Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialRobert L Swenson
#879 · 1:27:43 · M56 · Group R · DR
Wave start 8:44 AM (R-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialNick Lawrence
#877 · 1:44:42 · M77 · Group AAA · DR
Wave start 8:27 AM (AAA-DR)
Interpretation
Robert (R-DR) started at 8:44 AM; Nick (AAA-DR) started at 8:27 AM. That gave Nick a 17 minutes head start on Robert. On foot, Robert ran 1:27:43 and Nick ran 1:44:42 — Robert was 16:59 faster than Nick. Robert took official place 879th (time-based 857th) and Nick took official place 877th (time-based 1160th). Nick's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Robert was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Robert gained 5:28 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Nick Lawrence (AAA-DR) started 17 min earlier than Robert (R-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +2
- Actual time Δ
- -16:59
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 17 min (Nick earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:01
- Section place Δ
- -1
Δ = Robert − Nick. Negative means Robert is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Nick (AAA-DR) started at 8:27 AM.
- Robert (R-DR) started at 8:44 AM, 17:00 later.
- Actual running time: Robert was 16:59 faster on foot than Nick.
- Finish clock: Nick crossed the line 0:01 ahead of Robert — Nick wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -16:59 · finish clock +0:01.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Robert | Nick | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:32 | 12:30 | -1:58 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:41 | 9:50 | -2:09 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:12 | 9:37 | -2:25 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 34:11 | 37:44 | -3:33 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 17:06 | 22:34 | -5:28 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:40 | 9:35 | -0:55 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:21 | 2:52 | -0:31 |
Δ negative = Robert ran the segment faster.