Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialEmily Martin
#799 · 1:25:28 · F38 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialPaul Berens
#795 · 1:21:12 · M48 · Group V · DR
Wave start 8:47 AM (V-DR)
Interpretation
Emily (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Paul (V-DR) started at 8:47 AM. That gave Emily a 4 minutes head start on Paul. On foot, Emily ran 1:25:28 and Paul ran 1:21:12 — Paul was 4:16 faster than Emily. Emily took official place 799th (time-based 802nd) and Paul took official place 795th (time-based 683rd). Paul was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Paul gained 2:35 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Emily Martin (Q-DR) started 4 min earlier than Paul (V-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +4
- Actual time Δ
- +4:16
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 4 min (Emily earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:16
- Section place Δ
- +28
Δ = Emily − Paul. Negative means Emily is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Emily (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Paul (V-DR) started at 8:47 AM, 4:00 later.
- Actual running time: Paul was 4:16 faster on foot than Emily.
- Finish clock: Paul crossed the line 0:16 ahead of Emily — Paul wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +4:16 · finish clock +0:16.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Emily | Paul | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:18 | 9:57 | +0:21 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:50 | 6:31 | +1:19 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:04 | 7:24 | -0:20 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 33:05 | 30:30 | +2:35 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 17:09 | 16:39 | +0:30 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:47 | 8:00 | -0:13 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:15 | 2:11 | +0:04 |
Δ negative = Emily ran the segment faster.