Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialPierce Klempan
#787 · 1:25:00 · M11 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialJacob McCurdy
#792 · 1:17:10 · M26 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Interpretation
Pierce (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Jacob (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM. That gave Pierce a 8 minutes head start on Jacob. On foot, Pierce ran 1:25:00 and Jacob ran 1:17:10 — Jacob was 7:50 faster than Pierce. Pierce took official place 787th (time-based 792nd) and Jacob took official place 792nd (time-based 561st). Pierce's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Jacob was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Jacob gained 3:40 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Pierce Klempan (Q-DR) started 8 min earlier than Jacob (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -5
- Actual time Δ
- +7:50
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 8 min (Pierce earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:10
- Section place Δ
- +7
Δ = Pierce − Jacob. Negative means Pierce is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Pierce (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Jacob (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 8:00 later.
- Actual running time: Jacob was 7:50 faster on foot than Pierce.
- Finish clock: Pierce crossed the line 0:10 ahead of Jacob — Pierce wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +7:50 · finish clock -0:10.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Pierce | Jacob | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:08 | 8:42 | +1:26 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:35 | 6:47 | +0:48 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:35 | 6:25 | +0:10 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 34:02 | 30:22 | +3:40 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:09 | 15:11 | +0:58 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:20 | 7:37 | +0:43 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:11 | 2:06 | +0:05 |
Δ negative = Pierce ran the segment faster.