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
OfficialThomas F Coates
#1181 · 1:41:09 · M54 · Group T · DR
Wave start 8:45 AM (T-DR)
Interpretation
Hilary (M-DR) started at 8:40 AM; Thomas (T-DR) started at 8:45 AM. That gave Hilary a 5 minutes head start on Thomas. On foot, Hilary ran 1:46:05 and Thomas ran 1:41:09 — Thomas was 4:56 faster than Hilary. Hilary took official place 1177th (time-based 1180th) and Thomas took official place 1181st (time-based 1114th). Hilary's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Thomas was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Thomas gained 4:05 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Hilary M Lipner (M-DR) started 5 min earlier than Thomas (T-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -4
- Actual time Δ
- +4:56
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 5 min (Hilary earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:04
- Section place Δ
- +15
Δ = Hilary − Thomas. Negative means Hilary is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Hilary (M-DR) started at 8:40 AM.
- Thomas (T-DR) started at 8:45 AM, 5:00 later.
- Actual running time: Thomas was 4:56 faster on foot than Hilary.
- Finish clock: Hilary crossed the line 0:04 ahead of Thomas — Hilary wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +4:56 · finish clock -0:04.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Hilary | Thomas | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:36 | 11:03 | +0:33 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 9:17 | 10:16 | -0:59 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 9:58 | 7:49 | +2:09 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 38:28 | 41:10 | -2:42 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 23:21 | 19:16 | +4:05 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 10:30 | 9:07 | +1:23 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:55 | 2:28 | +0:27 |
Δ negative = Hilary ran the segment faster.