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
OfficialPatrick D Armstrong
#1271 · 1:50:56 · M54 · Group T · DR
Wave start 8:45 AM (T-DR)
Interpretation
Spencer (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Patrick (T-DR) started at 8:45 AM. That gave Patrick a 5 minutes head start on Spencer. On foot, Spencer ran 1:46:21 and Patrick ran 1:50:56 — Spencer was 4:35 faster than Patrick. Spencer took official place 1275th (time-based 1186th) and Patrick took official place 1271st (time-based 1234th). Patrick's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Spencer was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Spencer gained 7:05 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Patrick D Armstrong (T-DR) started 5 min earlier than Spencer (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +4
- Actual time Δ
- -4:35
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 5 min (Patrick earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:25
- Section place Δ
- +78
Δ = Spencer − Patrick. Negative means Spencer is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Patrick (T-DR) started at 8:45 AM.
- Spencer (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 5:00 later.
- Actual running time: Spencer was 4:35 faster on foot than Patrick.
- Finish clock: Patrick crossed the line 0:25 ahead of Spencer — Patrick wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -4:35 · finish clock +0:25.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Spencer | Patrick | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:38 | 12:55 | -1:17 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:50 | 10:12 | -1:22 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 10:21 | 7:46 | +2:35 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 38:20 | 45:25 | -7:05 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 23:39 | 20:29 | +3:10 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 10:59 | 11:27 | -0:28 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:34 | 2:42 | -0:08 |
Δ negative = Spencer ran the segment faster.