Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialMelanie Chen
#1081 · 1:36:55 · F28 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialBrian Bottani
#1082 · 1:30:04 · M40 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Comparison report
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The PDF includes the interpretation, deltas, race timeline, position-through-the-course chart, and segment-by-segment splits shown below.
Interpretation
Melanie (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Brian (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave Melanie a 7 minutes head start on Brian. On foot, Melanie ran 1:36:55 and Brian ran 1:30:04 — Brian was 6:51 faster than Melanie. Melanie took official place 1081st (time-based 1055th) and Brian took official place 1082nd (time-based 913th). Melanie's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Brian was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Brian gained 3:06 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Melanie Chen (Q-DR) started 7 min earlier than Brian (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -1
- Actual time Δ
- +6:51
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 7 min (Melanie earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:09
- Section place Δ
- -17
Δ = Melanie − Brian. Negative means Melanie is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Melanie (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Brian (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 7:00 later.
- Actual running time: Brian was 6:51 faster on foot than Melanie.
- Finish clock: Melanie crossed the line 0:09 ahead of Brian — Melanie wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +6:51 · finish clock -0:09.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Melanie | Brian | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:43 | 10:40 | +0:03 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:38 | 8:10 | +0:28 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 9:13 | 8:33 | +0:40 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 35:31 | 33:01 | +2:30 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 21:33 | 18:27 | +3:06 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:52 | 8:56 | -0:04 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:25 | 2:17 | +0:08 |
Δ negative = Melanie ran the segment faster.