Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialFord McFerran
#1199 · 1:47:21 · M10 · Group N · DR
Wave start 8:41 AM (N-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialAlex Kendall
#1203 · 1:42:32 · M13 · Group U · DR
Wave start 8:46 AM (U-DR)
Interpretation
Ford (N-DR) started at 8:41 AM; Alex (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM. That gave Ford a 5 minutes head start on Alex. On foot, Ford ran 1:47:21 and Alex ran 1:42:32 — Alex was 4:49 faster than Ford. Ford took official place 1199th (time-based 1202nd) and Alex took official place 1203rd (time-based 1128th). Ford's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Alex was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Alex gained 5:21 from Windy Gap to Muir Woods.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Ford McFerran (N-DR) started 5 min earlier than Alex (U-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -4
- Actual time Δ
- +4:49
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 5 min (Ford earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:11
- Section place Δ
- -8
Δ = Ford − Alex. Negative means Ford is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Ford (N-DR) started at 8:41 AM.
- Alex (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM, 5:00 later.
- Actual running time: Alex was 4:49 faster on foot than Ford.
- Finish clock: Ford crossed the line 0:11 ahead of Alex — Ford wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +4:49 · finish clock -0:11.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Ford | Alex | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:57 | 10:57 | ±0:00 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:47 | 7:58 | +0:49 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 12:17 | 6:56 | +5:21 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 40:49 | 41:05 | -0:16 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 22:21 | 22:44 | -0:23 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 9:53 | 10:36 | -0:43 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:17 | 2:16 | +0:01 |
Δ negative = Ford ran the segment faster.