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
OfficialJulia R Maxwell Bailey
#3 · 57:02 · F30 · Group Q · INV
Wave start 8:16 AM (Q-INV)
Interpretation
Heather (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM; Julia (Q-INV) started at 8:16 AM. That gave Julia a 23 minutes head start on Heather because the Runner wave starts 27 minutes after the Invitational wave. On foot, Heather ran 1:31:26 and Julia ran 57:02 — Julia was 34:24 faster than Heather. Heather took official place 842nd (time-based 934th) and Julia took official place 3rd (time-based 32nd). Julia was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Julia gained 14:59 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Julia R Maxwell Bailey (Q-INV) started 23 min earlier than Heather (L-DR).
The Runner wave starts 27 min after the Invitational wave.
- Overall place Δ
- +839
- Actual time Δ
- +34:24
- Section gap Δ
- 27 min (Julia earlier)
- Wave start Δ
- 23 min (Julia earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +57:24
- Section place Δ
- —
Δ = Heather − Julia. Negative means Heather is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Julia (Q-INV) started at 8:16 AM.
- Heather (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM, 23:00 later — the Invitational wave starts 27 min before the Runner wave.
- Actual running time: Julia was 34:24 faster on foot than Heather.
- Finish clock: Julia crossed the line 57:24 ahead of Heather — Julia wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +34:24 · finish clock +57:24.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Heather | Julia | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:19 | 6:46 | +4:33 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:38 | 5:03 | +3:35 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:30 | 5:20 | +2:10 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 35:25 | 20:26 | +14:59 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 17:35 | 11:52 | +5:43 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:39 | 5:54 | +2:45 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:20 | 1:41 | +0:39 |
Δ negative = Heather ran the segment faster.