Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialNoah Palmer
#1172 · 1:36:50 · M43 · Group X · DR
Wave start 8:49 AM (X-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialJanella Samson
#1175 · 1:43:03 · F30 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Interpretation
Noah (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM; Janella (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. That gave Janella a 6 minutes head start on Noah. On foot, Noah ran 1:36:50 and Janella ran 1:43:03 — Noah was 6:13 faster than Janella. Noah took official place 1172nd (time-based 1054th) and Janella took official place 1175th (time-based 1137th). Noah was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Noah gained 3:30 from Top of Stairs to Windy Gap.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Janella Samson (Q-DR) started 6 min earlier than Noah (X-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -3
- Actual time Δ
- -6:13
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 6 min (Janella earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:13
- Section place Δ
- -40
Δ = Noah − Janella. Negative means Noah is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Janella (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Noah (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM, 6:00 later.
- Actual running time: Noah was 6:13 faster on foot than Janella.
- Finish clock: Noah crossed the line 0:13 ahead of Janella — Noah wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -6:13 · finish clock -0:13.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Noah | Janella | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:37 | 10:58 | -0:21 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 9:19 | 12:49 | -3:30 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:43 | 8:40 | -0:57 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 38:30 | 37:56 | +0:34 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 18:47 | 20:12 | -1:25 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 9:30 | 9:52 | -0:22 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:24 | 2:36 | -0:12 |
Δ negative = Noah ran the segment faster.