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
OfficialKatharine M Gensler
#785 · 1:32:57 · F56 · Group G · DR
Wave start 8:35 AM (G-DR)
Interpretation
Pierce (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Katharine (G-DR) started at 8:35 AM. That gave Katharine a 8 minutes head start on Pierce. On foot, Pierce ran 1:25:00 and Katharine ran 1:32:57 — Pierce was 7:57 faster than Katharine. Pierce took official place 787th (time-based 792nd) and Katharine took official place 785th (time-based 961st). Katharine's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Pierce was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Pierce gained 1:59 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Katharine M Gensler (G-DR) started 8 min earlier than Pierce (Q-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +2
- Actual time Δ
- -7:57
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 8 min (Katharine earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:03
- Section place Δ
- +30
Δ = Pierce − Katharine. Negative means Pierce is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Katharine (G-DR) started at 8:35 AM.
- Pierce (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 8:00 later.
- Actual running time: Pierce was 7:57 faster on foot than Katharine.
- Finish clock: Katharine crossed the line 0:03 ahead of Pierce — Katharine wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -7:57 · finish clock +0:03.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Pierce | Katharine | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:08 | 11:36 | -1:28 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:35 | 8:30 | -0:55 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:35 | 7:40 | -1:05 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 34:02 | 36:01 | -1:59 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:09 | 17:55 | -1:46 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:20 | 8:38 | -0:18 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:11 | 2:37 | -0:26 |
Δ negative = Pierce ran the segment faster.