Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialKaren Liu
#1022 · 1:34:07 · F35 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialAlex L Finston
#1027 · 1:27:18 · M39 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Comparison report
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The PDF includes the interpretation, deltas, race timeline, position-through-the-course chart, and segment-by-segment splits shown below.
Interpretation
Karen (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Alex (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave Karen a 7 minutes head start on Alex. On foot, Karen ran 1:34:07 and Alex ran 1:27:18 — Alex was 6:49 faster than Karen. Karen took official place 1022nd (time-based 990th) and Alex took official place 1027th (time-based 843rd). Karen's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Alex was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Alex gained 4:37 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Karen Liu (Q-DR) started 7 min earlier than Alex (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -5
- Actual time Δ
- +6:49
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 7 min (Karen earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:11
- Section place Δ
- -17
Δ = Karen − Alex. Negative means Karen is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Karen (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Alex (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 7:00 later.
- Actual running time: Alex was 6:49 faster on foot than Karen.
- Finish clock: Karen crossed the line 0:11 ahead of Alex — Karen wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +6:49 · finish clock -0:11.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Karen | Alex | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:00 | 9:19 | +1:41 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:27 | 7:51 | +0:36 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:48 | 7:11 | +0:37 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 36:45 | 32:08 | +4:37 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 18:30 | 18:46 | -0:16 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 9:04 | 9:33 | -0:29 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:33 | 2:30 | +0:03 |
Δ negative = Karen ran the segment faster.