Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialJosh Ephraim
#917 · 1:23:28 · M37 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialSarah Chao
#914 · 1:38:14 · F57 · Group G · DR
Wave start 8:35 AM (G-DR)
Interpretation
Josh (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Sarah (G-DR) started at 8:35 AM. That gave Sarah a 15 minutes head start on Josh. On foot, Josh ran 1:23:28 and Sarah ran 1:38:14 — Josh was 14:46 faster than Sarah. Josh took official place 917th (time-based 755th) and Sarah took official place 914th (time-based 1070th). Sarah's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Josh was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Josh gained 4:29 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Sarah Chao (G-DR) started 15 min earlier than Josh (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +3
- Actual time Δ
- -14:46
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 15 min (Sarah earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:14
- Section place Δ
- +57
Δ = Josh − Sarah. Negative means Josh is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Sarah (G-DR) started at 8:35 AM.
- Josh (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 15:00 later.
- Actual running time: Josh was 14:46 faster on foot than Sarah.
- Finish clock: Sarah crossed the line 0:14 ahead of Josh — Sarah wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -14:46 · finish clock +0:14.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Josh | Sarah | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:32 | 11:09 | -1:37 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:37 | 8:45 | -2:08 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:15 | 8:23 | -2:08 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 33:55 | 36:39 | -2:44 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:31 | 21:00 | -4:29 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:36 | 9:32 | -0:56 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:02 | 2:46 | -0:44 |
Δ negative = Josh ran the segment faster.