Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialJacob McCurdy
#792 · 1:17:10 · M26 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialPam K Jolliffe
#789 · 1:41:05 · F66 · Group AAA · DR
Wave start 8:27 AM (AAA-DR)
Interpretation
Jacob (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Pam (AAA-DR) started at 8:27 AM. That gave Pam a 24 minutes head start on Jacob. On foot, Jacob ran 1:17:10 and Pam ran 1:41:05 — Jacob was 23:55 faster than Pam. Jacob took official place 792nd (time-based 561st) and Pam took official place 789th (time-based 1113th). Pam's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Jacob was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Jacob gained 6:23 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Pam K Jolliffe (AAA-DR) started 24 min earlier than Jacob (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +3
- Actual time Δ
- -23:55
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 24 min (Pam earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:05
- Section place Δ
- +21
Δ = Jacob − Pam. Negative means Jacob is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Pam (AAA-DR) started at 8:27 AM.
- Jacob (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 24:00 later.
- Actual running time: Jacob was 23:55 faster on foot than Pam.
- Finish clock: Pam crossed the line 0:05 ahead of Jacob — Pam wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -23:55 · finish clock +0:05.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Jacob | Pam | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 8:42 | 11:41 | -2:59 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:47 | 9:34 | -2:47 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:25 | 8:57 | -2:32 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 30:22 | 36:45 | -6:23 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:11 | 20:44 | -5:33 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:37 | 10:30 | -2:53 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:06 | 2:54 | -0:48 |
Δ negative = Jacob ran the segment faster.