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
OfficialSteven J Patti
#881 · 1:31:47 · M61 · Group M · DR
Wave start 8:40 AM (M-DR)
Interpretation
Zach (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Steven (M-DR) started at 8:40 AM. That gave Steven a 11 minutes head start on Zach. On foot, Zach ran 1:20:50 and Steven ran 1:31:47 — Zach was 10:57 faster than Steven. Zach took official place 884th (time-based 672nd) and Steven took official place 881st (time-based 940th). Steven's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Zach was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Zach gained 3:14 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Steven J Patti (M-DR) started 11 min earlier than Zach (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +3
- Actual time Δ
- -10:57
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 11 min (Steven earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:03
- Section place Δ
- +21
Δ = Zach − Steven. Negative means Zach is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Steven (M-DR) started at 8:40 AM.
- Zach (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 11:00 later.
- Actual running time: Zach was 10:57 faster on foot than Steven.
- Finish clock: Steven crossed the line 0:03 ahead of Zach — Steven wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -10:57 · finish clock +0:03.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Zach | Steven | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:08 | 10:39 | -1:31 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:21 | 8:33 | -1:12 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:31 | 7:34 | -1:03 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:11 | 35:25 | -3:14 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:44 | 18:12 | -2:28 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:58 | 8:52 | -0:54 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:57 | 2:32 | -0:35 |
Δ negative = Zach ran the segment faster.