Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialJames MacLaggan
#863 · 1:25:57 · M12 · Group T · DR
Wave start 8:45 AM (T-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialChristian Hekemian
#864 · 1:19:59 · M19 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Interpretation
James (T-DR) started at 8:45 AM; Christian (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM. That gave James a 6 minutes head start on Christian. On foot, James ran 1:25:57 and Christian ran 1:19:59 — Christian was 5:58 faster than James. James took official place 863rd (time-based 812th) and Christian took official place 864th (time-based 650th). James's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Christian was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Christian gained 4:15 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
James MacLaggan (T-DR) started 6 min earlier than Christian (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -1
- Actual time Δ
- +5:58
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 6 min (James earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:02
- Section place Δ
- -22
Δ = James − Christian. Negative means James is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- James (T-DR) started at 8:45 AM.
- Christian (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 6:00 later.
- Actual running time: Christian was 5:58 faster on foot than James.
- Finish clock: James crossed the line 0:02 ahead of Christian — James wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +5:58 · finish clock -0:02.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | James | Christian | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 8:36 | 9:08 | -0:32 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:55 | 7:01 | -0:06 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:59 | 6:46 | +0:13 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:50 | 32:24 | +0:26 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 19:26 | 15:11 | +4:15 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:51 | 7:39 | +1:12 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:20 | 1:50 | +0:30 |
Δ negative = James ran the segment faster.