Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialJames V Mauch
#659 · 1:12:14 · M44 · Group X · DR
Wave start 8:49 AM (X-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialTom J Pastore
#656 · 1:23:00 · M63 · Group K · DR
Wave start 8:38 AM (K-DR)
Interpretation
James (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM; Tom (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM. That gave Tom a 11 minutes head start on James. On foot, James ran 1:12:14 and Tom ran 1:23:00 — James was 10:46 faster than Tom. James took official place 659th (time-based 397th) and Tom took official place 656th (time-based 738th). Tom's head start was enough to flip the official order even though James was faster on foot. Biggest swing: James gained 5:27 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Tom J Pastore (K-DR) started 11 min earlier than James (X-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +3
- Actual time Δ
- -10:46
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 11 min (Tom earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:14
- Section place Δ
- +5
Δ = James − Tom. Negative means James is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Tom (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM.
- James (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM, 11:00 later.
- Actual running time: James was 10:46 faster on foot than Tom.
- Finish clock: Tom crossed the line 0:14 ahead of James — Tom wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -10:46 · finish clock +0:14.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | James | Tom | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 8:31 | 9:23 | -0:52 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:23 | 7:40 | -1:17 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:12 | 6:11 | +0:01 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 27:08 | 32:35 | -5:27 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 14:53 | 16:29 | -1:36 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:02 | 8:14 | -1:12 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:05 | 2:28 | -0:23 |
Δ negative = James ran the segment faster.