Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialJack W Fausone
#932 · 1:23:02 · M31 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialSam S Coates
#931 · 1:24:01 · M17 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Interpretation
Jack (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Sam (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave Sam a 1 minute head start on Jack. On foot, Jack ran 1:23:02 and Sam ran 1:24:01 — Jack was 0:59 faster than Sam. Jack took official place 932nd (time-based 739th) and Sam took official place 931st (time-based 770th). Sam's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Jack was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Jack gained 4:07 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Sam S Coates (Y-DR) started 1 min earlier than Jack (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +1
- Actual time Δ
- -0:59
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 1 min (Sam earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:01
- Section place Δ
- -20
Δ = Jack − Sam. Negative means Jack is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Sam (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM.
- Jack (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 1:00 later.
- Actual running time: Jack was 0:59 faster on foot than Sam.
- Finish clock: Sam crossed the line 0:01 ahead of Jack — Sam wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -0:59 · finish clock +0:01.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Jack | Sam | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:59 | 9:02 | +0:57 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:40 | 6:32 | +0:08 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:47 | 5:53 | +0:54 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:38 | 36:45 | -4:07 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:46 | 16:04 | +0:42 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:59 | 7:53 | +0:06 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:13 | 1:52 | +0:21 |
Δ negative = Jack ran the segment faster.