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
OfficialAnita Sparks
#1322 · 2:06:56 · F51 · Group L · DR
Wave start 8:39 AM (L-DR)
Interpretation
Wells (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Anita (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM. That gave Anita a 4 minutes head start on Wells. On foot, Wells ran 2:03:14 and Anita ran 2:06:56 — Wells was 3:42 faster than Anita. Wells took official place 1324th (time-based 1304th) and Anita took official place 1322nd (time-based 1318th). Anita's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Wells was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Wells gained 2:23 from Windy Gap to Muir Woods.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Anita Sparks (L-DR) started 4 min earlier than Wells (Q-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +2
- Actual time Δ
- -3:42
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 4 min (Anita earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:18
- Section place Δ
- +48
Δ = Wells − Anita. Negative means Wells is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Anita (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM.
- Wells (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 4:00 later.
- Actual running time: Wells was 3:42 faster on foot than Anita.
- Finish clock: Anita crossed the line 0:18 ahead of Wells — Anita wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -3:42 · finish clock +0:18.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Wells | Anita | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 12:35 | 15:32 | -2:57 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 10:24 | 10:16 | +0:08 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 9:15 | 11:38 | -2:23 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 45:29 | 43:33 | +1:56 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 26:39 | 28:40 | -2:01 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 15:47 | 13:52 | +1:55 |
| The Stile to Finish | 3:05 | 3:25 | -0:20 |
Δ negative = Wells ran the segment faster.