Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialHeather S Clark
#842 · 1:31:26 · F51 · Group L · DR
Wave start 8:39 AM (L-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialKris Nicholson
#845 · 1:22:31 · M46 · Group W · DR
Wave start 8:48 AM (W-DR)
Interpretation
Heather (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM; Kris (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM. That gave Heather a 9 minutes head start on Kris. On foot, Heather ran 1:31:26 and Kris ran 1:22:31 — Kris was 8:55 faster than Heather. Heather took official place 842nd (time-based 934th) and Kris took official place 845th (time-based 720th). Heather's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Kris was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Kris gained 3:41 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Heather S Clark (L-DR) started 9 min earlier than Kris (W-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -3
- Actual time Δ
- +8:55
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 9 min (Heather earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:05
- Section place Δ
- -9
Δ = Heather − Kris. Negative means Heather is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Heather (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM.
- Kris (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM, 9:00 later.
- Actual running time: Kris was 8:55 faster on foot than Heather.
- Finish clock: Heather crossed the line 0:05 ahead of Kris — Heather wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +8:55 · finish clock -0:05.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Heather | Kris | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:19 | 9:33 | +1:46 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:38 | 6:47 | +1:51 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:30 | 7:13 | +0:17 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 35:25 | 31:44 | +3:41 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 17:35 | 17:19 | +0:16 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:39 | 8:00 | +0:39 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:20 | 1:55 | +0:25 |
Δ negative = Heather ran the segment faster.