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
OfficialEdward R Owens
#2 · 48:29 · M32 · Group Z · INV
Wave start 8:24 AM (Z-INV)
Interpretation
Wells (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Edward (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM. That gave Edward a 19 minutes head start on Wells because the Runner wave starts 27 minutes after the Invitational wave. On foot, Wells ran 2:03:14 and Edward ran 48:29 — Edward was 1:14:45 faster than Wells. Wells took official place 1324th (time-based 1304th) and Edward took official place 2nd (time-based 1st). Edward was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Edward gained 27:37 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Edward R Owens (Z-INV) started 19 min earlier than Wells (Q-DR).
The Runner wave starts 27 min after the Invitational wave.
- Overall place Δ
- +1322
- Actual time Δ
- +1:14:45
- Section gap Δ
- 27 min (Edward earlier)
- Wave start Δ
- 19 min (Edward earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +1:33:45
- Section place Δ
- —
Δ = Wells − Edward. Negative means Wells is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Edward (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM.
- Wells (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 19:00 later — the Invitational wave starts 27 min before the Runner wave.
- Actual running time: Edward was 1:14:45 faster on foot than Wells.
- Finish clock: Edward crossed the line 1:33:45 ahead of Wells — Edward wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +1:14:45 · finish clock +1:33:45.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Wells | Edward | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 12:35 | 5:48 | +6:47 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 10:24 | 4:17 | +6:07 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 9:15 | 4:16 | +4:59 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 45:29 | 17:52 | +27:37 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 26:39 | 9:40 | +16:59 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 15:47 | 5:03 | +10:44 |
| The Stile to Finish | 3:05 | 1:33 | +1:32 |
Δ negative = Wells ran the segment faster.