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
OfficialBryan Boches
#1224 · 1:45:56 · M56 · Group R · DR
Wave start 8:44 AM (R-DR)
Interpretation
Thomas (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Bryan (R-DR) started at 8:44 AM. That gave Bryan a 6 minutes head start on Thomas. On foot, Thomas ran 1:39:59 and Bryan ran 1:45:56 — Thomas was 5:57 faster than Bryan. Thomas took official place 1226th (time-based 1091st) and Bryan took official place 1224th (time-based 1177th). Bryan's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Thomas was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Thomas gained 1:58 from Windy Gap to Muir Woods.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Bryan Boches (R-DR) started 6 min earlier than Thomas (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +2
- Actual time Δ
- -5:57
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 6 min (Bryan earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:03
- Section place Δ
- +87
Δ = Thomas − Bryan. Negative means Thomas is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Bryan (R-DR) started at 8:44 AM.
- Thomas (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 6:00 later.
- Actual running time: Thomas was 5:57 faster on foot than Bryan.
- Finish clock: Bryan crossed the line 0:03 ahead of Thomas — Bryan wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -5:57 · finish clock +0:03.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Thomas | Bryan | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:02 | 10:21 | -1:19 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:24 | 7:26 | -1:02 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:43 | 8:41 | -1:58 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 33:54 | 35:52 | -1:58 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 28:20 | 26:44 | +1:36 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 12:37 | 13:54 | -1:17 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:59 | 2:58 | +0:01 |
Δ negative = Thomas ran the segment faster.