Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialThomas G Sprankling
#812 · 1:19:14 · M40 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialMitchell L Joe
#811 · 1:23:14 · M50 · Group U · DR
Wave start 8:46 AM (U-DR)
Interpretation
Thomas (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Mitchell (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM. That gave Mitchell a 4 minutes head start on Thomas. On foot, Thomas ran 1:19:14 and Mitchell ran 1:23:14 — Thomas was 4:00 faster than Mitchell. Thomas took official place 812th (time-based 624th) and Mitchell took official place 811th (time-based 748th). Mitchell's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Thomas was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Thomas gained 3:01 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Mitchell L Joe (U-DR) started 4 min earlier than Thomas (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +1
- Actual time Δ
- -4:00
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 4 min (Mitchell earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- ±0:00
- Section place Δ
- +24
Δ = Thomas − Mitchell. Negative means Thomas is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Mitchell (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM.
- Thomas (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 4:00 later.
- Actual running time: Thomas was 4:00 faster on foot than Mitchell.
- They crossed the finish line at the same clock time.
Δ (A − B): actual -4:00 · finish clock ±0:00.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Thomas | Mitchell | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 8:59 | 9:42 | -0:43 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:33 | 7:35 | -1:02 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:15 | 6:38 | +0:37 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 28:48 | 31:49 | -3:01 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 17:29 | 16:51 | +0:38 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:05 | 8:19 | -0:14 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:05 | 2:20 | -0:15 |
Δ negative = Thomas ran the segment faster.