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
OfficialChris Lundy
#1 · 1:00:42 · F55 · Group J · INV
Wave start 8:10 AM (J-INV)
Interpretation
Meryl (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Chris (J-INV) started at 8:10 AM. That gave Chris a 33 minutes head start on Meryl because the Runner wave starts 27 minutes after the Invitational wave. On foot, Meryl ran 1:29:37 and Chris ran 1:00:42 — Chris was 28:55 faster than Meryl. Meryl took official place 903rd (time-based 901st) and Chris took official place 1st (time-based 71st). Chris was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Chris gained 12:54 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Chris Lundy (J-INV) started 33 min earlier than Meryl (Q-DR).
The Runner wave starts 27 min after the Invitational wave.
- Overall place Δ
- +902
- Actual time Δ
- +28:55
- Section gap Δ
- 27 min (Chris earlier)
- Wave start Δ
- 33 min (Chris earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +1:01:55
- Section place Δ
- —
Δ = Meryl − Chris. Negative means Meryl is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Chris (J-INV) started at 8:10 AM.
- Meryl (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 33:00 later — the Invitational wave starts 27 min before the Runner wave.
- Actual running time: Chris was 28:55 faster on foot than Meryl.
- Finish clock: Chris crossed the line 1:01:55 ahead of Meryl — Chris wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +28:55 · finish clock +1:01:55.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Meryl | Chris | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:33 | 7:31 | +3:02 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:47 | 5:35 | +2:12 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:07 | 5:25 | +1:42 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 35:04 | 22:10 | +12:54 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 17:46 | 12:14 | +5:32 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:59 | 5:57 | +3:02 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:21 | 1:50 | +0:31 |
Δ negative = Meryl ran the segment faster.