Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialMichael P Esser
#1142 · 1:34:47 · M42 · Group X · DR
Wave start 8:49 AM (X-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialAllie Paul
#1138 · 1:40:34 · F34 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Comparison report
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The PDF includes the interpretation, deltas, race timeline, position-through-the-course chart, and segment-by-segment splits shown below.
Interpretation
Michael (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM; Allie (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. That gave Allie a 6 minutes head start on Michael. On foot, Michael ran 1:34:47 and Allie ran 1:40:34 — Michael was 5:47 faster than Allie. Michael took official place 1142nd (time-based 1006th) and Allie took official place 1138th (time-based 1106th). Allie's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Michael was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Michael gained 1:10 from Top of Stairs to Windy Gap.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Allie Paul (Q-DR) started 6 min earlier than Michael (X-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +4
- Actual time Δ
- -5:47
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 6 min (Allie earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:13
- Section place Δ
- -41
Δ = Michael − Allie. Negative means Michael is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Allie (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Michael (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM, 6:00 later.
- Actual running time: Michael was 5:47 faster on foot than Allie.
- Finish clock: Allie crossed the line 0:13 ahead of Michael — Allie wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -5:47 · finish clock +0:13.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Michael | Allie | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:25 | 11:19 | -0:54 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:12 | 9:22 | -1:10 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:57 | 8:56 | -0:59 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 36:14 | 37:16 | -1:02 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 20:40 | 21:23 | -0:43 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:52 | 9:45 | -0:53 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:27 | 2:33 | -0:06 |
Δ negative = Michael ran the segment faster.