Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialLiz Egan
#850 · 1:27:34 · F38 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialGraham McClone
#852 · 1:19:40 · M32 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Interpretation
Liz (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Graham (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM. That gave Liz a 8 minutes head start on Graham. On foot, Liz ran 1:27:34 and Graham ran 1:19:40 — Graham was 7:54 faster than Liz. Liz took official place 850th (time-based 853rd) and Graham took official place 852nd (time-based 642nd). Liz's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Graham was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Graham gained 2:58 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Liz Egan (Q-DR) started 8 min earlier than Graham (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -2
- Actual time Δ
- +7:54
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 8 min (Liz earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:06
- Section place Δ
- +5
Δ = Liz − Graham. Negative means Liz is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Liz (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Graham (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 8:00 later.
- Actual running time: Graham was 7:54 faster on foot than Liz.
- Finish clock: Liz crossed the line 0:06 ahead of Graham — Liz wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +7:54 · finish clock -0:06.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Liz | Graham | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:14 | 8:55 | +1:19 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:35 | 6:52 | +0:43 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:17 | 7:17 | ±0:00 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 33:19 | 30:21 | +2:58 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 18:05 | 16:10 | +1:55 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:40 | 8:07 | +0:33 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:24 | 1:58 | +0:26 |
Δ negative = Liz ran the segment faster.