Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialJonathan Branch
#901 · 1:22:31 · M41 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialJoel Sollner
#905 · 1:29:44 · M11 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Interpretation
Jonathan (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Joel (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. That gave Joel a 7 minutes head start on Jonathan. On foot, Jonathan ran 1:22:31 and Joel ran 1:29:44 — Jonathan was 7:13 faster than Joel. Jonathan took official place 901st (time-based 721st) and Joel took official place 905th (time-based 905th). Jonathan was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Jonathan gained 4:19 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Joel Sollner (Q-DR) started 7 min earlier than Jonathan (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -4
- Actual time Δ
- -7:13
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 7 min (Joel earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:13
- Section place Δ
- +16
Δ = Jonathan − Joel. Negative means Jonathan is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Joel (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Jonathan (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 7:00 later.
- Actual running time: Jonathan was 7:13 faster on foot than Joel.
- Finish clock: Jonathan crossed the line 0:13 ahead of Joel — Jonathan wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -7:13 · finish clock -0:13.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Jonathan | Joel | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:06 | 9:35 | -0:29 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:45 | 7:04 | +0:41 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:15 | 7:32 | -0:17 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 30:35 | 34:54 | -4:19 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:59 | 19:42 | -2:43 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:41 | 8:49 | -0:08 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:10 | 2:08 | +0:02 |
Δ negative = Jonathan ran the segment faster.