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
OfficialSteven J Sell
#1201 · 1:46:28 · M59 · Group P · DR
Wave start 8:42 AM (P-DR)
Interpretation
Michael (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM; Steven (P-DR) started at 8:42 AM. That gave Steven a 6 minutes head start on Michael. On foot, Michael ran 1:40:30 and Steven ran 1:46:28 — Michael was 5:58 faster than Steven. Michael took official place 1202nd (time-based 1102nd) and Steven took official place 1201st (time-based 1189th). Steven's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Michael was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Michael gained 2:40 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Steven J Sell (P-DR) started 6 min earlier than Michael (W-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +1
- Actual time Δ
- -5:58
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 6 min (Steven earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:02
- Section place Δ
- -10
Δ = Michael − Steven. Negative means Michael is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Steven (P-DR) started at 8:42 AM.
- Michael (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM, 6:00 later.
- Actual running time: Michael was 5:58 faster on foot than Steven.
- Finish clock: Steven crossed the line 0:02 ahead of Michael — Steven wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -5:58 · finish clock +0:02.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Michael | Steven | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:45 | 11:05 | -0:20 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:36 | 8:39 | -0:03 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 8:58 | 9:40 | -0:42 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 36:15 | 37:38 | -1:23 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 22:23 | 25:03 | -2:40 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 10:48 | 11:29 | -0:41 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:45 | 2:54 | -0:09 |
Δ negative = Michael ran the segment faster.