Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialZach Edwards
#874 · 1:20:32 · M30 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialChristopher Gathright
#870 · 1:22:11 · M44 · Group X · DR
Wave start 8:49 AM (X-DR)
Interpretation
Zach (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Christopher (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM. That gave Christopher a 2 minutes head start on Zach. On foot, Zach ran 1:20:32 and Christopher ran 1:22:11 — Zach was 1:39 faster than Christopher. Zach took official place 874th (time-based 663rd) and Christopher took official place 870th (time-based 712th). Christopher's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Zach was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Zach gained 1:09 from Windy Gap to Muir Woods.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Christopher Gathright (X-DR) started 2 min earlier than Zach (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +4
- Actual time Δ
- -1:39
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 2 min (Christopher earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:21
- Section place Δ
- +19
Δ = Zach − Christopher. Negative means Zach is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Christopher (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM.
- Zach (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 2:00 later.
- Actual running time: Zach was 1:39 faster on foot than Christopher.
- Finish clock: Christopher crossed the line 0:21 ahead of Zach — Christopher wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -1:39 · finish clock +0:21.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Zach | Christopher | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 8:25 | 9:46 | -1:21 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:00 | 7:09 | -0:09 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:20 | 7:29 | -1:09 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 30:28 | 30:54 | -0:26 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:53 | 16:56 | -0:03 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:43 | 7:54 | +0:49 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:43 | 2:03 | +0:40 |
Δ negative = Zach ran the segment faster.