Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialHilary M Lipner
#1177 · 1:46:05 · F46 · Group M · DR
Wave start 8:40 AM (M-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialNoah Palmer
#1172 · 1:36:50 · M43 · Group X · DR
Wave start 8:49 AM (X-DR)
Interpretation
Hilary (M-DR) started at 8:40 AM; Noah (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM. That gave Hilary a 9 minutes head start on Noah. On foot, Hilary ran 1:46:05 and Noah ran 1:36:50 — Noah was 9:15 faster than Hilary. Hilary took official place 1177th (time-based 1180th) and Noah took official place 1172nd (time-based 1054th). Noah was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Noah gained 4:34 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Hilary M Lipner (M-DR) started 9 min earlier than Noah (X-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +5
- Actual time Δ
- +9:15
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 9 min (Hilary earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:15
- Section place Δ
- +3
Δ = Hilary − Noah. Negative means Hilary is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Hilary (M-DR) started at 8:40 AM.
- Noah (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM, 9:00 later.
- Actual running time: Noah was 9:15 faster on foot than Hilary.
- Finish clock: Noah crossed the line 0:15 ahead of Hilary — Noah wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +9:15 · finish clock +0:15.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Hilary | Noah | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:36 | 10:37 | +0:59 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 9:17 | 9:19 | -0:02 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 9:58 | 7:43 | +2:15 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 38:28 | 38:30 | -0:02 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 23:21 | 18:47 | +4:34 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 10:30 | 9:30 | +1:00 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:55 | 2:24 | +0:31 |
Δ negative = Hilary ran the segment faster.