Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialThomas J Oliphant
#1226 · 1:39:59 · M41 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialElizabeth Porter
#1221 · 1:46:26 · F36 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Interpretation
Thomas (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Elizabeth (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. That gave Elizabeth a 7 minutes head start on Thomas. On foot, Thomas ran 1:39:59 and Elizabeth ran 1:46:26 — Thomas was 6:27 faster than Elizabeth. Thomas took official place 1226th (time-based 1091st) and Elizabeth took official place 1221st (time-based 1188th). Elizabeth's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Thomas was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Elizabeth gained 5:14 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Elizabeth Porter (Q-DR) started 7 min earlier than Thomas (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +5
- Actual time Δ
- -6:27
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 7 min (Elizabeth earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:33
- Section place Δ
- +16
Δ = Thomas − Elizabeth. Negative means Thomas is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Elizabeth (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Thomas (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 7:00 later.
- Actual running time: Thomas was 6:27 faster on foot than Elizabeth.
- Finish clock: Elizabeth crossed the line 0:33 ahead of Thomas — Elizabeth wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -6:27 · finish clock +0:33.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Thomas | Elizabeth | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:02 | 12:08 | -3:06 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:24 | 8:34 | -2:10 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:43 | 9:53 | -3:10 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 33:54 | 38:18 | -4:24 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 28:20 | 23:06 | +5:14 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 12:37 | 11:15 | +1:22 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:59 | 3:12 | -0:13 |
Δ negative = Thomas ran the segment faster.