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
OfficialEmmett R Novotny
#919 · 1:34:31 · M9 · Group L · DR
Wave start 8:39 AM (L-DR)
Interpretation
Liz (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Emmett (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM. That gave Emmett a 4 minutes head start on Liz. On foot, Liz ran 1:30:16 and Emmett ran 1:34:31 — Liz was 4:15 faster than Emmett. Liz took official place 915th (time-based 916th) and Emmett took official place 919th (time-based 999th). Liz was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Liz gained 6:00 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Emmett R Novotny (L-DR) started 4 min earlier than Liz (Q-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -4
- Actual time Δ
- -4:15
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 4 min (Emmett earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:15
- Section place Δ
- +31
Δ = Liz − Emmett. Negative means Liz is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Emmett (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM.
- Liz (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 4:00 later.
- Actual running time: Liz was 4:15 faster on foot than Emmett.
- Finish clock: Liz crossed the line 0:15 ahead of Emmett — Liz wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -4:15 · finish clock -0:15.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Liz | Emmett | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:29 | 10:16 | +0:13 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:55 | 8:09 | -0:14 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 8:08 | 6:43 | +1:25 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 33:53 | 39:53 | -6:00 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 18:41 | 19:07 | -0:26 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:52 | 8:12 | +0:40 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:18 | 2:11 | +0:07 |
Δ negative = Liz ran the segment faster.