Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialJennifer L Stone
#1236 · 1:48:23 · F37 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialEdward R Owens
#2 · 48:29 · M32 · Group Z · INV
Wave start 8:24 AM (Z-INV)
Interpretation
Jennifer (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Edward (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM. That gave Edward a 19 minutes head start on Jennifer because the Runner wave starts 27 minutes after the Invitational wave. On foot, Jennifer ran 1:48:23 and Edward ran 48:29 — Edward was 59:54 faster than Jennifer. Jennifer took official place 1236th (time-based 1217th) and Edward took official place 2nd (time-based 1st). Edward was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Edward gained 18:36 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Edward R Owens (Z-INV) started 19 min earlier than Jennifer (Q-DR).
The Runner wave starts 27 min after the Invitational wave.
- Overall place Δ
- +1234
- Actual time Δ
- +59:54
- Section gap Δ
- 27 min (Edward earlier)
- Wave start Δ
- 19 min (Edward earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +1:18:54
- Section place Δ
- —
Δ = Jennifer − Edward. Negative means Jennifer is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Edward (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM.
- Jennifer (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 19:00 later — the Invitational wave starts 27 min before the Runner wave.
- Actual running time: Edward was 59:54 faster on foot than Jennifer.
- Finish clock: Edward crossed the line 1:18:54 ahead of Jennifer — Edward wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +59:54 · finish clock +1:18:54.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Jennifer | Edward | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:10 | 5:48 | +5:22 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 9:21 | 4:17 | +5:04 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 9:54 | 4:16 | +5:38 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 36:28 | 17:52 | +18:36 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 26:29 | 9:40 | +16:49 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 11:58 | 5:03 | +6:55 |
| The Stile to Finish | 3:03 | 1:33 | +1:30 |
Δ negative = Jennifer ran the segment faster.