Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialSam S Coates
#931 · 1:24:01 · M17 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialAdam Pollack
#933 · 1:26:07 · M46 · Group W · DR
Wave start 8:48 AM (W-DR)
Interpretation
Sam (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Adam (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM. That gave Adam a 2 minutes head start on Sam. On foot, Sam ran 1:24:01 and Adam ran 1:26:07 — Sam was 2:06 faster than Adam. Sam took official place 931st (time-based 770th) and Adam took official place 933rd (time-based 815th). Sam was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Adam gained 4:27 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Adam Pollack (W-DR) started 2 min earlier than Sam (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -2
- Actual time Δ
- -2:06
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 2 min (Adam earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:06
- Section place Δ
- +40
Δ = Sam − Adam. Negative means Sam is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Adam (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM.
- Sam (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 2:00 later.
- Actual running time: Sam was 2:06 faster on foot than Adam.
- Finish clock: Sam crossed the line 0:06 ahead of Adam — Sam wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -2:06 · finish clock -0:06.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Sam | Adam | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:02 | 10:15 | -1:13 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:32 | 7:04 | -0:32 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 5:53 | 7:38 | -1:45 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 36:45 | 32:18 | +4:27 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:04 | 17:38 | -1:34 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:53 | 8:45 | -0:52 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:52 | 2:29 | -0:37 |
Δ negative = Sam ran the segment faster.