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
OfficialPaul Coogan
#867 · 1:28:03 · M11 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Interpretation
James (T-DR) started at 8:45 AM; Paul (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. That gave Paul a 2 minutes head start on James. On foot, James ran 1:25:57 and Paul ran 1:28:03 — James was 2:06 faster than Paul. James took official place 863rd (time-based 812th) and Paul took official place 867th (time-based 866th). James was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: James gained 1:09 from Top of Stairs to Windy Gap.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Paul Coogan (Q-DR) started 2 min earlier than James (T-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -4
- Actual time Δ
- -2:06
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 2 min (Paul earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:06
- Section place Δ
- -28
Δ = James − Paul. Negative means James is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Paul (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- James (T-DR) started at 8:45 AM, 2:00 later.
- Actual running time: James was 2:06 faster on foot than Paul.
- Finish clock: James crossed the line 0:06 ahead of Paul — James wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -2:06 · finish clock -0:06.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | James | Paul | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 8:36 | 10:05 | -1:29 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:55 | 8:04 | -1:09 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:59 | 7:33 | -0:34 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:50 | 32:53 | -0:03 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 19:26 | 18:33 | +0:53 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:51 | 8:33 | +0:18 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:20 | 2:22 | -0:02 |
Δ negative = James ran the segment faster.