Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialLiz Ward
#915 · 1:30:16 · F39 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialMichelle J Coffman
#920 · 1:46:33 · F66 · Group AAA · DR
Wave start 8:27 AM (AAA-DR)
Interpretation
Liz (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Michelle (AAA-DR) started at 8:27 AM. That gave Michelle a 16 minutes head start on Liz. On foot, Liz ran 1:30:16 and Michelle ran 1:46:33 — Liz was 16:17 faster than Michelle. Liz took official place 915th (time-based 916th) and Michelle took official place 920th (time-based 1190th). Liz was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Liz gained 4:59 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Michelle J Coffman (AAA-DR) started 16 min earlier than Liz (Q-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -5
- Actual time Δ
- -16:17
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 16 min (Michelle earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:17
- Section place Δ
- +39
Δ = Liz − Michelle. Negative means Liz is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Michelle (AAA-DR) started at 8:27 AM.
- Liz (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 16:00 later.
- Actual running time: Liz was 16:17 faster on foot than Michelle.
- Finish clock: Liz crossed the line 0:17 ahead of Michelle — Liz wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -16:17 · finish clock -0:17.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Liz | Michelle | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:29 | 12:37 | -2:08 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:55 | 9:41 | -1:46 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 8:08 | 9:22 | -1:14 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 33:53 | 38:52 | -4:59 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 18:41 | 22:31 | -3:50 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:52 | 10:33 | -1:41 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:18 | 2:57 | -0:39 |
Δ negative = Liz ran the segment faster.