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
OfficialEdward R Owens
#2 · 48:29 · M32 · Group Z · INV
Wave start 8:24 AM (Z-INV)
Interpretation
Meryl (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Edward (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM. That gave Edward a 19 minutes head start on Meryl because the Runner wave starts 27 minutes after the Invitational wave. On foot, Meryl ran 1:29:37 and Edward ran 48:29 — Edward was 41:08 faster than Meryl. Meryl took official place 903rd (time-based 901st) and Edward took official place 2nd (time-based 1st). Edward was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Edward gained 17:12 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Edward R Owens (Z-INV) started 19 min earlier than Meryl (Q-DR).
The Runner wave starts 27 min after the Invitational wave.
- Overall place Δ
- +901
- Actual time Δ
- +41:08
- Section gap Δ
- 27 min (Edward earlier)
- Wave start Δ
- 19 min (Edward earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +1:00:08
- Section place Δ
- —
Δ = Meryl − Edward. Negative means Meryl is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Edward (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM.
- Meryl (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 19:00 later — the Invitational wave starts 27 min before the Runner wave.
- Actual running time: Edward was 41:08 faster on foot than Meryl.
- Finish clock: Edward crossed the line 1:00:08 ahead of Meryl — Edward wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +41:08 · finish clock +1:00:08.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Meryl | Edward | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:33 | 5:48 | +4:45 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:47 | 4:17 | +3:30 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:07 | 4:16 | +2:51 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 35:04 | 17:52 | +17:12 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 17:46 | 9:40 | +8:06 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:59 | 5:03 | +3:56 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:21 | 1:33 | +0:48 |
Δ negative = Meryl ran the segment faster.