Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialThomas F Coates
#1181 · 1:41:09 · M54 · Group T · DR
Wave start 8:45 AM (T-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialEllery Chou
#1179 · 1:48:06 · F11 · Group K · DR
Wave start 8:38 AM (K-DR)
Interpretation
Thomas (T-DR) started at 8:45 AM; Ellery (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM. That gave Ellery a 7 minutes head start on Thomas. On foot, Thomas ran 1:41:09 and Ellery ran 1:48:06 — Thomas was 6:57 faster than Ellery. Thomas took official place 1181st (time-based 1114th) and Ellery took official place 1179th (time-based 1210th). Ellery's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Thomas was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Thomas gained 4:25 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Ellery Chou (K-DR) started 7 min earlier than Thomas (T-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +2
- Actual time Δ
- -6:57
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 7 min (Ellery earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:03
- Section place Δ
- +6
Δ = Thomas − Ellery. Negative means Thomas is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Ellery (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM.
- Thomas (T-DR) started at 8:45 AM, 7:00 later.
- Actual running time: Thomas was 6:57 faster on foot than Ellery.
- Finish clock: Ellery crossed the line 0:03 ahead of Thomas — Ellery wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -6:57 · finish clock +0:03.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Thomas | Ellery | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:03 | 11:05 | -0:02 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 10:16 | 9:20 | +0:56 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:49 | 9:42 | -1:53 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 41:10 | 41:01 | +0:09 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 19:16 | 23:41 | -4:25 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 9:07 | 10:33 | -1:26 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:28 | 2:44 | -0:16 |
Δ negative = Thomas ran the segment faster.