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
OfficialJulia R Maxwell Bailey
#3 · 57:02 · F30 · Group Q · INV
Wave start 8:16 AM (Q-INV)
Interpretation
Meryl (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Julia (Q-INV) started at 8:16 AM. That gave Julia a 27 minutes head start on Meryl because the Runner wave starts 27 minutes after the Invitational wave. On foot, Meryl ran 1:29:37 and Julia ran 57:02 — Julia was 32:35 faster than Meryl. Meryl took official place 903rd (time-based 901st) and Julia took official place 3rd (time-based 32nd). Julia was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Julia gained 14:38 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Julia R Maxwell Bailey (Q-INV) started 27 min earlier than Meryl (Q-DR).
The Runner wave starts 27 min after the Invitational wave.
- Overall place Δ
- +900
- Actual time Δ
- +32:35
- Section gap Δ
- 27 min (Julia earlier)
- Wave start Δ
- 27 min (Julia earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +59:35
- Section place Δ
- —
Δ = Meryl − Julia. Negative means Meryl is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Julia (Q-INV) started at 8:16 AM.
- Meryl (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 27:00 later — the Invitational wave starts 27 min before the Runner wave.
- Actual running time: Julia was 32:35 faster on foot than Meryl.
- Finish clock: Julia crossed the line 59:35 ahead of Meryl — Julia wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +32:35 · finish clock +59:35.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Meryl | Julia | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:33 | 6:46 | +3:47 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:47 | 5:03 | +2:44 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:07 | 5:20 | +1:47 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 35:04 | 20:26 | +14:38 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 17:46 | 11:52 | +5:54 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:59 | 5:54 | +3:05 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:21 | 1:41 | +0:40 |
Δ negative = Meryl ran the segment faster.