Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialMichael Doonan
#1202 · 1:40:30 · M46 · Group W · DR
Wave start 8:48 AM (W-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialEvelyn Elsie Esser
#1204 · 1:52:35 · F10 · Group H · DR
Wave start 8:36 AM (H-DR)
Interpretation
Michael (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM; Evelyn (H-DR) started at 8:36 AM. That gave Evelyn a 12 minutes head start on Michael. On foot, Michael ran 1:40:30 and Evelyn ran 1:52:35 — Michael was 12:05 faster than Evelyn. Michael took official place 1202nd (time-based 1102nd) and Evelyn took official place 1204th (time-based 1249th). Michael was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Michael gained 8:00 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Evelyn Elsie Esser (H-DR) started 12 min earlier than Michael (W-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -2
- Actual time Δ
- -12:05
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 12 min (Evelyn earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:05
- Section place Δ
- +24
Δ = Michael − Evelyn. Negative means Michael is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Evelyn (H-DR) started at 8:36 AM.
- Michael (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM, 12:00 later.
- Actual running time: Michael was 12:05 faster on foot than Evelyn.
- Finish clock: Michael crossed the line 0:05 ahead of Evelyn — Michael wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -12:05 · finish clock -0:05.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Michael | Evelyn | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:45 | 12:34 | -1:49 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:36 | 10:15 | -1:39 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 8:58 | 8:15 | +0:43 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 36:15 | 44:15 | -8:00 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 22:23 | 23:23 | -1:00 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 10:48 | 10:54 | -0:06 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:45 | 2:59 | -0:14 |
Δ negative = Michael ran the segment faster.