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
OfficialSarah Chao
#914 · 1:38:14 · F57 · Group G · DR
Wave start 8:35 AM (G-DR)
Interpretation
Liz (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Sarah (G-DR) started at 8:35 AM. That gave Sarah a 8 minutes head start on Liz. On foot, Liz ran 1:30:16 and Sarah ran 1:38:14 — Liz was 7:58 faster than Sarah. Liz took official place 915th (time-based 916th) and Sarah took official place 914th (time-based 1070th). Sarah's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Liz was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Liz gained 2:46 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Sarah Chao (G-DR) started 8 min earlier than Liz (Q-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +1
- Actual time Δ
- -7:58
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 8 min (Sarah earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:02
- Section place Δ
- +41
Δ = Liz − Sarah. Negative means Liz is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Sarah (G-DR) started at 8:35 AM.
- Liz (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 8:00 later.
- Actual running time: Liz was 7:58 faster on foot than Sarah.
- Finish clock: Sarah crossed the line 0:02 ahead of Liz — Sarah wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -7:58 · finish clock +0:02.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Liz | Sarah | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:29 | 11:09 | -0:40 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:55 | 8:45 | -0:50 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 8:08 | 8:23 | -0:15 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 33:53 | 36:39 | -2:46 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 18:41 | 21:00 | -2:19 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:52 | 9:32 | -0:40 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:18 | 2:46 | -0:28 |
Δ negative = Liz ran the segment faster.