Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialClifton D Schaller
#1282 · 1:47:54 · M38 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialRyan Long
#1281 · 1:45:31 · M25 · Group SCR · DR
Wave start 8:52 AM (SCR-DR)
Interpretation
Clifton (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Ryan (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM. That gave Clifton a 2 minutes head start on Ryan. On foot, Clifton ran 1:47:54 and Ryan ran 1:45:31 — Ryan was 2:23 faster than Clifton. Clifton took official place 1282nd (time-based 1207th) and Ryan took official place 1281st (time-based 1171st). Ryan was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Ryan gained 1:13 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Clifton D Schaller (Y-DR) started 2 min earlier than Ryan (SCR-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +1
- Actual time Δ
- +2:23
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 2 min (Clifton earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:23
- Section place Δ
- +84
Δ = Clifton − Ryan. Negative means Clifton is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Clifton (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM.
- Ryan (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM, 2:00 later.
- Actual running time: Ryan was 2:23 faster on foot than Clifton.
- Finish clock: Ryan crossed the line 0:23 ahead of Clifton — Ryan wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +2:23 · finish clock +0:23.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Clifton | Ryan | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:07 | 12:13 | -1:06 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 9:07 | 9:42 | -0:35 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 8:40 | 7:33 | +1:07 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 40:40 | 39:54 | +0:46 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 23:05 | 21:52 | +1:13 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 11:52 | 11:35 | +0:17 |
| The Stile to Finish | 3:23 | 2:42 | +0:41 |
Δ negative = Clifton ran the segment faster.