Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialMatt Neidlinger
#667 · 1:12:51 · M42 · Group X · DR
Wave start 8:49 AM (X-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialMarcus Pineda
#668 · 1:09:55 · M23 · Group SCR · DR
Wave start 8:52 AM (SCR-DR)
Interpretation
Matt (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM; Marcus (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM. That gave Matt a 3 minutes head start on Marcus. On foot, Matt ran 1:12:51 and Marcus ran 1:09:55 — Marcus was 2:56 faster than Matt. Matt took official place 667th (time-based 415th) and Marcus took official place 668th (time-based 320th). Matt's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Marcus was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Marcus gained 1:06 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Matt Neidlinger (X-DR) started 3 min earlier than Marcus (SCR-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -1
- Actual time Δ
- +2:56
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 3 min (Matt earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:04
- Section place Δ
- +7
Δ = Matt − Marcus. Negative means Matt is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Matt (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM.
- Marcus (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM, 3:00 later.
- Actual running time: Marcus was 2:56 faster on foot than Matt.
- Finish clock: Matt crossed the line 0:04 ahead of Marcus — Matt wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +2:56 · finish clock -0:04.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Matt | Marcus | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 8:42 | 8:03 | +0:39 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:19 | 6:15 | +0:04 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:26 | 6:14 | +0:12 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 27:50 | 26:44 | +1:06 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 14:28 | 13:45 | +0:43 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:00 | 6:50 | +0:10 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:06 | 2:04 | +0:02 |
Δ negative = Matt ran the segment faster.