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
OfficialJeffrey T White
#1261 · 1:51:37 · M57 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Interpretation
Eddie (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM; Jeffrey (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. That gave Eddie a 4 minutes head start on Jeffrey. On foot, Eddie ran 1:54:59 and Jeffrey ran 1:51:37 — Jeffrey was 3:22 faster than Eddie. Eddie took official place 1257th (time-based 1259th) and Jeffrey took official place 1261st (time-based 1240th). Eddie's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Jeffrey was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Jeffrey gained 3:10 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Eddie Nielsen (L-DR) started 4 min earlier than Jeffrey (Q-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -4
- Actual time Δ
- +3:22
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 4 min (Eddie earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:38
- Section place Δ
- -47
Δ = Eddie − Jeffrey. Negative means Eddie is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Eddie (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM.
- Jeffrey (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 4:00 later.
- Actual running time: Jeffrey was 3:22 faster on foot than Eddie.
- Finish clock: Eddie crossed the line 0:38 ahead of Jeffrey — Eddie wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +3:22 · finish clock -0:38.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Eddie | Jeffrey | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:53 | 11:56 | -1:03 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 10:48 | 9:29 | +1:19 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 10:28 | 8:16 | +2:12 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 46:33 | 43:23 | +3:10 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 23:56 | 23:13 | +0:43 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 10:13 | 12:30 | -2:17 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:08 | 2:50 | -0:42 |
Δ negative = Eddie ran the segment faster.