Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialMeryl Garcia
#903 · 1:29:37 · F38 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialSasha Plichta
#898 · 1:20:25 · M24 · Group SCR · DR
Wave start 8:52 AM (SCR-DR)
Interpretation
Meryl (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Sasha (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM. That gave Meryl a 9 minutes head start on Sasha. On foot, Meryl ran 1:29:37 and Sasha ran 1:20:25 — Sasha was 9:12 faster than Meryl. Meryl took official place 903rd (time-based 901st) and Sasha took official place 898th (time-based 660th). Sasha was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Sasha gained 4:10 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Meryl Garcia (Q-DR) started 9 min earlier than Sasha (SCR-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +5
- Actual time Δ
- +9:12
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 9 min (Meryl earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:12
- Section place Δ
- +28
Δ = Meryl − Sasha. Negative means Meryl is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Meryl (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Sasha (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM, 9:00 later.
- Actual running time: Sasha was 9:12 faster on foot than Meryl.
- Finish clock: Sasha crossed the line 0:12 ahead of Meryl — Sasha wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +9:12 · finish clock +0:12.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Meryl | Sasha | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:33 | 9:00 | +1:33 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:47 | 7:17 | +0:30 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:07 | 6:31 | +0:36 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 35:04 | 30:54 | +4:10 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 17:46 | 16:13 | +1:33 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:59 | 8:15 | +0:44 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:21 | 2:15 | +0:06 |
Δ negative = Meryl ran the segment faster.