Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialBlakely Lucy Martinez
#1273 · 2:07:07 · F8 · Group A · DR
Wave start 8:29 AM (A-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialEdward R Owens
#2 · 48:29 · M32 · Group Z · INV
Wave start 8:24 AM (Z-INV)
Interpretation
Blakely (A-DR) started at 8:29 AM; Edward (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM. That gave Edward a 5 minutes head start on Blakely because the Runner wave starts 27 minutes after the Invitational wave. On foot, Blakely ran 2:07:07 and Edward ran 48:29 — Edward was 1:18:38 faster than Blakely. Blakely took official place 1273rd (time-based 1321st) and Edward took official place 2nd (time-based 1st). Edward was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Edward gained 28:40 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Edward R Owens (Z-INV) started 5 min earlier than Blakely (A-DR).
The Runner wave starts 27 min after the Invitational wave.
- Overall place Δ
- +1271
- Actual time Δ
- +1:18:38
- Section gap Δ
- 27 min (Edward earlier)
- Wave start Δ
- 5 min (Edward earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +1:23:38
- Section place Δ
- —
Δ = Blakely − Edward. Negative means Blakely is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Edward (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM.
- Blakely (A-DR) started at 8:29 AM, 5:00 later — the Invitational wave starts 27 min before the Runner wave.
- Actual running time: Edward was 1:18:38 faster on foot than Blakely.
- Finish clock: Edward crossed the line 1:23:38 ahead of Blakely — Edward wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +1:18:38 · finish clock +1:23:38.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Blakely | Edward | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 13:20 | 5:48 | +7:32 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 11:41 | 4:17 | +7:24 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 10:51 | 4:16 | +6:35 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 46:32 | 17:52 | +28:40 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 28:13 | 9:40 | +18:33 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 13:10 | 5:03 | +8:07 |
| The Stile to Finish | 3:20 | 1:33 | +1:47 |
Δ negative = Blakely ran the segment faster.