Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialPatrick D Armstrong
#1271 · 1:50:56 · M54 · Group T · DR
Wave start 8:45 AM (T-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialSpencer Hughes
#1275 · 1:46:21 · M35 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Interpretation
Patrick (T-DR) started at 8:45 AM; Spencer (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave Patrick a 5 minutes head start on Spencer. On foot, Patrick ran 1:50:56 and Spencer ran 1:46:21 — Spencer was 4:35 faster than Patrick. Patrick took official place 1271st (time-based 1234th) and Spencer took official place 1275th (time-based 1186th). Patrick's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Spencer was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Spencer gained 7:05 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Patrick D Armstrong (T-DR) started 5 min earlier than Spencer (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -4
- Actual time Δ
- +4:35
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 5 min (Patrick earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:25
- Section place Δ
- -78
Δ = Patrick − Spencer. Negative means Patrick is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Patrick (T-DR) started at 8:45 AM.
- Spencer (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 5:00 later.
- Actual running time: Spencer was 4:35 faster on foot than Patrick.
- Finish clock: Patrick crossed the line 0:25 ahead of Spencer — Patrick wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +4:35 · finish clock -0:25.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Patrick | Spencer | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 12:55 | 11:38 | +1:17 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 10:12 | 8:50 | +1:22 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:46 | 10:21 | -2:35 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 45:25 | 38:20 | +7:05 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 20:29 | 23:39 | -3:10 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 11:27 | 10:59 | +0:28 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:42 | 2:34 | +0:08 |
Δ negative = Patrick ran the segment faster.