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
OfficialJulia R Maxwell Bailey
#3 · 57:02 · F30 · Group Q · INV
Wave start 8:16 AM (Q-INV)
Interpretation
Christian (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Julia (Q-INV) started at 8:16 AM. That gave Julia a 35 minutes head start on Christian because the Runner wave starts 27 minutes after the Invitational wave. On foot, Christian ran 1:19:59 and Julia ran 57:02 — Julia was 22:57 faster than Christian. Christian took official place 864th (time-based 650th) and Julia took official place 3rd (time-based 32nd). Julia was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Julia gained 11:58 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Julia R Maxwell Bailey (Q-INV) started 35 min earlier than Christian (Z-DR).
The Runner wave starts 27 min after the Invitational wave.
- Overall place Δ
- +861
- Actual time Δ
- +22:57
- Section gap Δ
- 27 min (Julia earlier)
- Wave start Δ
- 35 min (Julia earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +57:57
- Section place Δ
- —
Δ = Christian − Julia. Negative means Christian is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Julia (Q-INV) started at 8:16 AM.
- Christian (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 35:00 later — the Invitational wave starts 27 min before the Runner wave.
- Actual running time: Julia was 22:57 faster on foot than Christian.
- Finish clock: Julia crossed the line 57:57 ahead of Christian — Julia wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +22:57 · finish clock +57:57.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Christian | Julia | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:08 | 6:46 | +2:22 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:01 | 5:03 | +1:58 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:46 | 5:20 | +1:26 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:24 | 20:26 | +11:58 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:11 | 11:52 | +3:19 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:39 | 5:54 | +1:45 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:50 | 1:41 | +0:09 |
Δ negative = Christian ran the segment faster.