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
OfficialTom Drummond
#788 · 1:18:02 · M39 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Interpretation
Jacob (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Tom (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave Tom a 1 minute head start on Jacob. On foot, Jacob ran 1:17:10 and Tom ran 1:18:02 — Jacob was 0:52 faster than Tom. Jacob took official place 792nd (time-based 561st) and Tom took official place 788th (time-based 583rd). Tom's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Jacob was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Tom gained 0:36 from Top of Stairs to Windy Gap.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Tom Drummond (Y-DR) started 1 min earlier than Jacob (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +4
- Actual time Δ
- -0:52
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 1 min (Tom earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:08
- Section place Δ
- -18
Δ = Jacob − Tom. Negative means Jacob is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Tom (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM.
- Jacob (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 1:00 later.
- Actual running time: Jacob was 0:52 faster on foot than Tom.
- Finish clock: Tom crossed the line 0:08 ahead of Jacob — Tom wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -0:52 · finish clock +0:08.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Jacob | Tom | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 8:42 | 9:36 | -0:54 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:47 | 6:11 | +0:36 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:25 | 6:39 | -0:14 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 30:22 | 30:15 | +0:07 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:11 | 15:46 | -0:35 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:37 | 7:41 | -0:04 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:06 | 1:54 | +0:12 |
Δ negative = Jacob ran the segment faster.