Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialAlston D Spady
#1211 · 1:50:05 · M9 · Group L · DR
Wave start 8:39 AM (L-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialAnna Malyala
#1208 · 1:50:46 · F52 · Group K · DR
Wave start 8:38 AM (K-DR)
Interpretation
Alston (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM; Anna (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM. That gave Anna a 1 minute head start on Alston. On foot, Alston ran 1:50:05 and Anna ran 1:50:46 — Alston was 0:41 faster than Anna. Alston took official place 1211th (time-based 1227th) and Anna took official place 1208th (time-based 1232nd). Anna's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Alston was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Alston gained 2:15 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Anna Malyala (K-DR) started 1 min earlier than Alston (L-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +3
- Actual time Δ
- -0:41
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 1 min (Anna earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:19
- Section place Δ
- +11
Δ = Alston − Anna. Negative means Alston is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Anna (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM.
- Alston (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM, 1:00 later.
- Actual running time: Alston was 0:41 faster on foot than Anna.
- Finish clock: Anna crossed the line 0:19 ahead of Alston — Anna wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -0:41 · finish clock +0:19.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Alston | Anna | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 15:08 | 12:14 | +2:54 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 9:40 | 9:38 | +0:02 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 9:54 | 9:09 | +0:45 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 40:08 | 41:07 | -0:59 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 21:51 | 24:06 | -2:15 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 10:37 | 11:21 | -0:44 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:47 | 3:11 | -0:24 |
Δ negative = Alston ran the segment faster.