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
OfficialEric Tannenwald
#797 · 1:26:15 · M58 · Group P · DR
Wave start 8:42 AM (P-DR)
Interpretation
Jacob (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Eric (P-DR) started at 8:42 AM. That gave Eric a 9 minutes head start on Jacob. On foot, Jacob ran 1:17:10 and Eric ran 1:26:15 — Jacob was 9:05 faster than Eric. Jacob took official place 792nd (time-based 561st) and Eric took official place 797th (time-based 818th). Jacob was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Jacob gained 2:35 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Eric Tannenwald (P-DR) started 9 min earlier than Jacob (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -5
- Actual time Δ
- -9:05
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 9 min (Eric earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:05
- Section place Δ
- +1
Δ = Jacob − Eric. Negative means Jacob is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Eric (P-DR) started at 8:42 AM.
- Jacob (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 9:00 later.
- Actual running time: Jacob was 9:05 faster on foot than Eric.
- Finish clock: Jacob crossed the line 0:05 ahead of Eric — Jacob wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -9:05 · finish clock -0:05.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Jacob | Eric | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 8:42 | 10:37 | -1:55 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:47 | 7:00 | -0:13 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:25 | 7:30 | -1:05 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 30:22 | 31:20 | -0:58 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:11 | 17:46 | -2:35 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:37 | 9:41 | -2:04 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:06 | 2:21 | -0:15 |
Δ negative = Jacob ran the segment faster.