Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialJohn Gavin
#1295 · 1:53:48 · M48 · Group V · DR
Wave start 8:47 AM (V-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialSally M Spitz
#1296 · 1:57:58 · F35 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Interpretation
John (V-DR) started at 8:47 AM; Sally (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. That gave Sally a 4 minutes head start on John. On foot, John ran 1:53:48 and Sally ran 1:57:58 — John was 4:10 faster than Sally. John took official place 1295th (time-based 1255th) and Sally took official place 1296th (time-based 1278th). John was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: John gained 2:46 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Sally M Spitz (Q-DR) started 4 min earlier than John (V-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -1
- Actual time Δ
- -4:10
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 4 min (Sally earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:10
- Section place Δ
- -61
Δ = John − Sally. Negative means John is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Sally (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- John (V-DR) started at 8:47 AM, 4:00 later.
- Actual running time: John was 4:10 faster on foot than Sally.
- Finish clock: John crossed the line 0:10 ahead of Sally — John wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -4:10 · finish clock -0:10.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | John | Sally | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:02 | 12:31 | -1:29 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 10:11 | 10:07 | +0:04 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:28 | 9:02 | -1:34 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 43:31 | 44:21 | -0:50 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 23:06 | 25:52 | -2:46 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 13:50 | 12:17 | +1:33 |
| The Stile to Finish | 4:40 | 3:48 | +0:52 |
Δ negative = John ran the segment faster.