Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialSierra Peterson
#1206 · 1:48:43 · F45 · Group M · DR
Wave start 8:40 AM (M-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialMelanie C Foltz
#1207 · 1:46:45 · F42 · Group P · DR
Wave start 8:42 AM (P-DR)
Interpretation
Sierra (M-DR) started at 8:40 AM; Melanie (P-DR) started at 8:42 AM. That gave Sierra a 2 minutes head start on Melanie. On foot, Sierra ran 1:48:43 and Melanie ran 1:46:45 — Melanie was 1:58 faster than Sierra. Sierra took official place 1206th (time-based 1220th) and Melanie took official place 1207th (time-based 1193rd). Sierra's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Melanie was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Melanie gained 6:46 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Sierra Peterson (M-DR) started 2 min earlier than Melanie (P-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -1
- Actual time Δ
- +1:58
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 2 min (Sierra earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:02
- Section place Δ
- -9
Δ = Sierra − Melanie. Negative means Sierra is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Sierra (M-DR) started at 8:40 AM.
- Melanie (P-DR) started at 8:42 AM, 2:00 later.
- Actual running time: Melanie was 1:58 faster on foot than Sierra.
- Finish clock: Sierra crossed the line 0:02 ahead of Melanie — Sierra wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +1:58 · finish clock -0:02.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Sierra | Melanie | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:46 | 12:19 | -1:33 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:28 | 9:28 | -2:00 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 10:36 | 9:12 | +1:24 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 35:24 | 40:18 | -4:54 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 28:54 | 22:08 | +6:46 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 12:41 | 10:39 | +2:02 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:54 | 2:41 | +0:13 |
Δ negative = Sierra ran the segment faster.