Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialTimothy R Kauer
#952 · 1:24:58 · M36 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialSean Randolph
#948 · 1:47:48 · M75 · Group AAA · DR
Wave start 8:27 AM (AAA-DR)
Interpretation
Timothy (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Sean (AAA-DR) started at 8:27 AM. That gave Sean a 23 minutes head start on Timothy. On foot, Timothy ran 1:24:58 and Sean ran 1:47:48 — Timothy was 22:50 faster than Sean. Timothy took official place 952nd (time-based 791st) and Sean took official place 948th (time-based 1206th). Sean's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Timothy was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Timothy gained 7:28 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Sean Randolph (AAA-DR) started 23 min earlier than Timothy (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +4
- Actual time Δ
- -22:50
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 23 min (Sean earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:10
- Section place Δ
- +57
Δ = Timothy − Sean. Negative means Timothy is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Sean (AAA-DR) started at 8:27 AM.
- Timothy (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 23:00 later.
- Actual running time: Timothy was 22:50 faster on foot than Sean.
- Finish clock: Sean crossed the line 0:10 ahead of Timothy — Sean wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -22:50 · finish clock +0:10.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Timothy | Sean | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:16 | 12:24 | -2:08 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:01 | 10:07 | -3:06 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:35 | 9:26 | -1:51 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:33 | 40:01 | -7:28 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 17:08 | 22:25 | -5:17 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:09 | 10:30 | -2:21 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:16 | 2:55 | -0:39 |
Δ negative = Timothy ran the segment faster.