Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialSusan R Butler
#1190 · 1:49:55 · F54 · Group J · DR
Wave start 8:37 AM (J-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialFrancis Poole
#1191 · 1:37:09 · M41 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Interpretation
Susan (J-DR) started at 8:37 AM; Francis (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave Susan a 13 minutes head start on Francis. On foot, Susan ran 1:49:55 and Francis ran 1:37:09 — Francis was 12:46 faster than Susan. Susan took official place 1190th (time-based 1226th) and Francis took official place 1191st (time-based 1059th). Susan's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Francis was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Francis gained 7:07 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Susan R Butler (J-DR) started 13 min earlier than Francis (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -1
- Actual time Δ
- +12:46
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 13 min (Susan earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:14
- Section place Δ
- -81
Δ = Susan − Francis. Negative means Susan is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Susan (J-DR) started at 8:37 AM.
- Francis (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 13:00 later.
- Actual running time: Francis was 12:46 faster on foot than Susan.
- Finish clock: Susan crossed the line 0:14 ahead of Francis — Susan wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +12:46 · finish clock -0:14.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Susan | Francis | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 12:32 | 11:42 | +0:50 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 10:14 | 8:28 | +1:46 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 9:00 | 8:10 | +0:50 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 42:37 | 35:30 | +7:07 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 22:39 | 21:18 | +1:21 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 9:56 | 9:16 | +0:40 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:57 | 2:45 | +0:12 |
Δ negative = Susan ran the segment faster.