Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialRay Bolanos
#923 · 1:36:37 · M65 · Group J · DR
Wave start 8:37 AM (J-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialPreston T Rhodes
#926 · 1:30:55 · M11 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Interpretation
Ray (J-DR) started at 8:37 AM; Preston (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. That gave Ray a 6 minutes head start on Preston. On foot, Ray ran 1:36:37 and Preston ran 1:30:55 — Preston was 5:42 faster than Ray. Ray took official place 923rd (time-based 1049th) and Preston took official place 926th (time-based 924th). Ray's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Preston was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Preston gained 3:16 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Ray Bolanos (J-DR) started 6 min earlier than Preston (Q-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -3
- Actual time Δ
- +5:42
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 6 min (Ray earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:18
- Section place Δ
- -40
Δ = Ray − Preston. Negative means Ray is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Ray (J-DR) started at 8:37 AM.
- Preston (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 6:00 later.
- Actual running time: Preston was 5:42 faster on foot than Ray.
- Finish clock: Ray crossed the line 0:18 ahead of Preston — Ray wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +5:42 · finish clock -0:18.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Ray | Preston | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:16 | 10:22 | -0:06 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:29 | 8:04 | +0:25 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 9:22 | 7:32 | +1:50 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 34:10 | 35:12 | -1:02 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 21:35 | 18:19 | +3:16 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 10:05 | 8:56 | +1:09 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:40 | 2:30 | +0:10 |
Δ negative = Ray ran the segment faster.