Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialChristian Hekemian
#864 · 1:19:59 · M19 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialPaul Coogan
#867 · 1:28:03 · M11 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Interpretation
Christian (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Paul (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. That gave Paul a 8 minutes head start on Christian. On foot, Christian ran 1:19:59 and Paul ran 1:28:03 — Christian was 8:04 faster than Paul. Christian took official place 864th (time-based 650th) and Paul took official place 867th (time-based 866th). Christian was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Christian gained 3:22 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Paul Coogan (Q-DR) started 8 min earlier than Christian (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -3
- Actual time Δ
- -8:04
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 8 min (Paul earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:04
- Section place Δ
- -6
Δ = Christian − Paul. Negative means Christian is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Paul (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Christian (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 8:00 later.
- Actual running time: Christian was 8:04 faster on foot than Paul.
- Finish clock: Christian crossed the line 0:04 ahead of Paul — Christian wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -8:04 · finish clock -0:04.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Christian | Paul | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:08 | 10:05 | -0:57 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:01 | 8:04 | -1:03 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:46 | 7:33 | -0:47 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:24 | 32:53 | -0:29 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:11 | 18:33 | -3:22 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:39 | 8:33 | -0:54 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:50 | 2:22 | -0:32 |
Δ negative = Christian ran the segment faster.