Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialMeghan T Hession
#322 · 1:17:03 · F44 · Group N · INV
Wave start 8:14 AM (N-INV)
Athlete B
OfficialEllen Smolarski
#326 · 1:15:09 · F26 · Group Q · INV
Wave start 8:16 AM (Q-INV)
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
Meghan (N-INV) started at 8:14 AM; Ellen (Q-INV) started at 8:16 AM. That gave Meghan a 2 minutes head start on Ellen. On foot, Meghan ran 1:17:03 and Ellen ran 1:15:09 — Ellen was 1:54 faster than Meghan. Meghan took official place 322nd (time-based 555th) and Ellen took official place 326th (time-based 487th). Meghan's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Ellen was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Ellen gained 0:38 from Top of Stairs to Windy Gap.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Meghan T Hession (N-INV) started 2 min earlier than Ellen (Q-INV).
- Overall place Δ
- -4
- Actual time Δ
- +1:54
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 2 min (Meghan earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:06
- Section place Δ
- -29
Δ = Meghan − Ellen. Negative means Meghan is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Meghan (N-INV) started at 8:14 AM.
- Ellen (Q-INV) started at 8:16 AM, 2:00 later.
- Actual running time: Ellen was 1:54 faster on foot than Meghan.
- Finish clock: Meghan crossed the line 0:06 ahead of Ellen — Meghan wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +1:54 · finish clock -0:06.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Meghan | Ellen | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:07 | 8:56 | +0:11 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:05 | 6:27 | +0:38 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:21 | 6:05 | +0:16 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 29:17 | 29:13 | +0:04 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:26 | 15:12 | +0:14 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:38 | 7:18 | +0:20 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:09 | 1:58 | +0:11 |
Δ negative = Meghan ran the segment faster.