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
OfficialJuan J Santos
#904 · 1:23:41 · M44 · Group X · DR
Wave start 8:49 AM (X-DR)
Interpretation
Meryl (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Juan (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM. That gave Meryl a 6 minutes head start on Juan. On foot, Meryl ran 1:29:37 and Juan ran 1:23:41 — Juan was 5:56 faster than Meryl. Meryl took official place 903rd (time-based 901st) and Juan took official place 904th (time-based 760th). Meryl's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Juan was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Juan gained 3:25 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Meryl Garcia (Q-DR) started 6 min earlier than Juan (X-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -1
- Actual time Δ
- +5:56
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 6 min (Meryl earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:04
- Section place Δ
- +25
Δ = Meryl − Juan. Negative means Meryl is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Meryl (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Juan (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM, 6:00 later.
- Actual running time: Juan was 5:56 faster on foot than Meryl.
- Finish clock: Meryl crossed the line 0:04 ahead of Juan — Meryl wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +5:56 · finish clock -0:04.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Meryl | Juan | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:33 | 9:48 | +0:45 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:47 | 7:25 | +0:22 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:07 | 7:07 | ±0:00 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 35:04 | 31:39 | +3:25 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 17:46 | 17:00 | +0:46 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:59 | 8:23 | +0:36 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:21 | 2:19 | +0:02 |
Δ negative = Meryl ran the segment faster.