Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialWells M Lipner
#1324 · 2:03:14 · M11 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialBruce S Cohen
#1320 · 2:07:49 · M63 · Group K · DR
Wave start 8:38 AM (K-DR)
Interpretation
Wells (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Bruce (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM. That gave Bruce a 5 minutes head start on Wells. On foot, Wells ran 2:03:14 and Bruce ran 2:07:49 — Wells was 4:35 faster than Bruce. Wells took official place 1324th (time-based 1304th) and Bruce took official place 1320th (time-based 1323rd). Bruce's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Wells was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Wells gained 2:56 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Bruce S Cohen (K-DR) started 5 min earlier than Wells (Q-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +4
- Actual time Δ
- -4:35
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 5 min (Bruce earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:25
- Section place Δ
- +63
Δ = Wells − Bruce. Negative means Wells is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Bruce (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM.
- Wells (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 5:00 later.
- Actual running time: Wells was 4:35 faster on foot than Bruce.
- Finish clock: Bruce crossed the line 0:25 ahead of Wells — Bruce wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -4:35 · finish clock +0:25.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Wells | Bruce | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 12:35 | 12:39 | -0:04 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 10:24 | 9:21 | +1:03 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 9:15 | 9:49 | -0:34 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 45:29 | 48:25 | -2:56 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 26:39 | 29:23 | -2:44 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 15:47 | 14:57 | +0:50 |
| The Stile to Finish | 3:05 | 3:15 | -0:10 |
Δ negative = Wells ran the segment faster.