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
OfficialJulia R Maxwell Bailey
#3 · 57:02 · F30 · Group Q · INV
Wave start 8:16 AM (Q-INV)
Interpretation
Grace (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM; Julia (Q-INV) started at 8:16 AM. That gave Julia a 22 minutes head start on Grace because the Runner wave starts 27 minutes after the Invitational wave. On foot, Grace ran 1:32:42 and Julia ran 57:02 — Julia was 35:40 faster than Grace. Grace took official place 854th (time-based 957th) and Julia took official place 3rd (time-based 32nd). Julia was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Julia gained 16:18 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Julia R Maxwell Bailey (Q-INV) started 22 min earlier than Grace (K-DR).
The Runner wave starts 27 min after the Invitational wave.
- Overall place Δ
- +851
- Actual time Δ
- +35:40
- Section gap Δ
- 27 min (Julia earlier)
- Wave start Δ
- 22 min (Julia earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +57:40
- Section place Δ
- —
Δ = Grace − Julia. Negative means Grace is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Julia (Q-INV) started at 8:16 AM.
- Grace (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM, 22:00 later — the Invitational wave starts 27 min before the Runner wave.
- Actual running time: Julia was 35:40 faster on foot than Grace.
- Finish clock: Julia crossed the line 57:40 ahead of Grace — Julia wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +35:40 · finish clock +57:40.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Grace | Julia | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:01 | 6:46 | +4:15 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:34 | 5:03 | +3:31 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:19 | 5:20 | +1:59 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 36:44 | 20:26 | +16:18 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 19:07 | 11:52 | +7:15 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:55 | 5:54 | +2:01 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:02 | 1:41 | +0:21 |
Δ negative = Grace ran the segment faster.