Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialJeffers Pickard
#998 · 1:33:27 · M11 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialWalter R Paulsen
#996 · 1:38:25 · M64 · Group K · DR
Wave start 8:38 AM (K-DR)
Comparison report
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The PDF includes the interpretation, deltas, race timeline, position-through-the-course chart, and segment-by-segment splits shown below.
Interpretation
Jeffers (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Walter (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM. That gave Walter a 5 minutes head start on Jeffers. On foot, Jeffers ran 1:33:27 and Walter ran 1:38:25 — Jeffers was 4:58 faster than Walter. Jeffers took official place 998th (time-based 972nd) and Walter took official place 996th (time-based 1072nd). Walter's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Jeffers was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Jeffers gained 1:06 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Walter R Paulsen (K-DR) started 5 min earlier than Jeffers (Q-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +2
- Actual time Δ
- -4:58
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 5 min (Walter earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:02
- Section place Δ
- +40
Δ = Jeffers − Walter. Negative means Jeffers is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Walter (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM.
- Jeffers (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 5:00 later.
- Actual running time: Jeffers was 4:58 faster on foot than Walter.
- Finish clock: Walter crossed the line 0:02 ahead of Jeffers — Walter wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -4:58 · finish clock +0:02.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Jeffers | Walter | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:00 | 11:13 | -1:13 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:07 | 8:13 | -0:06 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 8:21 | 8:35 | -0:14 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 34:42 | 35:48 | -1:06 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 20:27 | 21:13 | -0:46 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 9:43 | 10:30 | -0:47 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:07 | 2:53 | -0:46 |
Δ negative = Jeffers ran the segment faster.