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
OfficialMichael Ludlam
#682 · 1:16:58 · M50 · Group U · DR
Wave start 8:46 AM (U-DR)
Interpretation
Matthew (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Michael (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM. That gave Michael a 5 minutes head start on Matthew. On foot, Matthew ran 1:12:08 and Michael ran 1:16:58 — Matthew was 4:50 faster than Michael. Matthew took official place 685th (time-based 393rd) and Michael took official place 682nd (time-based 552nd). Michael's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Matthew was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Matthew gained 2:42 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Michael Ludlam (U-DR) started 5 min earlier than Matthew (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +3
- Actual time Δ
- -4:50
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 5 min (Michael earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:10
- Section place Δ
- +5
Δ = Matthew − Michael. Negative means Matthew is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Michael (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM.
- Matthew (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 5:00 later.
- Actual running time: Matthew was 4:50 faster on foot than Michael.
- Finish clock: Michael crossed the line 0:10 ahead of Matthew — Michael wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -4:50 · finish clock +0:10.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Matthew | Michael | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 8:21 | 9:40 | -1:19 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 5:43 | 7:07 | -1:24 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:03 | 5:54 | +1:09 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 27:32 | 30:14 | -2:42 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 14:40 | 14:43 | -0:03 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 6:58 | 7:16 | -0:18 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:51 | 2:04 | -0:13 |
Δ negative = Matthew ran the segment faster.