Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialLuke Sell
#824 · 1:17:45 · M21 · Group SCR · DR
Wave start 8:52 AM (SCR-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialJulia R Maxwell Bailey
#3 · 57:02 · F30 · Group Q · INV
Wave start 8:16 AM (Q-INV)
Interpretation
Luke (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM; Julia (Q-INV) started at 8:16 AM. That gave Julia a 36 minutes head start on Luke because the Runner wave starts 27 minutes after the Invitational wave. On foot, Luke ran 1:17:45 and Julia ran 57:02 — Julia was 20:43 faster than Luke. Luke took official place 824th (time-based 574th) 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 10:37 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Julia R Maxwell Bailey (Q-INV) started 36 min earlier than Luke (SCR-DR).
The Runner wave starts 27 min after the Invitational wave.
- Overall place Δ
- +821
- Actual time Δ
- +20:43
- Section gap Δ
- 27 min (Julia earlier)
- Wave start Δ
- 36 min (Julia earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +56:43
- Section place Δ
- —
Δ = Luke − Julia. Negative means Luke is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Julia (Q-INV) started at 8:16 AM.
- Luke (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM, 36:00 later — the Invitational wave starts 27 min before the Runner wave.
- Actual running time: Julia was 20:43 faster on foot than Luke.
- Finish clock: Julia crossed the line 56:43 ahead of Luke — Julia wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +20:43 · finish clock +56:43.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Luke | Julia | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 8:45 | 6:46 | +1:59 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:26 | 5:03 | +1:23 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:05 | 5:20 | +0:45 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 31:03 | 20:26 | +10:37 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:26 | 11:52 | +3:34 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:58 | 5:54 | +2:04 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:02 | 1:41 | +0:21 |
Δ negative = Luke ran the segment faster.