Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialPaul A Rademacher
#816 · 1:20:29 · M42 · Group X · DR
Wave start 8:49 AM (X-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialJC Longbottom
#818 · 1:19:34 · M40 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Interpretation
Paul (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM; JC (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave Paul a 1 minute head start on JC. On foot, Paul ran 1:20:29 and JC ran 1:19:34 — JC was 0:55 faster than Paul. Paul took official place 816th (time-based 662nd) and JC took official place 818th (time-based 637th). Paul's head start was enough to flip the official order even though JC was faster on foot. Biggest swing: JC gained 0:51 from Top of Stairs to Windy Gap.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Paul A Rademacher (X-DR) started 1 min earlier than JC (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -2
- Actual time Δ
- +0:55
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 1 min (Paul earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:05
- Section place Δ
- -33
Δ = Paul − JC. Negative means Paul is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Paul (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM.
- JC (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 1:00 later.
- Actual running time: JC was 0:55 faster on foot than Paul.
- Finish clock: Paul crossed the line 0:05 ahead of JC — Paul wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +0:55 · finish clock -0:05.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Paul | JC | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:01 | 9:28 | -0:27 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:26 | 6:35 | +0:51 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:29 | 6:15 | +0:14 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:00 | 31:10 | +0:50 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:09 | 15:57 | +0:12 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:21 | 7:56 | -0:35 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:03 | 2:13 | -0:10 |
Δ negative = Paul ran the segment faster.