Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialHeather Pedersen
#866 · 1:36:03 · F56 · Group G · DR
Wave start 8:35 AM (G-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialChristopher Gathright
#870 · 1:22:11 · M44 · Group X · DR
Wave start 8:49 AM (X-DR)
Interpretation
Heather (G-DR) started at 8:35 AM; Christopher (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM. That gave Heather a 14 minutes head start on Christopher. On foot, Heather ran 1:36:03 and Christopher ran 1:22:11 — Christopher was 13:52 faster than Heather. Heather took official place 866th (time-based 1032nd) and Christopher took official place 870th (time-based 712th). Heather's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Christopher was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Christopher gained 4:32 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Heather Pedersen (G-DR) started 14 min earlier than Christopher (X-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -4
- Actual time Δ
- +13:52
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 14 min (Heather earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:08
- Section place Δ
- -14
Δ = Heather − Christopher. Negative means Heather is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Heather (G-DR) started at 8:35 AM.
- Christopher (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM, 14:00 later.
- Actual running time: Christopher was 13:52 faster on foot than Heather.
- Finish clock: Heather crossed the line 0:08 ahead of Christopher — Heather wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +13:52 · finish clock -0:08.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Heather | Christopher | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:50 | 9:46 | +2:04 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:16 | 7:09 | +1:07 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 9:00 | 7:29 | +1:31 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 35:26 | 30:54 | +4:32 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 19:55 | 16:56 | +2:59 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 9:11 | 7:54 | +1:17 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:25 | 2:03 | +0:22 |
Δ negative = Heather ran the segment faster.