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
OfficialThomas Yates
#1262 · 1:48:37 · M53 · Group U · DR
Wave start 8:46 AM (U-DR)
Interpretation
Eddie (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM; Thomas (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM. That gave Eddie a 7 minutes head start on Thomas. On foot, Eddie ran 1:54:59 and Thomas ran 1:48:37 — Thomas was 6:22 faster than Eddie. Eddie took official place 1257th (time-based 1259th) and Thomas took official place 1262nd (time-based 1218th). Eddie's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Thomas was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Thomas gained 4:33 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Eddie Nielsen (L-DR) started 7 min earlier than Thomas (U-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -5
- Actual time Δ
- +6:22
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 7 min (Eddie earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:38
- Section place Δ
- -13
Δ = Eddie − Thomas. Negative means Eddie is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Eddie (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM.
- Thomas (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM, 7:00 later.
- Actual running time: Thomas was 6:22 faster on foot than Eddie.
- Finish clock: Eddie crossed the line 0:38 ahead of Thomas — Eddie wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +6:22 · finish clock -0:38.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Eddie | Thomas | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:53 | 11:13 | -0:20 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 10:48 | 9:15 | +1:33 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 10:28 | 7:54 | +2:34 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 46:33 | 42:00 | +4:33 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 23:56 | 22:20 | +1:36 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 10:13 | 13:01 | -2:48 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:08 | 2:54 | -0:46 |
Δ negative = Eddie ran the segment faster.