Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialGraham McClone
#852 · 1:19:40 · M32 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialLiz Egan
#850 · 1:27:34 · F38 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Interpretation
Graham (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Liz (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. That gave Liz a 8 minutes head start on Graham. On foot, Graham ran 1:19:40 and Liz ran 1:27:34 — Graham was 7:54 faster than Liz. Graham took official place 852nd (time-based 642nd) and Liz took official place 850th (time-based 853rd). Liz's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Graham was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Graham gained 2:58 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Liz Egan (Q-DR) started 8 min earlier than Graham (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +2
- Actual time Δ
- -7:54
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 8 min (Liz earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:06
- Section place Δ
- -5
Δ = Graham − Liz. Negative means Graham is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Liz (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Graham (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 8:00 later.
- Actual running time: Graham was 7:54 faster on foot than Liz.
- Finish clock: Liz crossed the line 0:06 ahead of Graham — Liz wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -7:54 · finish clock +0:06.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Graham | Liz | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 8:55 | 10:14 | -1:19 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:52 | 7:35 | -0:43 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:17 | 7:17 | ±0:00 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 30:21 | 33:19 | -2:58 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:10 | 18:05 | -1:55 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:07 | 8:40 | -0:33 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:58 | 2:24 | -0:26 |
Δ negative = Graham ran the segment faster.