Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialEric Bryan
#657 · 1:10:01 · M29 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialVihaan Dalal
#654 · 1:12:52 · M15 · Group W · DR
Wave start 8:48 AM (W-DR)
Interpretation
Eric (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Vihaan (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM. That gave Vihaan a 3 minutes head start on Eric. On foot, Eric ran 1:10:01 and Vihaan ran 1:12:52 — Eric was 2:51 faster than Vihaan. Eric took official place 657th (time-based 323rd) and Vihaan took official place 654th (time-based 417th). Vihaan's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Eric was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Eric gained 1:46 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Vihaan Dalal (W-DR) started 3 min earlier than Eric (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +3
- Actual time Δ
- -2:51
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 3 min (Vihaan earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:09
- Section place Δ
- +6
Δ = Eric − Vihaan. Negative means Eric is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Vihaan (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM.
- Eric (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 3:00 later.
- Actual running time: Eric was 2:51 faster on foot than Vihaan.
- Finish clock: Vihaan crossed the line 0:09 ahead of Eric — Vihaan wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -2:51 · finish clock +0:09.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Eric | Vihaan | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 7:56 | 7:56 | ±0:00 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 5:37 | 5:57 | -0:20 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 5:38 | 6:16 | -0:38 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 28:50 | 27:49 | +1:01 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 13:21 | 15:07 | -1:46 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 6:42 | 7:55 | -1:13 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:57 | 1:52 | +0:05 |
Δ negative = Eric ran the segment faster.