Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialTheresa Pickard
#857 · 1:30:46 · F45 · Group M · DR
Wave start 8:40 AM (M-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialGrace C Palmer
#854 · 1:32:42 · F11 · Group K · DR
Wave start 8:38 AM (K-DR)
Interpretation
Theresa (M-DR) started at 8:40 AM; Grace (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM. That gave Grace a 2 minutes head start on Theresa. On foot, Theresa ran 1:30:46 and Grace ran 1:32:42 — Theresa was 1:56 faster than Grace. Theresa took official place 857th (time-based 921st) and Grace took official place 854th (time-based 957th). Grace's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Theresa was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Theresa gained 3:07 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Grace C Palmer (K-DR) started 2 min earlier than Theresa (M-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +3
- Actual time Δ
- -1:56
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 2 min (Grace earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:04
- Section place Δ
- +8
Δ = Theresa − Grace. Negative means Theresa is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Grace (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM.
- Theresa (M-DR) started at 8:40 AM, 2:00 later.
- Actual running time: Theresa was 1:56 faster on foot than Grace.
- Finish clock: Grace crossed the line 0:04 ahead of Theresa — Grace wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -1:56 · finish clock +0:04.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Theresa | Grace | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:28 | 11:01 | -0:33 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:00 | 8:34 | -0:34 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 8:07 | 7:19 | +0:48 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 33:37 | 36:44 | -3:07 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 19:32 | 19:07 | +0:25 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:47 | 7:55 | +0:52 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:15 | 2:02 | +0:13 |
Δ negative = Theresa ran the segment faster.