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
OfficialLaura McDonald
#1319 · 2:08:38 · F53 · Group J · DR
Wave start 8:37 AM (J-DR)
Interpretation
Wells (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Laura (J-DR) started at 8:37 AM. That gave Laura a 6 minutes head start on Wells. On foot, Wells ran 2:03:14 and Laura ran 2:08:38 — Wells was 5:24 faster than Laura. Wells took official place 1324th (time-based 1304th) and Laura took official place 1319th (time-based 1327th). Laura's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Wells was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Wells gained 4:06 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Laura McDonald (J-DR) started 6 min earlier than Wells (Q-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +5
- Actual time Δ
- -5:24
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 6 min (Laura earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:36
- Section place Δ
- +74
Δ = Wells − Laura. Negative means Wells is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Laura (J-DR) started at 8:37 AM.
- Wells (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 6:00 later.
- Actual running time: Wells was 5:24 faster on foot than Laura.
- Finish clock: Laura crossed the line 0:36 ahead of Wells — Laura wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -5:24 · finish clock +0:36.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Wells | Laura | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 12:35 | 14:14 | -1:39 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 10:24 | 11:01 | -0:37 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 9:15 | 11:42 | -2:27 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 45:29 | 42:11 | +3:18 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 26:39 | 30:45 | -4:06 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 15:47 | 15:15 | +0:32 |
| The Stile to Finish | 3:05 | 3:30 | -0:25 |
Δ negative = Wells ran the segment faster.