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
OfficialJulia R Maxwell Bailey
#3 · 57:02 · F30 · Group Q · INV
Wave start 8:16 AM (Q-INV)
Interpretation
Thomas (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Julia (Q-INV) started at 8:16 AM. That gave Julia a 34 minutes head start on Thomas because the Runner wave starts 27 minutes after the Invitational wave. On foot, Thomas ran 1:39:59 and Julia ran 57:02 — Julia was 42:57 faster than Thomas. Thomas took official place 1226th (time-based 1091st) 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 16:28 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Julia R Maxwell Bailey (Q-INV) started 34 min earlier than Thomas (Y-DR).
The Runner wave starts 27 min after the Invitational wave.
- Overall place Δ
- +1223
- Actual time Δ
- +42:57
- Section gap Δ
- 27 min (Julia earlier)
- Wave start Δ
- 34 min (Julia earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +1:16:57
- Section place Δ
- —
Δ = Thomas − Julia. Negative means Thomas is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Julia (Q-INV) started at 8:16 AM.
- Thomas (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 34:00 later — the Invitational wave starts 27 min before the Runner wave.
- Actual running time: Julia was 42:57 faster on foot than Thomas.
- Finish clock: Julia crossed the line 1:16:57 ahead of Thomas — Julia wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +42:57 · finish clock +1:16:57.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Thomas | Julia | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:02 | 6:46 | +2:16 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:24 | 5:03 | +1:21 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:43 | 5:20 | +1:23 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 33:54 | 20:26 | +13:28 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 28:20 | 11:52 | +16:28 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 12:37 | 5:54 | +6:43 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:59 | 1:41 | +1:18 |
Δ negative = Thomas ran the segment faster.