Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialPaul OKeefe
#707 · 1:16:20 · M46 · Group W · DR
Wave start 8:48 AM (W-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialJohn Aitchison
#710 · 1:13:27 · M31 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Interpretation
Paul (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM; John (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM. That gave Paul a 3 minutes head start on John. On foot, Paul ran 1:16:20 and John ran 1:13:27 — John was 2:53 faster than Paul. Paul took official place 707th (time-based 532nd) and John took official place 710th (time-based 435th). Paul's head start was enough to flip the official order even though John was faster on foot. Biggest swing: John gained 1:08 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Paul OKeefe (W-DR) started 3 min earlier than John (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -3
- Actual time Δ
- +2:53
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 3 min (Paul earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:07
- Section place Δ
- -9
Δ = Paul − John. Negative means Paul is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Paul (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM.
- John (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 3:00 later.
- Actual running time: John was 2:53 faster on foot than Paul.
- Finish clock: Paul crossed the line 0:07 ahead of John — Paul wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +2:53 · finish clock -0:07.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Paul | John | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:05 | 8:35 | +0:30 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:28 | 6:32 | -0:04 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:38 | 6:41 | -0:03 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 27:39 | 27:05 | +0:34 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:04 | 14:56 | +1:08 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:57 | 7:29 | +0:28 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:29 | 2:09 | +0:20 |
Δ negative = Paul ran the segment faster.