Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
Officialjosie shumway
#819 · 1:26:36 · F34 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialEdward R Owens
#2 · 48:29 · M32 · Group Z · INV
Wave start 8:24 AM (Z-INV)
Interpretation
josie (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Edward (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM. That gave Edward a 19 minutes head start on josie because the Runner wave starts 27 minutes after the Invitational wave. On foot, josie ran 1:26:36 and Edward ran 48:29 — Edward was 38:07 faster than josie. josie took official place 819th (time-based 822nd) and Edward took official place 2nd (time-based 1st). Edward was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Edward gained 15:10 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Edward R Owens (Z-INV) started 19 min earlier than josie (Q-DR).
The Runner wave starts 27 min after the Invitational wave.
- Overall place Δ
- +817
- Actual time Δ
- +38:07
- Section gap Δ
- 27 min (Edward earlier)
- Wave start Δ
- 19 min (Edward earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +57:07
- Section place Δ
- —
Δ = josie − Edward. Negative means josie is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Edward (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM.
- josie (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 19:00 later — the Invitational wave starts 27 min before the Runner wave.
- Actual running time: Edward was 38:07 faster on foot than josie.
- Finish clock: Edward crossed the line 57:07 ahead of josie — Edward wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +38:07 · finish clock +57:07.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | josie | Edward | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:39 | 5:48 | +4:51 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:37 | 4:17 | +3:20 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:37 | 4:16 | +3:21 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 33:02 | 17:52 | +15:10 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 17:09 | 9:40 | +7:29 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:23 | 5:03 | +3:20 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:09 | 1:33 | +0:36 |
Δ negative = josie ran the segment faster.