Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialJames Read
#1270 · 1:48:52 · M14 · Group V · DR
Wave start 8:47 AM (V-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialSpencer Hughes
#1275 · 1:46:21 · M35 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Interpretation
James (V-DR) started at 8:47 AM; Spencer (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave James a 3 minutes head start on Spencer. On foot, James ran 1:48:52 and Spencer ran 1:46:21 — Spencer was 2:31 faster than James. James took official place 1270th (time-based 1221st) and Spencer took official place 1275th (time-based 1186th). James's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Spencer was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Spencer gained 2:50 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
James Read (V-DR) started 3 min earlier than Spencer (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -5
- Actual time Δ
- +2:31
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 3 min (James earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:29
- Section place Δ
- -78
Δ = James − Spencer. Negative means James is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- James (V-DR) started at 8:47 AM.
- Spencer (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 3:00 later.
- Actual running time: Spencer was 2:31 faster on foot than James.
- Finish clock: James crossed the line 0:29 ahead of Spencer — James wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +2:31 · finish clock -0:29.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | James | Spencer | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:38 | 11:38 | -1:00 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:49 | 8:50 | -0:01 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:57 | 10:21 | -2:24 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 39:42 | 38:20 | +1:22 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 26:29 | 23:39 | +2:50 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 12:32 | 10:59 | +1:33 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:45 | 2:34 | +0:11 |
Δ negative = James ran the segment faster.