Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialPaul Coogan
#867 · 1:28:03 · M11 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialMary Ludlam
#871 · 1:32:11 · F51 · Group L · DR
Wave start 8:39 AM (L-DR)
Interpretation
Paul (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Mary (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM. That gave Mary a 4 minutes head start on Paul. On foot, Paul ran 1:28:03 and Mary ran 1:32:11 — Paul was 4:08 faster than Mary. Paul took official place 867th (time-based 866th) and Mary took official place 871st (time-based 948th). Paul was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Paul gained 2:12 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Mary Ludlam (L-DR) started 4 min earlier than Paul (Q-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -4
- Actual time Δ
- -4:08
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 4 min (Mary earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:08
- Section place Δ
- +30
Δ = Paul − Mary. Negative means Paul is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Mary (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM.
- Paul (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 4:00 later.
- Actual running time: Paul was 4:08 faster on foot than Mary.
- Finish clock: Paul crossed the line 0:08 ahead of Mary — Paul wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -4:08 · finish clock -0:08.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Paul | Mary | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:05 | 10:18 | -0:13 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:04 | 7:43 | +0:21 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:33 | 6:53 | +0:40 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:53 | 34:19 | -1:26 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 18:33 | 20:45 | -2:12 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:33 | 9:18 | -0:45 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:22 | 2:55 | -0:33 |
Δ negative = Paul ran the segment faster.