Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialWill Gensler
#856 · 1:19:44 · M18 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialFiona O Francis
#855 · 1:30:43 · F15 · Group M · DR
Wave start 8:40 AM (M-DR)
Interpretation
Will (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Fiona (M-DR) started at 8:40 AM. That gave Fiona a 11 minutes head start on Will. On foot, Will ran 1:19:44 and Fiona ran 1:30:43 — Will was 10:59 faster than Fiona. Will took official place 856th (time-based 643rd) and Fiona took official place 855th (time-based 920th). Fiona's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Will was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Will gained 3:37 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Fiona O Francis (M-DR) started 11 min earlier than Will (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +1
- Actual time Δ
- -10:59
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 11 min (Fiona earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:01
- Section place Δ
- +20
Δ = Will − Fiona. Negative means Will is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Fiona (M-DR) started at 8:40 AM.
- Will (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 11:00 later.
- Actual running time: Will was 10:59 faster on foot than Fiona.
- Finish clock: Fiona crossed the line 0:01 ahead of Will — Fiona wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -10:59 · finish clock +0:01.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Will | Fiona | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:03 | 11:06 | -1:03 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:48 | 7:56 | -1:08 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:39 | 7:12 | -0:33 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 31:50 | 35:27 | -3:37 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 14:51 | 18:10 | -3:19 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:41 | 8:40 | -0:59 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:52 | 2:12 | -0:20 |
Δ negative = Will ran the segment faster.