Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialPaula Castillo Hi Esping
#1278 · 1:56:07 · F21 · Group N · DR
Wave start 8:41 AM (N-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialKaren L Keyser
#1277 · 2:00:59 · F55 · Group H · DR
Wave start 8:36 AM (H-DR)
Interpretation
Paula (N-DR) started at 8:41 AM; Karen (H-DR) started at 8:36 AM. That gave Karen a 5 minutes head start on Paula. On foot, Paula ran 1:56:07 and Karen ran 2:00:59 — Paula was 4:52 faster than Karen. Paula took official place 1278th (time-based 1265th) and Karen took official place 1277th (time-based 1293rd). Karen's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Paula was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Paula gained 4:03 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Karen L Keyser (H-DR) started 5 min earlier than Paula (N-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +1
- Actual time Δ
- -4:52
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 5 min (Karen earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:08
- Section place Δ
- +24
Δ = Paula − Karen. Negative means Paula is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Karen (H-DR) started at 8:36 AM.
- Paula (N-DR) started at 8:41 AM, 5:00 later.
- Actual running time: Paula was 4:52 faster on foot than Karen.
- Finish clock: Karen crossed the line 0:08 ahead of Paula — Karen wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -4:52 · finish clock +0:08.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Paula | Karen | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 12:40 | 12:54 | -0:14 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 10:25 | 10:44 | -0:19 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:56 | 9:48 | -1:52 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 48:41 | 45:09 | +3:32 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 22:22 | 26:25 | -4:03 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 11:26 | 12:45 | -1:19 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:37 | 3:14 | -0:37 |
Δ negative = Paula ran the segment faster.