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
OfficialThomas Yates
#1262 · 1:48:37 · M53 · Group U · DR
Wave start 8:46 AM (U-DR)
Interpretation
Andrew (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Thomas (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM. That gave Thomas a 4 minutes head start on Andrew. On foot, Andrew ran 1:45:11 and Thomas ran 1:48:37 — Andrew was 3:26 faster than Thomas. Andrew took official place 1266th (time-based 1168th) and Thomas took official place 1262nd (time-based 1218th). Thomas's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Andrew was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Andrew gained 3:26 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Thomas Yates (U-DR) started 4 min earlier than Andrew (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +4
- Actual time Δ
- -3:26
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 4 min (Thomas earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:34
- Section place Δ
- +52
Δ = Andrew − Thomas. Negative means Andrew is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Thomas (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM.
- Andrew (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 4:00 later.
- Actual running time: Andrew was 3:26 faster on foot than Thomas.
- Finish clock: Thomas crossed the line 0:34 ahead of Andrew — Thomas wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -3:26 · finish clock +0:34.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Andrew | Thomas | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 12:08 | 11:13 | +0:55 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 9:50 | 9:15 | +0:35 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:54 | 7:54 | -1:00 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 41:55 | 42:00 | -0:05 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 18:54 | 22:20 | -3:26 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 12:26 | 13:01 | -0:35 |
| The Stile to Finish | 3:04 | 2:54 | +0:10 |
Δ negative = Andrew ran the segment faster.