Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialZach Swenson
#884 · 1:20:50 · M18 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialPatrick O'Malley
#888 · 1:22:10 · M40 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Interpretation
Zach (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Patrick (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave Patrick a 1 minute head start on Zach. On foot, Zach ran 1:20:50 and Patrick ran 1:22:10 — Zach was 1:20 faster than Patrick. Zach took official place 884th (time-based 672nd) and Patrick took official place 888th (time-based 711th). Zach was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Zach gained 0:50 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Patrick O'Malley (Y-DR) started 1 min earlier than Zach (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -4
- Actual time Δ
- -1:20
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 1 min (Patrick earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:20
- Section place Δ
- -19
Δ = Zach − Patrick. Negative means Zach is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Patrick (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM.
- Zach (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 1:00 later.
- Actual running time: Zach was 1:20 faster on foot than Patrick.
- Finish clock: Zach crossed the line 0:20 ahead of Patrick — Zach wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -1:20 · finish clock -0:20.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Zach | Patrick | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:08 | 10:09 | -1:01 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:21 | 6:59 | +0:22 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:31 | 6:52 | -0:21 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:11 | 31:36 | +0:35 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:44 | 16:34 | -0:50 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:58 | 8:03 | -0:05 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:57 | 1:57 | ±0:00 |
Δ negative = Zach ran the segment faster.