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
OfficialEdward R Owens
#2 · 48:29 · M32 · Group Z · INV
Wave start 8:24 AM (Z-INV)
Interpretation
Heather (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM; Edward (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM. That gave Edward a 15 minutes head start on Heather because the Runner wave starts 27 minutes after the Invitational wave. On foot, Heather ran 1:31:26 and Edward ran 48:29 — Edward was 42:57 faster than Heather. Heather took official place 842nd (time-based 934th) 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 17:33 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Edward R Owens (Z-INV) started 15 min earlier than Heather (L-DR).
The Runner wave starts 27 min after the Invitational wave.
- Overall place Δ
- +840
- Actual time Δ
- +42:57
- Section gap Δ
- 27 min (Edward earlier)
- Wave start Δ
- 15 min (Edward earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +57:57
- Section place Δ
- —
Δ = Heather − Edward. Negative means Heather is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Edward (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM.
- Heather (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 42:57 faster on foot than Heather.
- Finish clock: Edward crossed the line 57:57 ahead of Heather — Edward wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +42:57 · finish clock +57:57.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Heather | Edward | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:19 | 5:48 | +5:31 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:38 | 4:17 | +4:21 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:30 | 4:16 | +3:14 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 35:25 | 17:52 | +17:33 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 17:35 | 9:40 | +7:55 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:39 | 5:03 | +3:36 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:20 | 1:33 | +0:47 |
Δ negative = Heather ran the segment faster.