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
OfficialTab Ballantine
#1231 · 2:00:39 · M71 · Group B · DR
Wave start 8:30 AM (B-DR)
Interpretation
Thomas (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Tab (B-DR) started at 8:30 AM. That gave Tab a 20 minutes head start on Thomas. On foot, Thomas ran 1:39:59 and Tab ran 2:00:39 — Thomas was 20:40 faster than Tab. Thomas took official place 1226th (time-based 1091st) and Tab took official place 1231st (time-based 1291st). Thomas was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Thomas gained 10:28 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Tab Ballantine (B-DR) started 20 min earlier than Thomas (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -5
- Actual time Δ
- -20:40
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 20 min (Tab earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:40
- Section place Δ
- +94
Δ = Thomas − Tab. Negative means Thomas is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Tab (B-DR) started at 8:30 AM.
- Thomas (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 20:00 later.
- Actual running time: Thomas was 20:40 faster on foot than Tab.
- Finish clock: Thomas crossed the line 0:40 ahead of Tab — Thomas wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -20:40 · finish clock -0:40.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Thomas | Tab | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:02 | 14:12 | -5:10 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:24 | 10:50 | -4:26 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:43 | 9:33 | -2:50 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 33:54 | 44:22 | -10:28 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 28:20 | 25:46 | +2:34 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 12:37 | 12:42 | -0:05 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:59 | 3:14 | -0:15 |
Δ negative = Thomas ran the segment faster.