Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialJC Longbottom
#818 · 1:19:34 · M40 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialJonathan S Thorpe
#817 · 1:23:31 · M53 · Group U · DR
Wave start 8:46 AM (U-DR)
Interpretation
JC (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Jonathan (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM. That gave Jonathan a 4 minutes head start on JC. On foot, JC ran 1:19:34 and Jonathan ran 1:23:31 — JC was 3:57 faster than Jonathan. JC took official place 818th (time-based 637th) and Jonathan took official place 817th (time-based 756th). Jonathan's head start was enough to flip the official order even though JC was faster on foot. Biggest swing: JC gained 1:37 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Jonathan S Thorpe (U-DR) started 4 min earlier than JC (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +1
- Actual time Δ
- -3:57
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 4 min (Jonathan earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:03
- Section place Δ
- +26
Δ = JC − Jonathan. Negative means JC is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Jonathan (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM.
- JC (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 4:00 later.
- Actual running time: JC was 3:57 faster on foot than Jonathan.
- Finish clock: Jonathan crossed the line 0:03 ahead of JC — Jonathan wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -3:57 · finish clock +0:03.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | JC | Jonathan | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:28 | 10:02 | -0:34 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:35 | 7:23 | -0:48 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:15 | 6:15 | ±0:00 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 31:10 | 32:47 | -1:37 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:57 | 16:36 | -0:39 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:56 | 8:09 | -0:13 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:13 | 2:19 | -0:06 |
Δ negative = JC ran the segment faster.