Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialJohn Aitchison
#710 · 1:13:27 · M31 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialMecque L Tucker
#715 · 1:22:33 · F43 · Group P · DR
Wave start 8:42 AM (P-DR)
Interpretation
John (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Mecque (P-DR) started at 8:42 AM. That gave Mecque a 9 minutes head start on John. On foot, John ran 1:13:27 and Mecque ran 1:22:33 — John was 9:06 faster than Mecque. John took official place 710th (time-based 435th) and Mecque took official place 715th (time-based 722nd). John was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: John gained 4:10 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Mecque L Tucker (P-DR) started 9 min earlier than John (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -5
- Actual time Δ
- -9:06
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 9 min (Mecque earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:06
- Section place Δ
- +2
Δ = John − Mecque. Negative means John is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Mecque (P-DR) started at 8:42 AM.
- John (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 9:00 later.
- Actual running time: John was 9:06 faster on foot than Mecque.
- Finish clock: John crossed the line 0:06 ahead of Mecque — John wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -9:06 · finish clock -0:06.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | John | Mecque | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 8:35 | 10:10 | -1:35 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:32 | 7:36 | -1:04 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:41 | 7:19 | -0:38 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 27:05 | 31:15 | -4:10 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 14:56 | 16:12 | -1:16 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:29 | 7:49 | -0:20 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:09 | 2:12 | -0:03 |
Δ negative = John ran the segment faster.