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
OfficialChris J Ford
#820 · 1:26:38 · M57 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Interpretation
Paul (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM; Chris (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. That gave Chris a 6 minutes head start on Paul. On foot, Paul ran 1:20:29 and Chris ran 1:26:38 — Paul was 6:09 faster than Chris. Paul took official place 816th (time-based 662nd) and Chris took official place 820th (time-based 823rd). Paul was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Paul gained 1:38 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Chris J Ford (Q-DR) started 6 min earlier than Paul (X-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -4
- Actual time Δ
- -6:09
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 6 min (Chris earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:09
- Section place Δ
- -20
Δ = Paul − Chris. Negative means Paul is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Chris (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Paul (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM, 6:00 later.
- Actual running time: Paul was 6:09 faster on foot than Chris.
- Finish clock: Paul crossed the line 0:09 ahead of Chris — Paul wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -6:09 · finish clock -0:09.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Paul | Chris | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:01 | 10:01 | -1:00 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:26 | 8:02 | -0:36 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:29 | 6:58 | -0:29 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:00 | 33:38 | -1:38 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:09 | 17:37 | -1:28 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:21 | 8:09 | -0:48 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:03 | 2:13 | -0:10 |
Δ negative = Paul ran the segment faster.