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
OfficialNicky M Pharis
#1299 · 1:50:15 · M18 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Interpretation
John (V-DR) started at 8:47 AM; Nicky (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM. That gave John a 4 minutes head start on Nicky. On foot, John ran 1:53:48 and Nicky ran 1:50:15 — Nicky was 3:33 faster than John. John took official place 1295th (time-based 1255th) and Nicky took official place 1299th (time-based 1230th). John's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Nicky was faster on foot. Biggest swing: John gained 6:22 from Windy Gap to Muir Woods.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
John Gavin (V-DR) started 4 min earlier than Nicky (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -4
- Actual time Δ
- +3:33
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 4 min (John earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:27
- Section place Δ
- -26
Δ = John − Nicky. Negative means John is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- John (V-DR) started at 8:47 AM.
- Nicky (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 4:00 later.
- Actual running time: Nicky was 3:33 faster on foot than John.
- Finish clock: John crossed the line 0:27 ahead of Nicky — John wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +3:33 · finish clock -0:27.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | John | Nicky | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:02 | 11:15 | -0:13 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 10:11 | 10:13 | -0:02 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:28 | 13:50 | -6:22 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 43:31 | 41:34 | +1:57 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 23:06 | 18:39 | +4:27 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 13:50 | 11:49 | +2:01 |
| The Stile to Finish | 4:40 | 2:55 | +1:45 |
Δ negative = John ran the segment faster.