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
OfficialJulia R Maxwell Bailey
#3 · 57:02 · F30 · Group Q · INV
Wave start 8:16 AM (Q-INV)
Interpretation
Cathleen (AAA-DR) started at 8:27 AM; Julia (Q-INV) started at 8:16 AM. That gave Julia a 11 minutes head start on Cathleen because the Runner wave starts 27 minutes after the Invitational wave. On foot, Cathleen ran 2:12:42 and Julia ran 57:02 — Julia was 1:15:40 faster than Cathleen. Cathleen took official place 1286th (time-based 1339th) and Julia took official place 3rd (time-based 32nd). Julia was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Julia gained 24:34 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Julia R Maxwell Bailey (Q-INV) started 11 min earlier than Cathleen (AAA-DR).
The Runner wave starts 27 min after the Invitational wave.
- Overall place Δ
- +1283
- Actual time Δ
- +1:15:40
- Section gap Δ
- 27 min (Julia earlier)
- Wave start Δ
- 11 min (Julia earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +1:26:40
- Section place Δ
- —
Δ = Cathleen − Julia. Negative means Cathleen is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Julia (Q-INV) started at 8:16 AM.
- Cathleen (AAA-DR) started at 8:27 AM, 11:00 later — the Invitational wave starts 27 min before the Runner wave.
- Actual running time: Julia was 1:15:40 faster on foot than Cathleen.
- Finish clock: Julia crossed the line 1:26:40 ahead of Cathleen — Julia wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +1:15:40 · finish clock +1:26:40.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Cathleen | Julia | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 15:26 | 6:46 | +8:40 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 12:35 | 5:03 | +7:32 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 12:35 | 5:20 | +7:15 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 45:00 | 20:26 | +24:34 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 29:56 | 11:52 | +18:04 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 14:02 | 5:54 | +8:08 |
| The Stile to Finish | 3:08 | 1:41 | +1:27 |
Δ negative = Cathleen ran the segment faster.