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
OfficialThomas G Sprankling
#812 · 1:19:14 · M40 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Interpretation
Paul (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM; Thomas (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave Paul a 1 minute head start on Thomas. On foot, Paul ran 1:20:29 and Thomas ran 1:19:14 — Thomas was 1:15 faster than Paul. Paul took official place 816th (time-based 662nd) and Thomas took official place 812th (time-based 624th). Thomas was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Thomas gained 3:12 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Paul A Rademacher (X-DR) started 1 min earlier than Thomas (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +4
- Actual time Δ
- +1:15
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 1 min (Paul earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:15
- Section place Δ
- -30
Δ = Paul − Thomas. Negative means Paul is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Paul (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM.
- Thomas (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 1:00 later.
- Actual running time: Thomas was 1:15 faster on foot than Paul.
- Finish clock: Thomas crossed the line 0:15 ahead of Paul — Thomas wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +1:15 · finish clock +0:15.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Paul | Thomas | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:01 | 8:59 | +0:02 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:26 | 6:33 | +0:53 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:29 | 7:15 | -0:46 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:00 | 28:48 | +3:12 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:09 | 17:29 | -1:20 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:21 | 8:05 | -0:44 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:03 | 2:05 | -0:02 |
Δ negative = Paul ran the segment faster.