Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialRobert Meng
#913 · 1:24:13 · M44 · Group X · DR
Wave start 8:49 AM (X-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialCraig R Mead
#912 · 1:45:08 · M73 · Group AA · DR
Wave start 8:28 AM (AA-DR)
Interpretation
Robert (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM; Craig (AA-DR) started at 8:28 AM. That gave Craig a 21 minutes head start on Robert. On foot, Robert ran 1:24:13 and Craig ran 1:45:08 — Robert was 20:55 faster than Craig. Robert took official place 913th (time-based 776th) and Craig took official place 912th (time-based 1166th). Craig's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Robert was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Robert gained 8:32 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Craig R Mead (AA-DR) started 21 min earlier than Robert (X-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +1
- Actual time Δ
- -20:55
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 21 min (Craig earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:05
- Section place Δ
- +18
Δ = Robert − Craig. Negative means Robert is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Craig (AA-DR) started at 8:28 AM.
- Robert (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM, 21:00 later.
- Actual running time: Robert was 20:55 faster on foot than Craig.
- Finish clock: Craig crossed the line 0:05 ahead of Robert — Craig wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -20:55 · finish clock +0:05.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Robert | Craig | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:35 | 11:54 | -2:19 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:34 | 8:53 | -1:19 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:59 | 8:37 | -1:38 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:39 | 41:11 | -8:32 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:55 | 22:07 | -5:12 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:32 | 9:51 | -1:19 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:59 | 2:35 | -0:36 |
Δ negative = Robert ran the segment faster.