Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialLaura McDonald
#1319 · 2:08:38 · F53 · Group J · DR
Wave start 8:37 AM (J-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialWells M Lipner
#1324 · 2:03:14 · M11 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Interpretation
Laura (J-DR) started at 8:37 AM; Wells (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. That gave Laura a 6 minutes head start on Wells. On foot, Laura ran 2:08:38 and Wells ran 2:03:14 — Wells was 5:24 faster than Laura. Laura took official place 1319th (time-based 1327th) and Wells took official place 1324th (time-based 1304th). Laura's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Wells was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Wells gained 4:06 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Laura McDonald (J-DR) started 6 min earlier than Wells (Q-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -5
- Actual time Δ
- +5:24
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 6 min (Laura earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:36
- Section place Δ
- -74
Δ = Laura − Wells. Negative means Laura is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Laura (J-DR) started at 8:37 AM.
- Wells (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 6:00 later.
- Actual running time: Wells was 5:24 faster on foot than Laura.
- Finish clock: Laura crossed the line 0:36 ahead of Wells — Laura wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +5:24 · finish clock -0:36.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Laura | Wells | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 14:14 | 12:35 | +1:39 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 11:01 | 10:24 | +0:37 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 11:42 | 9:15 | +2:27 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 42:11 | 45:29 | -3:18 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 30:45 | 26:39 | +4:06 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 15:15 | 15:47 | -0:32 |
| The Stile to Finish | 3:30 | 3:05 | +0:25 |
Δ negative = Laura ran the segment faster.