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
OfficialSpencer A Fast
#860 · 1:27:53 · M57 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Interpretation
Theresa (M-DR) started at 8:40 AM; Spencer (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. That gave Theresa a 3 minutes head start on Spencer. On foot, Theresa ran 1:30:46 and Spencer ran 1:27:53 — Spencer was 2:53 faster than Theresa. Theresa took official place 857th (time-based 921st) and Spencer took official place 860th (time-based 861st). Theresa's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Spencer was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Spencer gained 3:01 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Theresa Pickard (M-DR) started 3 min earlier than Spencer (Q-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -3
- Actual time Δ
- +2:53
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 3 min (Theresa earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:07
- Section place Δ
- -25
Δ = Theresa − Spencer. Negative means Theresa is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Theresa (M-DR) started at 8:40 AM.
- Spencer (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 3:00 later.
- Actual running time: Spencer was 2:53 faster on foot than Theresa.
- Finish clock: Theresa crossed the line 0:07 ahead of Spencer — Theresa wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +2:53 · finish clock -0:07.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Theresa | Spencer | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:28 | 10:06 | +0:22 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:00 | 7:23 | +0:37 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 8:07 | 9:11 | -1:04 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 33:37 | 30:36 | +3:01 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 19:32 | 19:20 | +0:12 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:47 | 8:55 | -0:08 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:15 | 2:22 | -0:07 |
Δ negative = Theresa ran the segment faster.