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
OfficialPreston T Rhodes
#926 · 1:30:55 · M11 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Interpretation
Sam (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Preston (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. That gave Preston a 7 minutes head start on Sam. On foot, Sam ran 1:24:01 and Preston ran 1:30:55 — Sam was 6:54 faster than Preston. Sam took official place 931st (time-based 770th) and Preston took official place 926th (time-based 924th). Preston's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Sam was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Sam gained 2:15 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Preston T Rhodes (Q-DR) started 7 min earlier than Sam (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +5
- Actual time Δ
- -6:54
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 7 min (Preston earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:06
- Section place Δ
- +18
Δ = Sam − Preston. Negative means Sam is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Preston (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Sam (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 7:00 later.
- Actual running time: Sam was 6:54 faster on foot than Preston.
- Finish clock: Preston crossed the line 0:06 ahead of Sam — Preston wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -6:54 · finish clock +0:06.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Sam | Preston | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:02 | 10:22 | -1:20 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:32 | 8:04 | -1:32 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 5:53 | 7:32 | -1:39 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 36:45 | 35:12 | +1:33 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:04 | 18:19 | -2:15 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:53 | 8:56 | -1:03 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:52 | 2:30 | -0:38 |
Δ negative = Sam ran the segment faster.