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
OfficialMatthew Kearney
#906 · 1:21:45 · M27 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Interpretation
Jonathan (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Matthew (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM. That gave Jonathan a 1 minute head start on Matthew. On foot, Jonathan ran 1:22:31 and Matthew ran 1:21:45 — Matthew was 0:46 faster than Jonathan. Jonathan took official place 901st (time-based 721st) and Matthew took official place 906th (time-based 699th). Jonathan's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Matthew was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Jonathan gained 2:12 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Jonathan Branch (Y-DR) started 1 min earlier than Matthew (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -5
- Actual time Δ
- +0:46
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 1 min (Jonathan earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:14
- Section place Δ
- +19
Δ = Jonathan − Matthew. Negative means Jonathan is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Jonathan (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM.
- Matthew (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 1:00 later.
- Actual running time: Matthew was 0:46 faster on foot than Jonathan.
- Finish clock: Jonathan crossed the line 0:14 ahead of Matthew — Jonathan wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +0:46 · finish clock -0:14.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Jonathan | Matthew | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:06 | 9:34 | -0:28 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:45 | 7:11 | +0:34 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:15 | 6:21 | +0:54 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 30:35 | 32:47 | -2:12 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:59 | 15:28 | +1:31 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:41 | 8:16 | +0:25 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:10 | 2:08 | +0:02 |
Δ negative = Jonathan ran the segment faster.