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
OfficialJesse Edelsberg
#887 · 1:22:03 · M40 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Interpretation
Zach (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Jesse (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave Jesse a 1 minute head start on Zach. On foot, Zach ran 1:20:50 and Jesse ran 1:22:03 — Zach was 1:13 faster than Jesse. Zach took official place 884th (time-based 672nd) and Jesse took official place 887th (time-based 710th). Zach was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Jesse gained 1:15 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Jesse Edelsberg (Y-DR) started 1 min earlier than Zach (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -3
- Actual time Δ
- -1:13
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 1 min (Jesse earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:13
- Section place Δ
- -18
Δ = Zach − Jesse. Negative means Zach is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Jesse (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM.
- Zach (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 1:00 later.
- Actual running time: Zach was 1:13 faster on foot than Jesse.
- Finish clock: Zach crossed the line 0:13 ahead of Jesse — Zach wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -1:13 · finish clock -0:13.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Zach | Jesse | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:08 | 9:52 | -0:44 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:21 | 7:02 | +0:19 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:31 | 7:06 | -0:35 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:11 | 30:56 | +1:15 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:44 | 16:52 | -1:08 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:58 | 8:06 | -0:08 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:57 | 2:09 | -0:12 |
Δ negative = Zach ran the segment faster.