Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialEthan Xu
#580 · 1:05:09 · M17 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialMatthew Dixon
#578 · 1:08:53 · M52 · Group U · DR
Wave start 8:46 AM (U-DR)
Comparison report
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The PDF includes the interpretation, deltas, race timeline, position-through-the-course chart, and segment-by-segment splits shown below.
Interpretation
Ethan (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Matthew (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM. That gave Matthew a 4 minutes head start on Ethan. On foot, Ethan ran 1:05:09 and Matthew ran 1:08:53 — Ethan was 3:44 faster than Matthew. Ethan took official place 580th (time-based 186th) and Matthew took official place 578th (time-based 286th). Matthew's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Ethan was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Ethan gained 1:33 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Matthew Dixon (U-DR) started 4 min earlier than Ethan (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +2
- Actual time Δ
- -3:44
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 4 min (Matthew earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:16
- Section place Δ
- +9
Δ = Ethan − Matthew. Negative means Ethan is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Matthew (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM.
- Ethan (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 4:00 later.
- Actual running time: Ethan was 3:44 faster on foot than Matthew.
- Finish clock: Matthew crossed the line 0:16 ahead of Ethan — Matthew wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -3:44 · finish clock +0:16.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Ethan | Matthew | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 7:18 | 7:56 | -0:38 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 5:36 | 5:58 | -0:22 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 5:53 | 6:01 | -0:08 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 25:45 | 25:48 | -0:03 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 12:31 | 14:04 | -1:33 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 6:27 | 7:07 | -0:40 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:39 | 1:59 | -0:20 |
Δ negative = Ethan ran the segment faster.