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
OfficialPolly Baldwin
#1288 · 2:07:01 · F59 · Group E · DR
Wave start 8:33 AM (E-DR)
Interpretation
Cathleen (AAA-DR) started at 8:27 AM; Polly (E-DR) started at 8:33 AM. That gave Cathleen a 6 minutes head start on Polly. On foot, Cathleen ran 2:12:42 and Polly ran 2:07:01 — Polly was 5:41 faster than Cathleen. Cathleen took official place 1286th (time-based 1339th) and Polly took official place 1288th (time-based 1320th). Cathleen's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Polly was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Polly gained 2:15 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Cathleen J Staehli (AAA-DR) started 6 min earlier than Polly (E-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -2
- Actual time Δ
- +5:41
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 6 min (Cathleen earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:19
- Section place Δ
- +18
Δ = Cathleen − Polly. Negative means Cathleen is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Cathleen (AAA-DR) started at 8:27 AM.
- Polly (E-DR) started at 8:33 AM, 6:00 later.
- Actual running time: Polly was 5:41 faster on foot than Cathleen.
- Finish clock: Cathleen crossed the line 0:19 ahead of Polly — Cathleen wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +5:41 · finish clock -0:19.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Cathleen | Polly | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 15:26 | 13:19 | +2:07 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 12:35 | 13:50 | -1:15 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 12:35 | 10:22 | +2:13 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 45:00 | 45:11 | -0:11 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 29:56 | 27:41 | +2:15 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 14:02 | 13:13 | +0:49 |
| The Stile to Finish | 3:08 | 3:25 | -0:17 |
Δ negative = Cathleen ran the segment faster.