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
OfficialKai K Emerson
#711 · 1:13:30 · M19 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Interpretation
Paul (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM; Kai (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM. That gave Paul a 3 minutes head start on Kai. On foot, Paul ran 1:16:20 and Kai ran 1:13:30 — Kai was 2:50 faster than Paul. Paul took official place 707th (time-based 532nd) and Kai took official place 711th (time-based 436th). Paul's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Kai was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Paul gained 1:35 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Paul OKeefe (W-DR) started 3 min earlier than Kai (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -4
- Actual time Δ
- +2:50
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 3 min (Paul earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:10
- Section place Δ
- -10
Δ = Paul − Kai. Negative means Paul is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Paul (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM.
- Kai (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 3:00 later.
- Actual running time: Kai was 2:50 faster on foot than Paul.
- Finish clock: Paul crossed the line 0:10 ahead of Kai — Paul wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +2:50 · finish clock -0:10.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Paul | Kai | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:05 | 8:03 | +1:02 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:28 | 5:21 | +1:07 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:38 | 6:40 | -0:02 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 27:39 | 26:40 | +0:59 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:04 | 17:39 | -1:35 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:57 | 7:29 | +0:28 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:29 | 1:38 | +0:51 |
Δ negative = Paul ran the segment faster.