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#823 overallRunner sectionOfficial

Michael T Benzinger

Bib 1951 · M29 · Runner section · Group Z (1-min head start) · Wave start 8:51

Runner-section entrants start 27 minutes after the matching Invitational wave.

Actual time

1:18:41

Clock 1:44:42 · time-based place #602

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Overall percentile

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Top 59%

#823 of 1,398

Official place

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#823

By finish order (head start applied)

Time-based place

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#602

By raw speed, ignoring head start

M percentile

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Top 64%

#615 of 960

Age 26-32 (Z)

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Top 81%

#70 of 85

Runner section

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#291

of 854

Group Z

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#81

1-min head start · 105 runners

Position through the course

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Position at each official checkpoint, ending at finish-line place.

Top-35 gap

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You were 51:48 behind 35th place (Alex F Varner) on the normalized finish clock.

Top 35 finishers earn the famed black shirt. Final results may revise this list.

Top-100 gap

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You were 46:56 behind 100th place (Hank Beyer) on the normalized finish clock.

Top 100 finishers earn a ranked bib for next year's race. Final results may revise this list.

Segment splits

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SegmentSegment timeCumulativePositionΔ from prev
Start to Top of Stairs
Downtown start, sprint to Old Mill Park, up the 671 Dipsea stairs.
10:1810:18#1369
Stairs to Windy Gap
Suicide / Hauke Park climb to Windy Gap.
6:2416:42#131554
Windy Gap to Muir Woods
Fast descent into Muir Woods and Redwood Creek.
6:3423:16#125560
Muir Woods to Cardiac
Dynamite climb up to Cardiac, the high point of the course.
31:4354:59#1008247
Cardiac to White Gate
Swoop descent and rolling terrain to White Gate.
14:201:09:19#864144
White Gate to The Stile
Steep Ravine down, then Insult Hill back up.
7:281:16:47#83727
The Stile to Finish
The Moors and final descent to Stinson Beach.
1:541:18:41#82314

Overall finish distribution

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Actual-time distribution

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Top finishers (top 3)

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Top finishers in the 2026 Dipsea preliminary results.
PlaceNameBibSex/AgeGroupActualCompare
#1Chris Lundy3F55J (15m)1:00:42vs
#2Edward R Owens6M32Z (1m)48:29vs
#3Julia R Maxwell Bailey442F30Q (9m)57:02vs

Top 35 finishers earn the famed black shirt. Final results may revise this list.

Nearby finishers

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Finishers placed near Michael T Benzinger.
PlaceNameBibSex/AgeGroupActualActual ΔCompare
#818JC Longbottom1125M40Y (2m)1:19:34+0:53vs
#819josie shumway1519F34Q (9m)1:26:36+7:55vs
#820Chris J Ford1905M57Q (9m)1:26:38+7:57vs
#821Ryan Auker1974M31Z (1m)1:18:39-0:02vs
#822Kim A Levine1888F53J (15m)1:32:39+13:58vs
#823Michael T Benzinger1951M29Z (1m)1:18:41
#824Luke Sell1472M21SCR (0m)1:17:45-0:56vs
#825Teddy Zukoski1193M12T (7m)1:24:45+6:04vs
#826Greg B Ryan1686M63K (14m)1:31:46+13:05vs
#827Sam Booth1869M45W (4m)1:21:46+3:05vs
#828Cole Murawski1678M15W (4m)1:21:46+3:05vs