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
OfficialSarah Vreede
#902 · 1:33:36 · F49 · Group L · DR
Wave start 8:39 AM (L-DR)
Interpretation
Meryl (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Sarah (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM. That gave Sarah a 4 minutes head start on Meryl. On foot, Meryl ran 1:29:37 and Sarah ran 1:33:36 — Meryl was 3:59 faster than Sarah. Meryl took official place 903rd (time-based 901st) and Sarah took official place 902nd (time-based 976th). Sarah's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Meryl was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Meryl gained 1:42 from Windy Gap to Muir Woods.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Sarah Vreede (L-DR) started 4 min earlier than Meryl (Q-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +1
- Actual time Δ
- -3:59
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 4 min (Sarah earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:01
- Section place Δ
- +30
Δ = Meryl − Sarah. Negative means Meryl is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Sarah (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM.
- Meryl (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 4:00 later.
- Actual running time: Meryl was 3:59 faster on foot than Sarah.
- Finish clock: Sarah crossed the line 0:01 ahead of Meryl — Sarah wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -3:59 · finish clock +0:01.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Meryl | Sarah | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:33 | 11:07 | -0:34 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:47 | 8:38 | -0:51 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:07 | 8:49 | -1:42 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 35:04 | 34:54 | +0:10 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 17:46 | 18:40 | -0:54 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:59 | 8:59 | ±0:00 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:21 | 2:29 | -0:08 |
Δ negative = Meryl ran the segment faster.