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
OfficialJoel Sollner
#905 · 1:29:44 · M11 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Interpretation
Meryl (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Joel (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. Both left the line at the same moment. On foot, Meryl ran 1:29:37 and Joel ran 1:29:44 — Meryl was 0:07 faster than Joel. Meryl took official place 903rd (time-based 901st) and Joel took official place 905th (time-based 905th). Meryl was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Meryl gained 1:56 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Both started in the same wave.
- Overall place Δ
- -2
- Actual time Δ
- -0:07
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- ±0 min
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:07
- Section place Δ
- -1
Δ = Meryl − Joel. Negative means Meryl is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Meryl (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Joel (Q-DR) also started at 8:43 AM.
- Actual running time: Meryl was 0:07 faster on foot than Joel.
- Finish clock: Meryl crossed the line 0:07 ahead of Joel — Meryl wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -0:07 · finish clock -0:07.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Meryl | Joel | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:33 | 9:35 | +0:58 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:47 | 7:04 | +0:43 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:07 | 7:32 | -0:25 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 35:04 | 34:54 | +0:10 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 17:46 | 19:42 | -1:56 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:59 | 8:49 | +0:10 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:21 | 2:08 | +0:13 |
Δ negative = Meryl ran the segment faster.