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
OfficialSpencer A Fast
#860 · 1:27:53 · M57 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Interpretation
Christian (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Spencer (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. That gave Spencer a 8 minutes head start on Christian. On foot, Christian ran 1:19:59 and Spencer ran 1:27:53 — Christian was 7:54 faster than Spencer. Christian took official place 864th (time-based 650th) and Spencer took official place 860th (time-based 861st). Spencer's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Christian was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Christian gained 4:09 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Spencer A Fast (Q-DR) started 8 min earlier than Christian (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +4
- Actual time Δ
- -7:54
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 8 min (Spencer earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:06
- Section place Δ
- -5
Δ = Christian − Spencer. Negative means Christian is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Spencer (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Christian (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 8:00 later.
- Actual running time: Christian was 7:54 faster on foot than Spencer.
- Finish clock: Spencer crossed the line 0:06 ahead of Christian — Spencer wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -7:54 · finish clock +0:06.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Christian | Spencer | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:08 | 10:06 | -0:58 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:01 | 7:23 | -0:22 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:46 | 9:11 | -2:25 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:24 | 30:36 | +1:48 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:11 | 19:20 | -4:09 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:39 | 8:55 | -1:16 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:50 | 2:22 | -0:32 |
Δ negative = Christian ran the segment faster.