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
OfficialEphets M Head
#684 · 1:21:08 · F24 · Group P · DR
Wave start 8:42 AM (P-DR)
Interpretation
Matthew (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Ephets (P-DR) started at 8:42 AM. That gave Ephets a 9 minutes head start on Matthew. On foot, Matthew ran 1:12:08 and Ephets ran 1:21:08 — Matthew was 9:00 faster than Ephets. Matthew took official place 685th (time-based 393rd) and Ephets took official place 684th (time-based 680th). Ephets's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Matthew was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Matthew gained 2:40 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Ephets M Head (P-DR) started 9 min earlier than Matthew (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +1
- Actual time Δ
- -9:00
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 9 min (Ephets earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- ±0:00
- Section place Δ
- +2
Δ = Matthew − Ephets. Negative means Matthew is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Ephets (P-DR) started at 8:42 AM.
- Matthew (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 9:00 later.
- Actual running time: Matthew was 9:00 faster on foot than Ephets.
- They crossed the finish line at the same clock time.
Δ (A − B): actual -9:00 · finish clock ±0:00.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Matthew | Ephets | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 8:21 | 10:21 | -2:00 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 5:43 | 7:09 | -1:26 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:03 | 6:46 | +0:17 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 27:32 | 30:12 | -2:40 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 14:40 | 16:19 | -1:39 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 6:58 | 8:05 | -1:07 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:51 | 2:16 | -0:25 |
Δ negative = Matthew ran the segment faster.