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
OfficialJulia R Maxwell Bailey
#3 · 57:02 · F30 · Group Q · INV
Wave start 8:16 AM (Q-INV)
Interpretation
Graham (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Julia (Q-INV) started at 8:16 AM. That gave Julia a 35 minutes head start on Graham because the Runner wave starts 27 minutes after the Invitational wave. On foot, Graham ran 1:19:40 and Julia ran 57:02 — Julia was 22:38 faster than Graham. Graham took official place 852nd (time-based 642nd) and Julia took official place 3rd (time-based 32nd). Julia was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Julia gained 9:55 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Julia R Maxwell Bailey (Q-INV) started 35 min earlier than Graham (Z-DR).
The Runner wave starts 27 min after the Invitational wave.
- Overall place Δ
- +849
- Actual time Δ
- +22:38
- Section gap Δ
- 27 min (Julia earlier)
- Wave start Δ
- 35 min (Julia earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +57:38
- Section place Δ
- —
Δ = Graham − Julia. Negative means Graham is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Julia (Q-INV) started at 8:16 AM.
- Graham (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 35:00 later — the Invitational wave starts 27 min before the Runner wave.
- Actual running time: Julia was 22:38 faster on foot than Graham.
- Finish clock: Julia crossed the line 57:38 ahead of Graham — Julia wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +22:38 · finish clock +57:38.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Graham | Julia | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 8:55 | 6:46 | +2:09 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:52 | 5:03 | +1:49 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:17 | 5:20 | +1:57 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 30:21 | 20:26 | +9:55 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:10 | 11:52 | +4:18 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:07 | 5:54 | +2:13 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:58 | 1:41 | +0:17 |
Δ negative = Graham ran the segment faster.