No I'm saying combine the two segments that make up the one ride and compare it to the other ride that was continuous.
As I said, anytime a measurer makes a wrong turn and goes off course, they will be creating a segmented ride once they return to the correct course (no matter what method they use to return to the correct course).
It sounds like you are suggesting that when that happens, they will have to make a third ride of the course? Anytime they make a mistake and go off course, they might as well just abandon the ride because they're going to have to make a third ride anyway?