Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialTab Ballantine
#1231 · 2:00:39 · M71 · Group B · DR
Wave start 8:30 AM (B-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialThomas J Oliphant
#1226 · 1:39:59 · M41 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Interpretation
Tab (B-DR) started at 8:30 AM; Thomas (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave Tab a 20 minutes head start on Thomas. On foot, Tab ran 2:00:39 and Thomas ran 1:39:59 — Thomas was 20:40 faster than Tab. Tab took official place 1231st (time-based 1291st) and Thomas took official place 1226th (time-based 1091st). Thomas was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Thomas gained 10:28 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Tab Ballantine (B-DR) started 20 min earlier than Thomas (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +5
- Actual time Δ
- +20:40
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 20 min (Tab earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:40
- Section place Δ
- -94
Δ = Tab − Thomas. Negative means Tab is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Tab (B-DR) started at 8:30 AM.
- Thomas (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 20:00 later.
- Actual running time: Thomas was 20:40 faster on foot than Tab.
- Finish clock: Thomas crossed the line 0:40 ahead of Tab — Thomas wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +20:40 · finish clock +0:40.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Tab | Thomas | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 14:12 | 9:02 | +5:10 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 10:50 | 6:24 | +4:26 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 9:33 | 6:43 | +2:50 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 44:22 | 33:54 | +10:28 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 25:46 | 28:20 | -2:34 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 12:42 | 12:37 | +0:05 |
| The Stile to Finish | 3:14 | 2:59 | +0:15 |
Δ negative = Tab ran the segment faster.