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
OfficialPaul Berens
#795 · 1:21:12 · M48 · Group V · DR
Wave start 8:47 AM (V-DR)
Interpretation
Jacob (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Paul (V-DR) started at 8:47 AM. That gave Paul a 4 minutes head start on Jacob. On foot, Jacob ran 1:17:10 and Paul ran 1:21:12 — Jacob was 4:02 faster than Paul. Jacob took official place 792nd (time-based 561st) and Paul took official place 795th (time-based 683rd). Jacob was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Jacob gained 1:28 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Paul Berens (V-DR) started 4 min earlier than Jacob (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -3
- Actual time Δ
- -4:02
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 4 min (Paul earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:02
- Section place Δ
- +20
Δ = Jacob − Paul. Negative means Jacob is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Paul (V-DR) started at 8:47 AM.
- Jacob (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 4:00 later.
- Actual running time: Jacob was 4:02 faster on foot than Paul.
- Finish clock: Jacob crossed the line 0:02 ahead of Paul — Jacob wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -4:02 · finish clock -0:02.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Jacob | Paul | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 8:42 | 9:57 | -1:15 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:47 | 6:31 | +0:16 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:25 | 7:24 | -0:59 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 30:22 | 30:30 | -0:08 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:11 | 16:39 | -1:28 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:37 | 8:00 | -0:23 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:06 | 2:11 | -0:05 |
Δ negative = Jacob ran the segment faster.