Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialGrace C Palmer
#854 · 1:32:42 · F11 · Group K · DR
Wave start 8:38 AM (K-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialWill Gensler
#856 · 1:19:44 · M18 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Interpretation
Grace (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM; Will (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM. That gave Grace a 13 minutes head start on Will. On foot, Grace ran 1:32:42 and Will ran 1:19:44 — Will was 12:58 faster than Grace. Grace took official place 854th (time-based 957th) and Will took official place 856th (time-based 643rd). Grace's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Will was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Will gained 4:54 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Grace C Palmer (K-DR) started 13 min earlier than Will (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -2
- Actual time Δ
- +12:58
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 13 min (Grace earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:02
- Section place Δ
- -27
Δ = Grace − Will. Negative means Grace is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Grace (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM.
- Will (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 13:00 later.
- Actual running time: Will was 12:58 faster on foot than Grace.
- Finish clock: Grace crossed the line 0:02 ahead of Will — Grace wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +12:58 · finish clock -0:02.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Grace | Will | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:01 | 10:03 | +0:58 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:34 | 6:48 | +1:46 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:19 | 6:39 | +0:40 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 36:44 | 31:50 | +4:54 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 19:07 | 14:51 | +4:16 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:55 | 7:41 | +0:14 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:02 | 1:52 | +0:10 |
Δ negative = Grace ran the segment faster.