This is the points schedule for the handicapping. This scheme has been scientifically transmogrified and statistically confabulated to arrive at the current hypothetically accurate and irrefutable analysis of handicapping points awarded. You may think that one category or another deserves more points than some other one.* But, you’d be wrong so there is no use bringing it up.
Seriously, THE Open is all about not taking things too seriously so try really seriously to not be too serious.
The following is from the last year or two of THE Relay – it will change this year with the changes in categories! The following is to give you and idea of how it works!
| Handicapping for MASS Team Relay (2008) | ||||
| Handicap | By Handicap | |||
| Elite Open | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sr Expert Men | 0 | Pro/Elite Men | ||
| Vet I Expert Men | 0 | Sr Expert Men | ||
| Vet II Expert Men | 1 | Vet I Expert Men | ||
| Mas I Expert Men | 2 | |||
| Expert SS | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mas II Expert Men | 3 | Vet II Expert Men | ||
| Elite Women (all) | 4 | Expert SS | ||
| Master I Expert Men | ||||
| Sr 1 Sport | 2 | 2 | ||
| Sr 2 Sport | 2 | Sr 1 Sport | ||
| Vet 1 Sport | 2 | Sr 2 Sport | ||
| Sport SS | 2 | Vet 1 Sport | ||
| Vet 2 Sport | 3 | Sport SS | ||
| Mas 1 Sport | 3 | |||
| Mas 2 Sport | 4 | 3 | ||
| Sport Jr I | 3 | Master II Expert Men | ||
| Clydesdale Men | 4 | Vet 2 Sport | ||
| Sport Women I (34&U) | 5 | Mas 1 Sport | ||
| Sport Women II (35+) | 5 | Sr 1 Beg | ||
| Athena Women | 5 | Sr 2 Beg | ||
| Vet 1 Beg | ||||
| Sr 1 Beg | 3 | Sport Jr I | ||
| Sr 2 Beg | 3 | Elite Women | ||
| Vet 1 Beg | 3 | 4 | ||
| Vet 2 Beg | 4 | Clydesdale | ||
| Mas 1 Beg | 4 | Mas 2 Sport | ||
| Mas 2 Beg | 5 | Vet 2 Beg | ||
| Jr 10-12 | 9 | Mas 1 Beg | ||
| Jr 13-15 | 7 | Elite Women | ||
| Jr 16-18 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Beg Women U34 | 7 | Sport Women U34 | ||
| Beg Women 35+ | 7 | Sport Women 35+ | ||
| Mas 2 Beg | ||||
| Jr 15-16 Beg | ||||
| Athena Women | ||||
| 7 | ||||
| Beg Women U34 | ||||
| Beg Women 35+ | ||||
| Jr 13-14 Beg | ||||
| 9 | ||||
| Jr 10-12 Beg | ||||
| 10 | ||||
| Race Promoter |
So, you take each person on your team, assign the appropriate handicapping points, add up your team’s total and you end up with your start points.
Each lap is then worth 4 points.
We race; your team gets 4 points for each lap they complete.
Add your team’s start points with the lap points and you get your total points.
Most total points wins.
*9 times out of 10 the category that most people think is deserving of more points is the one that they themselves are in…