Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialBen G Partee
#706 · 1:12:18 · M24 · Group SCR · DR
Wave start 8:52 AM (SCR-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialTim Reitz
#705 · 1:18:16 · M52 · Group U · DR
Wave start 8:46 AM (U-DR)
Interpretation
Ben (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM; Tim (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM. That gave Tim a 6 minutes head start on Ben. On foot, Ben ran 1:12:18 and Tim ran 1:18:16 — Ben was 5:58 faster than Tim. Ben took official place 706th (time-based 400th) and Tim took official place 705th (time-based 587th). Tim's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Ben was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Ben gained 2:41 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Tim Reitz (U-DR) started 6 min earlier than Ben (SCR-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +1
- Actual time Δ
- -5:58
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 6 min (Tim earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:02
- Section place Δ
- -7
Δ = Ben − Tim. Negative means Ben is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Tim (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM.
- Ben (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM, 6:00 later.
- Actual running time: Ben was 5:58 faster on foot than Tim.
- Finish clock: Tim crossed the line 0:02 ahead of Ben — Tim wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -5:58 · finish clock +0:02.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Ben | Tim | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:04 | 9:16 | -0:12 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:14 | 6:35 | -0:21 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:10 | 6:40 | -0:30 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 27:16 | 29:57 | -2:41 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 14:33 | 16:06 | -1:33 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:06 | 7:35 | -0:29 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:55 | 2:07 | -0:12 |
Δ negative = Ben ran the segment faster.