Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialMatthew Adan
#685 · 1:12:08 · M31 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialErik C Blachford
#680 · 1:20:46 · M59 · Group P · DR
Wave start 8:42 AM (P-DR)
Interpretation
Matthew (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Erik (P-DR) started at 8:42 AM. That gave Erik a 9 minutes head start on Matthew. On foot, Matthew ran 1:12:08 and Erik ran 1:20:46 — Matthew was 8:38 faster than Erik. Matthew took official place 685th (time-based 393rd) and Erik took official place 680th (time-based 671st). Erik's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Matthew was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Matthew gained 2:03 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Erik C Blachford (P-DR) started 9 min earlier than Matthew (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +5
- Actual time Δ
- -8:38
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 9 min (Erik earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:22
- Section place Δ
- +3
Δ = Matthew − Erik. Negative means Matthew is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Erik (P-DR) started at 8:42 AM.
- Matthew (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 9:00 later.
- Actual running time: Matthew was 8:38 faster on foot than Erik.
- Finish clock: Erik crossed the line 0:22 ahead of Matthew — Erik wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -8:38 · finish clock +0:22.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Matthew | Erik | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 8:21 | 10:19 | -1:58 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 5:43 | 7:17 | -1:34 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:03 | 7:00 | +0:03 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 27:32 | 29:35 | -2:03 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 14:40 | 16:06 | -1:26 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 6:58 | 8:02 | -1:04 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:51 | 2:27 | -0:36 |
Δ negative = Matthew ran the segment faster.