Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialSierra Mauch
#1326 · 2:08:45 · F11 · Group K · DR
Wave start 8:38 AM (K-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialEdward R Owens
#2 · 48:29 · M32 · Group Z · INV
Wave start 8:24 AM (Z-INV)
Interpretation
Sierra (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM; Edward (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM. That gave Edward a 14 minutes head start on Sierra because the Runner wave starts 27 minutes after the Invitational wave. On foot, Sierra ran 2:08:45 and Edward ran 48:29 — Edward was 1:20:16 faster than Sierra. Sierra took official place 1326th (time-based 1328th) and Edward took official place 2nd (time-based 1st). Edward was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Edward gained 26:10 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Edward R Owens (Z-INV) started 14 min earlier than Sierra (K-DR).
The Runner wave starts 27 min after the Invitational wave.
- Overall place Δ
- +1324
- Actual time Δ
- +1:20:16
- Section gap Δ
- 27 min (Edward earlier)
- Wave start Δ
- 14 min (Edward earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +1:34:16
- Section place Δ
- —
Δ = Sierra − Edward. Negative means Sierra is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Edward (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM.
- Sierra (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM, 14:00 later — the Invitational wave starts 27 min before the Runner wave.
- Actual running time: Edward was 1:20:16 faster on foot than Sierra.
- Finish clock: Edward crossed the line 1:34:16 ahead of Sierra — Edward wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +1:20:16 · finish clock +1:34:16.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Sierra | Edward | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:14 | 5:48 | +5:26 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 9:29 | 4:17 | +5:12 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 11:26 | 4:16 | +7:10 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 44:02 | 17:52 | +26:10 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 31:18 | 9:40 | +21:38 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 17:23 | 5:03 | +12:20 |
| The Stile to Finish | 3:53 | 1:33 | +2:20 |
Δ negative = Sierra ran the segment faster.