Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialMallary C Walker
#1219 · 1:49:24 · F48 · Group M · DR
Wave start 8:40 AM (M-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialElizabeth Porter
#1221 · 1:46:26 · F36 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Interpretation
Mallary (M-DR) started at 8:40 AM; Elizabeth (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. That gave Mallary a 3 minutes head start on Elizabeth. On foot, Mallary ran 1:49:24 and Elizabeth ran 1:46:26 — Elizabeth was 2:58 faster than Mallary. Mallary took official place 1219th (time-based 1224th) and Elizabeth took official place 1221st (time-based 1188th). Mallary's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Elizabeth was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Elizabeth gained 4:02 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Mallary C Walker (M-DR) started 3 min earlier than Elizabeth (Q-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -2
- Actual time Δ
- +2:58
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 3 min (Mallary earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:02
- Section place Δ
- -38
Δ = Mallary − Elizabeth. Negative means Mallary is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Mallary (M-DR) started at 8:40 AM.
- Elizabeth (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 3:00 later.
- Actual running time: Elizabeth was 2:58 faster on foot than Mallary.
- Finish clock: Mallary crossed the line 0:02 ahead of Elizabeth — Mallary wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +2:58 · finish clock -0:02.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Mallary | Elizabeth | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:18 | 12:08 | -0:50 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:36 | 8:34 | +0:02 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 9:29 | 9:53 | -0:24 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 36:47 | 38:18 | -1:31 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 27:08 | 23:06 | +4:02 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 12:41 | 11:15 | +1:26 |
| The Stile to Finish | 3:25 | 3:12 | +0:13 |
Δ negative = Mallary ran the segment faster.