Easier when compared to most deathraces. Relatively easy.
However, it's still problematic in many cases. Deathraces are by their very nature intended to obliterate EVERYBODY before the finish. Obliterating even 75% of the players before the finish in an ACTUAL RACE is a bit excessive as I see it.
I just recorded the number of survivors after a few races, including the guy who finished and excluding those not participating for some reason or another..
Numbers are as follows:
2
3
2
5
1 manual winner and 2 afks in spawn
4
1 manual winner and 1 guy lagging out and 3 afks in spawn
2
2
0 winners, 1 dead man was the last participating racer, and 2 left afk in spawn, one of the AFKs was in fact Nasoa so Swollow kicked the other for a default.
3
3
This counts only players who were in the minigame at the time of the finish, who were not afk in the spawn (except as otherwise noted), and who were not already going to inevitably die (i.e. just fell off a cliff guy isn't in the survivor count cause he could not have finished the race).
Keep in mind this is out of an average of 16-17 players. Average playercount is about 19 with one or two admins outside the minigame and one guy who is either loading, autokilled by the latejoin, or afk in the spawn (cause it's always SOMEONE).