Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialRonald W Pharis
#1335 · 2:22:52 · M80 · Group AAA · DR
Wave start 8:27 AM (AAA-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialMitchell L Stricker-Balistreri
#1338 · 1:59:56 · M33 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Interpretation
Ronald (AAA-DR) started at 8:27 AM; Mitchell (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave Ronald a 23 minutes head start on Mitchell. On foot, Ronald ran 2:22:52 and Mitchell ran 1:59:56 — Mitchell was 22:56 faster than Ronald. Ronald took official place 1335th (time-based 1358th) and Mitchell took official place 1338th (time-based 1287th). Ronald's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Mitchell was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Mitchell gained 6:25 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Ronald W Pharis (AAA-DR) started 23 min earlier than Mitchell (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -3
- Actual time Δ
- +22:56
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 23 min (Ronald earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:04
- Section place Δ
- -89
Δ = Ronald − Mitchell. Negative means Ronald is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Ronald (AAA-DR) started at 8:27 AM.
- Mitchell (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 23:00 later.
- Actual running time: Mitchell was 22:56 faster on foot than Ronald.
- Finish clock: Ronald crossed the line 0:04 ahead of Mitchell — Ronald wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +22:56 · finish clock -0:04.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Ronald | Mitchell | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 15:41 | 12:56 | +2:45 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 12:04 | 10:36 | +1:28 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 12:00 | 10:24 | +1:36 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 50:43 | 44:40 | +6:03 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 31:43 | 25:18 | +6:25 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 16:44 | 13:00 | +3:44 |
| The Stile to Finish | 3:57 | 3:02 | +0:55 |
Δ negative = Ronald ran the segment faster.