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
OfficialTheresa Pickard
#857 · 1:30:46 · F45 · Group M · DR
Wave start 8:40 AM (M-DR)
Interpretation
Grace (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM; Theresa (M-DR) started at 8:40 AM. That gave Grace a 2 minutes head start on Theresa. On foot, Grace ran 1:32:42 and Theresa ran 1:30:46 — Theresa was 1:56 faster than Grace. Grace took official place 854th (time-based 957th) and Theresa took official place 857th (time-based 921st). Grace's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Theresa was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Theresa gained 3:07 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Grace C Palmer (K-DR) started 2 min earlier than Theresa (M-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -3
- Actual time Δ
- +1:56
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 2 min (Grace earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:04
- Section place Δ
- -8
Δ = Grace − Theresa. Negative means Grace is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Grace (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM.
- Theresa (M-DR) started at 8:40 AM, 2:00 later.
- Actual running time: Theresa was 1:56 faster on foot than Grace.
- Finish clock: Grace crossed the line 0:04 ahead of Theresa — Grace wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +1:56 · finish clock -0:04.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Grace | Theresa | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:01 | 10:28 | +0:33 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:34 | 8:00 | +0:34 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:19 | 8:07 | -0:48 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 36:44 | 33:37 | +3:07 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 19:07 | 19:32 | -0:25 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:55 | 8:47 | -0:52 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:02 | 2:15 | -0:13 |
Δ negative = Grace ran the segment faster.