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
OfficialMark Cutmore
#918 · 1:35:30 · M64 · Group K · DR
Wave start 8:38 AM (K-DR)
Interpretation
Liz (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Mark (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM. That gave Mark a 5 minutes head start on Liz. On foot, Liz ran 1:30:16 and Mark ran 1:35:30 — Liz was 5:14 faster than Mark. Liz took official place 915th (time-based 916th) and Mark took official place 918th (time-based 1023rd). Liz was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Liz gained 2:56 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Mark Cutmore (K-DR) started 5 min earlier than Liz (Q-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -3
- Actual time Δ
- -5:14
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 5 min (Mark earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:14
- Section place Δ
- +36
Δ = Liz − Mark. Negative means Liz is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Mark (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM.
- Liz (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 5:00 later.
- Actual running time: Liz was 5:14 faster on foot than Mark.
- Finish clock: Liz crossed the line 0:14 ahead of Mark — Liz wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -5:14 · finish clock -0:14.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Liz | Mark | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:29 | 11:25 | -0:56 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:55 | 8:36 | -0:41 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 8:08 | 7:40 | +0:28 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 33:53 | 36:49 | -2:56 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 18:41 | 19:15 | -0:34 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:52 | 9:14 | -0:22 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:18 | 2:31 | -0:13 |
Δ negative = Liz ran the segment faster.