Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialMelanie C Foltz
#1207 · 1:46:45 · F42 · Group P · DR
Wave start 8:42 AM (P-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialAlston D Spady
#1211 · 1:50:05 · M9 · Group L · DR
Wave start 8:39 AM (L-DR)
Interpretation
Melanie (P-DR) started at 8:42 AM; Alston (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM. That gave Alston a 3 minutes head start on Melanie. On foot, Melanie ran 1:46:45 and Alston ran 1:50:05 — Melanie was 3:20 faster than Alston. Melanie took official place 1207th (time-based 1193rd) and Alston took official place 1211th (time-based 1227th). Melanie was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Melanie gained 0:42 from Windy Gap to Muir Woods.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Alston D Spady (L-DR) started 3 min earlier than Melanie (P-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -4
- Actual time Δ
- -3:20
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 3 min (Alston earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:20
- Section place Δ
- +17
Δ = Melanie − Alston. Negative means Melanie is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Alston (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM.
- Melanie (P-DR) started at 8:42 AM, 3:00 later.
- Actual running time: Melanie was 3:20 faster on foot than Alston.
- Finish clock: Melanie crossed the line 0:20 ahead of Alston — Melanie wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -3:20 · finish clock -0:20.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Melanie | Alston | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 12:19 | 15:08 | -2:49 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 9:28 | 9:40 | -0:12 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 9:12 | 9:54 | -0:42 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 40:18 | 40:08 | +0:10 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 22:08 | 21:51 | +0:17 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 10:39 | 10:37 | +0:02 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:41 | 2:47 | -0:06 |
Δ negative = Melanie ran the segment faster.