Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialMeredith Lansdown Dill
#1239 · 1:50:15 · F43 · Group P · DR
Wave start 8:42 AM (P-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialEdward R Owens
#2 · 48:29 · M32 · Group Z · INV
Wave start 8:24 AM (Z-INV)
Interpretation
Meredith (P-DR) started at 8:42 AM; Edward (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM. That gave Edward a 18 minutes head start on Meredith because the Runner wave starts 27 minutes after the Invitational wave. On foot, Meredith ran 1:50:15 and Edward ran 48:29 — Edward was 1:01:46 faster than Meredith. Meredith took official place 1239th (time-based 1229th) and Edward took official place 2nd (time-based 1st). Edward was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Edward gained 19:41 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Edward R Owens (Z-INV) started 18 min earlier than Meredith (P-DR).
The Runner wave starts 27 min after the Invitational wave.
- Overall place Δ
- +1237
- Actual time Δ
- +1:01:46
- Section gap Δ
- 27 min (Edward earlier)
- Wave start Δ
- 18 min (Edward earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +1:19:46
- Section place Δ
- —
Δ = Meredith − Edward. Negative means Meredith is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Edward (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM.
- Meredith (P-DR) started at 8:42 AM, 18:00 later — the Invitational wave starts 27 min before the Runner wave.
- Actual running time: Edward was 1:01:46 faster on foot than Meredith.
- Finish clock: Edward crossed the line 1:19:46 ahead of Meredith — Edward wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +1:01:46 · finish clock +1:19:46.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Meredith | Edward | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:46 | 5:48 | +4:58 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:13 | 4:17 | +3:56 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 9:10 | 4:16 | +4:54 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 36:20 | 17:52 | +18:28 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 29:21 | 9:40 | +19:41 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 13:21 | 5:03 | +8:18 |
| The Stile to Finish | 3:04 | 1:33 | +1:31 |
Δ negative = Meredith ran the segment faster.