If you put 100g of NaOH in cube form and 200g of NaOH in powered form which will react with HCl at a faster rate? Explain why

Mike and mitchell decide to have a foot race. they mark off a stretch of 100 yards, and recruit cindy to work the stopwatch. after running the race and looking at the results, cindy declared that mitchell was the fastest. so how did the boys times compare?