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
OfficialJonathan Branch
#901 · 1:22:31 · M41 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Interpretation
Meryl (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Jonathan (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave Meryl a 7 minutes head start on Jonathan. On foot, Meryl ran 1:29:37 and Jonathan ran 1:22:31 — Jonathan was 7:06 faster than Meryl. Meryl took official place 903rd (time-based 901st) and Jonathan took official place 901st (time-based 721st). Jonathan was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Jonathan gained 4:29 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Meryl Garcia (Q-DR) started 7 min earlier than Jonathan (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +2
- Actual time Δ
- +7:06
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 7 min (Meryl earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:06
- Section place Δ
- -17
Δ = Meryl − Jonathan. Negative means Meryl is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Meryl (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Jonathan (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 7:00 later.
- Actual running time: Jonathan was 7:06 faster on foot than Meryl.
- Finish clock: Jonathan crossed the line 0:06 ahead of Meryl — Jonathan wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +7:06 · finish clock +0:06.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Meryl | Jonathan | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:33 | 9:06 | +1:27 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:47 | 7:45 | +0:02 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:07 | 7:15 | -0:08 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 35:04 | 30:35 | +4:29 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 17:46 | 16:59 | +0:47 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:59 | 8:41 | +0:18 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:21 | 2:10 | +0:11 |
Δ negative = Meryl ran the segment faster.