Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialMike LaPlante
#1237 · 1:45:47 · M50 · Group U · DR
Wave start 8:46 AM (U-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialMeredith Lansdown Dill
#1239 · 1:50:15 · F43 · Group P · DR
Wave start 8:42 AM (P-DR)
Interpretation
Mike (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM; Meredith (P-DR) started at 8:42 AM. That gave Meredith a 4 minutes head start on Mike. On foot, Mike ran 1:45:47 and Meredith ran 1:50:15 — Mike was 4:28 faster than Meredith. Mike took official place 1237th (time-based 1176th) and Meredith took official place 1239th (time-based 1229th). Mike was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Mike gained 9:16 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Meredith Lansdown Dill (P-DR) started 4 min earlier than Mike (U-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -2
- Actual time Δ
- -4:28
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 4 min (Meredith earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:28
- Section place Δ
- -2
Δ = Mike − Meredith. Negative means Mike is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Meredith (P-DR) started at 8:42 AM.
- Mike (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM, 4:00 later.
- Actual running time: Mike was 4:28 faster on foot than Meredith.
- Finish clock: Mike crossed the line 0:28 ahead of Meredith — Mike wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -4:28 · finish clock -0:28.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Mike | Meredith | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:36 | 10:46 | +0:50 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 9:33 | 8:13 | +1:20 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:22 | 9:10 | -1:48 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 42:54 | 36:20 | +6:34 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 20:05 | 29:21 | -9:16 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 11:25 | 13:21 | -1:56 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:52 | 3:04 | -0:12 |
Δ negative = Mike ran the segment faster.