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
OfficialLucy M Stevenot
#1216 · 1:46:13 · F35 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Interpretation
Alston (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM; Lucy (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. That gave Alston a 4 minutes head start on Lucy. On foot, Alston ran 1:50:05 and Lucy ran 1:46:13 — Lucy was 3:52 faster than Alston. Alston took official place 1211th (time-based 1227th) and Lucy took official place 1216th (time-based 1184th). Alston's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Lucy was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Alston gained 1:45 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Alston D Spady (L-DR) started 4 min earlier than Lucy (Q-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -5
- Actual time Δ
- +3:52
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 4 min (Alston earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:08
- Section place Δ
- -47
Δ = Alston − Lucy. Negative means Alston is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Alston (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM.
- Lucy (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 4:00 later.
- Actual running time: Lucy was 3:52 faster on foot than Alston.
- Finish clock: Alston crossed the line 0:08 ahead of Lucy — Alston wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +3:52 · finish clock -0:08.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Alston | Lucy | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 15:08 | 12:16 | +2:52 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 9:40 | 9:20 | +0:20 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 9:54 | 8:19 | +1:35 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 40:08 | 41:53 | -1:45 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 21:51 | 21:04 | +0:47 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 10:37 | 10:28 | +0:09 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:47 | 2:53 | -0:06 |
Δ negative = Alston ran the segment faster.