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
OfficialLaurie Viault
#1189 · 1:51:39 · F56 · Group G · DR
Wave start 8:35 AM (G-DR)
Interpretation
Susan (J-DR) started at 8:37 AM; Laurie (G-DR) started at 8:35 AM. That gave Laurie a 2 minutes head start on Susan. On foot, Susan ran 1:49:55 and Laurie ran 1:51:39 — Susan was 1:44 faster than Laurie. Susan took official place 1190th (time-based 1226th) and Laurie took official place 1189th (time-based 1243rd). Laurie's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Susan was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Susan gained 1:31 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Laurie Viault (G-DR) started 2 min earlier than Susan (J-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +1
- Actual time Δ
- -1:44
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 2 min (Laurie earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:16
- Section place Δ
- +4
Δ = Susan − Laurie. Negative means Susan is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Laurie (G-DR) started at 8:35 AM.
- Susan (J-DR) started at 8:37 AM, 2:00 later.
- Actual running time: Susan was 1:44 faster on foot than Laurie.
- Finish clock: Laurie crossed the line 0:16 ahead of Susan — Laurie wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -1:44 · finish clock +0:16.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Susan | Laurie | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 12:32 | 12:15 | +0:17 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 10:14 | 10:02 | +0:12 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 9:00 | 8:42 | +0:18 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 42:37 | 41:58 | +0:39 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 22:39 | 24:10 | -1:31 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 9:56 | 11:06 | -1:10 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:57 | 3:26 | -0:29 |
Δ negative = Susan ran the segment faster.