Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialAndrew H Bower
#1266 · 1:45:11 · M41 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialJames Read
#1270 · 1:48:52 · M14 · Group V · DR
Wave start 8:47 AM (V-DR)
Interpretation
Andrew (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; James (V-DR) started at 8:47 AM. That gave James a 3 minutes head start on Andrew. On foot, Andrew ran 1:45:11 and James ran 1:48:52 — Andrew was 3:41 faster than James. Andrew took official place 1266th (time-based 1168th) and James took official place 1270th (time-based 1221st). Andrew was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Andrew gained 7:35 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
James Read (V-DR) started 3 min earlier than Andrew (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -4
- Actual time Δ
- -3:41
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 3 min (James earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:41
- Section place Δ
- +76
Δ = Andrew − James. Negative means Andrew is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- James (V-DR) started at 8:47 AM.
- Andrew (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 3:00 later.
- Actual running time: Andrew was 3:41 faster on foot than James.
- Finish clock: Andrew crossed the line 0:41 ahead of James — Andrew wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -3:41 · finish clock -0:41.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Andrew | James | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 12:08 | 10:38 | +1:30 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 9:50 | 8:49 | +1:01 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:54 | 7:57 | -1:03 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 41:55 | 39:42 | +2:13 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 18:54 | 26:29 | -7:35 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 12:26 | 12:32 | -0:06 |
| The Stile to Finish | 3:04 | 2:45 | +0:19 |
Δ negative = Andrew ran the segment faster.