per event1.30 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 #2SPK #3SPK #6Each event · SPK #2: +12.81%Each event · SPK #3: +11.83%Each event · SPK #6: +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: +14.78%Nickolas · Run 2: +13.84%Nickolas · Run 3: +12.81%Nickolas · Run 4: +12.81%Nickolas · Run 5: +13.84%Nickolas
Median across 3 events

Cones & DNFs

12 runs across 3 events · a cone is +2 s
Cones per event1.34 total
Clean events1 / 3No cones and no DNFs
Runs coned17%83% of runs clean
DNF runs00.0% of runs
Costly cones0Coned runs faster than the one that counted

By run number

0%20%40%60%80%Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Coned · Run 1: 0%DNF · Run 1: 0%Coned · Run 2: 67%DNF · Run 2: 0%Coned · Run 3: 0%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

0123SPK #2SPK #3SPK #6cleanCones · SPK #2: 0DNFs · SPK #2: 0Cones · SPK #3: 2DNFs · SPK #3: 0Cones · SPK #6: 2DNFs · SPK #6: 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

Observations

Computed
  • Run 1 is typically +14.78% off the PAX winner; Nickolas finishes around +12.81%, so about 2.0 points come over the remaining runs.
  • Nickolas is typically within 1 point of final pace by run 3.
  • Median gap went from +12.32% in the first half of these events to +13.84% in the second half.
  • 1.3 cones per event. Each cone is 2 s, about 3–4% on a 55 s course.
  • Run 2 is where mistakes happen most: 67% of run 2s were coned or DNF.