Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialSpencer Hughes
#1275 · 1:46:21 · M35 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialJames Read
#1270 · 1:48:52 · M14 · Group V · DR
Wave start 8:47 AM (V-DR)
Interpretation
Spencer (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; James (V-DR) started at 8:47 AM. That gave James a 3 minutes head start on Spencer. On foot, Spencer ran 1:46:21 and James ran 1:48:52 — Spencer was 2:31 faster than James. Spencer took official place 1275th (time-based 1186th) and James took official place 1270th (time-based 1221st). James's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Spencer was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Spencer gained 2:50 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
James Read (V-DR) started 3 min earlier than Spencer (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +5
- Actual time Δ
- -2:31
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 3 min (James earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:29
- Section place Δ
- +78
Δ = Spencer − James. Negative means Spencer is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- James (V-DR) started at 8:47 AM.
- Spencer (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 3:00 later.
- Actual running time: Spencer was 2:31 faster on foot than James.
- Finish clock: James crossed the line 0:29 ahead of Spencer — James wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -2:31 · finish clock +0:29.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Spencer | James | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:38 | 10:38 | +1:00 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:50 | 8:49 | +0:01 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 10:21 | 7:57 | +2:24 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 38:20 | 39:42 | -1:22 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 23:39 | 26:29 | -2:50 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 10:59 | 12:32 | -1:33 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:34 | 2:45 | -0:11 |
Δ negative = Spencer ran the segment faster.