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
OfficialRyan Auker
#821 · 1:18:39 · M31 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Interpretation
JC (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Ryan (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM. That gave JC a 1 minute head start on Ryan. On foot, JC ran 1:19:34 and Ryan ran 1:18:39 — Ryan was 0:55 faster than JC. JC took official place 818th (time-based 637th) and Ryan took official place 821st (time-based 600th). JC's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Ryan was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Ryan gained 1:18 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
JC Longbottom (Y-DR) started 1 min earlier than Ryan (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -3
- Actual time Δ
- +0:55
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 1 min (JC earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:05
- Section place Δ
- +20
Δ = JC − Ryan. Negative means JC is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- JC (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM.
- Ryan (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 1:00 later.
- Actual running time: Ryan was 0:55 faster on foot than JC.
- Finish clock: JC crossed the line 0:05 ahead of Ryan — JC wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +0:55 · finish clock -0:05.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | JC | Ryan | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:28 | 8:45 | +0:43 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:35 | 6:37 | -0:02 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:15 | 6:48 | -0:33 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 31:10 | 29:52 | +1:18 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:57 | 16:09 | -0:12 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:56 | 8:17 | -0:21 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:13 | 2:11 | +0:02 |
Δ negative = JC ran the segment faster.