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
OfficialChristopher Gathright
#870 · 1:22:11 · M44 · Group X · DR
Wave start 8:49 AM (X-DR)
Interpretation
Paul (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Christopher (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM. That gave Paul a 6 minutes head start on Christopher. On foot, Paul ran 1:28:03 and Christopher ran 1:22:11 — Christopher was 5:52 faster than Paul. Paul took official place 867th (time-based 866th) and Christopher took official place 870th (time-based 712th). Paul's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Christopher was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Christopher gained 1:59 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Paul Coogan (Q-DR) started 6 min earlier than Christopher (X-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -3
- Actual time Δ
- +5:52
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 6 min (Paul earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:08
- Section place Δ
- +24
Δ = Paul − Christopher. Negative means Paul is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Paul (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Christopher (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM, 6:00 later.
- Actual running time: Christopher was 5:52 faster on foot than Paul.
- Finish clock: Paul crossed the line 0:08 ahead of Christopher — Paul wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +5:52 · finish clock -0:08.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Paul | Christopher | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:05 | 9:46 | +0:19 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:04 | 7:09 | +0:55 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:33 | 7:29 | +0:04 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:53 | 30:54 | +1:59 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 18:33 | 16:56 | +1:37 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:33 | 7:54 | +0:39 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:22 | 2:03 | +0:19 |
Δ negative = Paul ran the segment faster.