Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialJonathan Walker
#1218 · 1:43:24 · M51 · Group U · DR
Wave start 8:46 AM (U-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialAlex Porter
#1220 · 1:39:26 · M36 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Interpretation
Jonathan (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM; Alex (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave Jonathan a 4 minutes head start on Alex. On foot, Jonathan ran 1:43:24 and Alex ran 1:39:26 — Alex was 3:58 faster than Jonathan. Jonathan took official place 1218th (time-based 1145th) and Alex took official place 1220th (time-based 1085th). Jonathan's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Alex was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Alex gained 2:20 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Jonathan Walker (U-DR) started 4 min earlier than Alex (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -2
- Actual time Δ
- +3:58
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 4 min (Jonathan earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:02
- Section place Δ
- -49
Δ = Jonathan − Alex. Negative means Jonathan is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Jonathan (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM.
- Alex (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 4:00 later.
- Actual running time: Alex was 3:58 faster on foot than Jonathan.
- Finish clock: Jonathan crossed the line 0:02 ahead of Alex — Jonathan wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +3:58 · finish clock -0:02.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Jonathan | Alex | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:54 | 10:15 | +0:39 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 9:12 | 7:13 | +1:59 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 8:41 | 8:05 | +0:36 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 38:32 | 36:12 | +2:20 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 22:42 | 23:14 | -0:32 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 10:07 | 11:16 | -1:09 |
| The Stile to Finish | 3:16 | 3:11 | +0:05 |
Δ negative = Jonathan ran the segment faster.