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
OfficialRachael Henderson
#1321 · 2:03:53 · F41 · Group P · DR
Wave start 8:42 AM (P-DR)
Interpretation
Wells (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Rachael (P-DR) started at 8:42 AM. That gave Rachael a 1 minute head start on Wells. On foot, Wells ran 2:03:14 and Rachael ran 2:03:53 — Wells was 0:39 faster than Rachael. Wells took official place 1324th (time-based 1304th) and Rachael took official place 1321st (time-based 1305th). Rachael's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Wells was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Wells gained 3:08 from Windy Gap to Muir Woods.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Rachael Henderson (P-DR) started 1 min earlier than Wells (Q-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +3
- Actual time Δ
- -0:39
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 1 min (Rachael earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:21
- Section place Δ
- +30
Δ = Wells − Rachael. Negative means Wells is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Rachael (P-DR) started at 8:42 AM.
- Wells (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 1:00 later.
- Actual running time: Wells was 0:39 faster on foot than Rachael.
- Finish clock: Rachael crossed the line 0:21 ahead of Wells — Rachael wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -0:39 · finish clock +0:21.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Wells | Rachael | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 12:35 | 15:47 | -3:12 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 10:24 | 9:52 | +0:32 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 9:15 | 12:23 | -3:08 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 45:29 | 42:23 | +3:06 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 26:39 | 27:06 | -0:27 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 15:47 | 13:04 | +2:43 |
| The Stile to Finish | 3:05 | 3:18 | -0:13 |
Δ negative = Wells ran the segment faster.