Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialRaymond Liu
#674 · 1:16:25 · M51 · Group U · DR
Wave start 8:46 AM (U-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialCharles F Brucker
#671 · 1:35:12 · M76 · Group AAA · DR
Wave start 8:27 AM (AAA-DR)
Interpretation
Raymond (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM; Charles (AAA-DR) started at 8:27 AM. That gave Charles a 19 minutes head start on Raymond. On foot, Raymond ran 1:16:25 and Charles ran 1:35:12 — Raymond was 18:47 faster than Charles. Raymond took official place 674th (time-based 537th) and Charles took official place 671st (time-based 1014th). Charles's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Raymond was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Raymond gained 8:32 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Charles F Brucker (AAA-DR) started 19 min earlier than Raymond (U-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +3
- Actual time Δ
- -18:47
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 19 min (Charles earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:13
- Section place Δ
- +9
Δ = Raymond − Charles. Negative means Raymond is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Charles (AAA-DR) started at 8:27 AM.
- Raymond (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM, 19:00 later.
- Actual running time: Raymond was 18:47 faster on foot than Charles.
- Finish clock: Charles crossed the line 0:13 ahead of Raymond — Charles wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -18:47 · finish clock +0:13.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Raymond | Charles | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:01 | 10:52 | -1:51 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:41 | 8:46 | -2:05 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:29 | 7:34 | -1:05 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 29:49 | 38:21 | -8:32 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:17 | 18:14 | -2:57 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:15 | 8:53 | -1:38 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:53 | 2:32 | -0:39 |
Δ negative = Raymond ran the segment faster.