Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialJONATHAN RUTCHIK
#954 · 1:36:05 · M62 · Group L · DR
Wave start 8:39 AM (L-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialEdward R Owens
#2 · 48:29 · M32 · Group Z · INV
Wave start 8:24 AM (Z-INV)
Interpretation
JONATHAN (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM; Edward (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM. That gave Edward a 15 minutes head start on JONATHAN because the Runner wave starts 27 minutes after the Invitational wave. On foot, JONATHAN ran 1:36:05 and Edward ran 48:29 — Edward was 47:36 faster than JONATHAN. JONATHAN took official place 954th (time-based 1034th) and Edward took official place 2nd (time-based 1st). Edward was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Edward gained 18:34 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Edward R Owens (Z-INV) started 15 min earlier than JONATHAN (L-DR).
The Runner wave starts 27 min after the Invitational wave.
- Overall place Δ
- +952
- Actual time Δ
- +47:36
- Section gap Δ
- 27 min (Edward earlier)
- Wave start Δ
- 15 min (Edward earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +1:02:36
- Section place Δ
- —
Δ = JONATHAN − Edward. Negative means JONATHAN is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Edward (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM.
- JONATHAN (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM, 15:00 later — the Invitational wave starts 27 min before the Runner wave.
- Actual running time: Edward was 47:36 faster on foot than JONATHAN.
- Finish clock: Edward crossed the line 1:02:36 ahead of JONATHAN — Edward wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +47:36 · finish clock +1:02:36.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | JONATHAN | Edward | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:11 | 5:48 | +5:23 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:20 | 4:17 | +4:03 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 8:27 | 4:16 | +4:11 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 36:26 | 17:52 | +18:34 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 19:55 | 9:40 | +10:15 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 9:25 | 5:03 | +4:22 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:21 | 1:33 | +0:48 |
Δ negative = JONATHAN ran the segment faster.