Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialEddie Nielsen
#1257 · 1:54:59 · M9 · Group L · DR
Wave start 8:39 AM (L-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialDavid A Greenblat
#1252 · 1:58:23 · M67 · Group G · DR
Wave start 8:35 AM (G-DR)
Interpretation
Eddie (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM; David (G-DR) started at 8:35 AM. That gave David a 4 minutes head start on Eddie. On foot, Eddie ran 1:54:59 and David ran 1:58:23 — Eddie was 3:24 faster than David. Eddie took official place 1257th (time-based 1259th) and David took official place 1252nd (time-based 1281st). David's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Eddie was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Eddie gained 3:20 from White Gate to The Stile.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
David A Greenblat (G-DR) started 4 min earlier than Eddie (L-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +5
- Actual time Δ
- -3:24
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 4 min (David earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:36
- Section place Δ
- +26
Δ = Eddie − David. Negative means Eddie is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- David (G-DR) started at 8:35 AM.
- Eddie (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM, 4:00 later.
- Actual running time: Eddie was 3:24 faster on foot than David.
- Finish clock: David crossed the line 0:36 ahead of Eddie — David wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -3:24 · finish clock +0:36.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Eddie | David | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:53 | 11:44 | -0:51 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 10:48 | 9:29 | +1:19 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 10:28 | 9:07 | +1:21 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 46:33 | 45:17 | +1:16 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 23:56 | 25:24 | -1:28 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 10:13 | 13:33 | -3:20 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:08 | 3:49 | -1:41 |
Δ negative = Eddie ran the segment faster.