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
OfficialLiz Ward
#915 · 1:30:16 · F39 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Interpretation
Josh (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Liz (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. That gave Liz a 7 minutes head start on Josh. On foot, Josh ran 1:23:28 and Liz ran 1:30:16 — Josh was 6:48 faster than Liz. Josh took official place 917th (time-based 755th) and Liz took official place 915th (time-based 916th). Liz's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Josh was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Josh gained 2:10 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Liz Ward (Q-DR) started 7 min earlier than Josh (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +2
- Actual time Δ
- -6:48
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 7 min (Liz earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:12
- Section place Δ
- +16
Δ = Josh − Liz. Negative means Josh is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Liz (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Josh (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 7:00 later.
- Actual running time: Josh was 6:48 faster on foot than Liz.
- Finish clock: Liz crossed the line 0:12 ahead of Josh — Liz wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -6:48 · finish clock +0:12.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Josh | Liz | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:32 | 10:29 | -0:57 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:37 | 7:55 | -1:18 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:15 | 8:08 | -1:53 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 33:55 | 33:53 | +0:02 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:31 | 18:41 | -2:10 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:36 | 8:52 | -0:16 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:02 | 2:18 | -0:16 |
Δ negative = Josh ran the segment faster.