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
OfficialChris J Ford
#820 · 1:26:38 · M57 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Interpretation
JC (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Chris (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. That gave Chris a 7 minutes head start on JC. On foot, JC ran 1:19:34 and Chris ran 1:26:38 — JC was 7:04 faster than Chris. JC took official place 818th (time-based 637th) and Chris took official place 820th (time-based 823rd). JC was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: JC gained 2:28 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Chris J Ford (Q-DR) started 7 min earlier than JC (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -2
- Actual time Δ
- -7:04
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 7 min (Chris earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:04
- Section place Δ
- +13
Δ = JC − Chris. Negative means JC is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Chris (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- JC (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 7:00 later.
- Actual running time: JC was 7:04 faster on foot than Chris.
- Finish clock: JC crossed the line 0:04 ahead of Chris — JC wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -7:04 · finish clock -0:04.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | JC | Chris | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:28 | 10:01 | -0:33 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:35 | 8:02 | -1:27 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:15 | 6:58 | -0:43 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 31:10 | 33:38 | -2:28 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:57 | 17:37 | -1:40 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:56 | 8:09 | -0:13 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:13 | 2:13 | ±0:00 |
Δ negative = JC ran the segment faster.