Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialPatrick O'Malley
#888 · 1:22:10 · M40 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialZach Swenson
#884 · 1:20:50 · M18 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Interpretation
Patrick (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Zach (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM. That gave Patrick a 1 minute head start on Zach. On foot, Patrick ran 1:22:10 and Zach ran 1:20:50 — Zach was 1:20 faster than Patrick. Patrick took official place 888th (time-based 711th) and Zach took official place 884th (time-based 672nd). Zach was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Zach gained 0:50 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Patrick O'Malley (Y-DR) started 1 min earlier than Zach (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +4
- Actual time Δ
- +1:20
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 1 min (Patrick earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:20
- Section place Δ
- +19
Δ = Patrick − Zach. Negative means Patrick is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Patrick (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM.
- Zach (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 1:00 later.
- Actual running time: Zach was 1:20 faster on foot than Patrick.
- Finish clock: Zach crossed the line 0:20 ahead of Patrick — Zach wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +1:20 · finish clock +0:20.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Patrick | Zach | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:09 | 9:08 | +1:01 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:59 | 7:21 | -0:22 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:52 | 6:31 | +0:21 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 31:36 | 32:11 | -0:35 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:34 | 15:44 | +0:50 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:03 | 7:58 | +0:05 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:57 | 1:57 | ±0:00 |
Δ negative = Patrick ran the segment faster.