Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialCathleen J Staehli
#1286 · 2:12:42 · F76 · Group AAA · DR
Wave start 8:27 AM (AAA-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialClifton D Schaller
#1282 · 1:47:54 · M38 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Interpretation
Cathleen (AAA-DR) started at 8:27 AM; Clifton (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave Cathleen a 23 minutes head start on Clifton. On foot, Cathleen ran 2:12:42 and Clifton ran 1:47:54 — Clifton was 24:48 faster than Cathleen. Cathleen took official place 1286th (time-based 1339th) and Clifton took official place 1282nd (time-based 1207th). Clifton was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Clifton gained 6:51 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Cathleen J Staehli (AAA-DR) started 23 min earlier than Clifton (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +4
- Actual time Δ
- +24:48
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 23 min (Cathleen earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +1:48
- Section place Δ
- -87
Δ = Cathleen − Clifton. Negative means Cathleen is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Cathleen (AAA-DR) started at 8:27 AM.
- Clifton (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 23:00 later.
- Actual running time: Clifton was 24:48 faster on foot than Cathleen.
- Finish clock: Clifton crossed the line 1:48 ahead of Cathleen — Clifton wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +24:48 · finish clock +1:48.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Cathleen | Clifton | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 15:26 | 11:07 | +4:19 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 12:35 | 9:07 | +3:28 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 12:35 | 8:40 | +3:55 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 45:00 | 40:40 | +4:20 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 29:56 | 23:05 | +6:51 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 14:02 | 11:52 | +2:10 |
| The Stile to Finish | 3:08 | 3:23 | -0:15 |
Δ negative = Cathleen ran the segment faster.