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
OfficialAndrew H Bower
#1266 · 1:45:11 · M41 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Interpretation
Patrick (T-DR) started at 8:45 AM; Andrew (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave Patrick a 5 minutes head start on Andrew. On foot, Patrick ran 1:50:56 and Andrew ran 1:45:11 — Andrew was 5:45 faster than Patrick. Patrick took official place 1271st (time-based 1234th) and Andrew took official place 1266th (time-based 1168th). Andrew was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Andrew gained 3:30 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Patrick D Armstrong (T-DR) started 5 min earlier than Andrew (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +5
- Actual time Δ
- +5:45
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 5 min (Patrick earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:45
- Section place Δ
- -76
Δ = Patrick − Andrew. Negative means Patrick is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Patrick (T-DR) started at 8:45 AM.
- Andrew (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 5:00 later.
- Actual running time: Andrew was 5:45 faster on foot than Patrick.
- Finish clock: Andrew crossed the line 0:45 ahead of Patrick — Andrew wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +5:45 · finish clock +0:45.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Patrick | Andrew | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 12:55 | 12:08 | +0:47 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 10:12 | 9:50 | +0:22 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:46 | 6:54 | +0:52 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 45:25 | 41:55 | +3:30 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 20:29 | 18:54 | +1:35 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 11:27 | 12:26 | -0:59 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:42 | 3:04 | -0:22 |
Δ negative = Patrick ran the segment faster.