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
OfficialTom Zukoski
#907 · 1:24:47 · M47 · Group W · DR
Wave start 8:48 AM (W-DR)
Interpretation
Meryl (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Tom (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM. That gave Meryl a 5 minutes head start on Tom. On foot, Meryl ran 1:29:37 and Tom ran 1:24:47 — Tom was 4:50 faster than Meryl. Meryl took official place 903rd (time-based 901st) and Tom took official place 907th (time-based 786th). Meryl's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Tom was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Tom gained 2:28 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Meryl Garcia (Q-DR) started 5 min earlier than Tom (W-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -4
- Actual time Δ
- +4:50
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 5 min (Meryl earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:10
- Section place Δ
- +20
Δ = Meryl − Tom. Negative means Meryl is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Meryl (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Tom (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM, 5:00 later.
- Actual running time: Tom was 4:50 faster on foot than Meryl.
- Finish clock: Meryl crossed the line 0:10 ahead of Tom — Meryl wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +4:50 · finish clock -0:10.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Meryl | Tom | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:33 | 9:27 | +1:06 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:47 | 7:25 | +0:22 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:07 | 7:28 | -0:21 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 35:04 | 32:36 | +2:28 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 17:46 | 17:28 | +0:18 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:59 | 8:12 | +0:47 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:21 | 2:11 | +0:10 |
Δ negative = Meryl ran the segment faster.