Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialJonathan S Thorpe
#817 · 1:23:31 · M53 · Group U · DR
Wave start 8:46 AM (U-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialJC Longbottom
#818 · 1:19:34 · M40 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Interpretation
Jonathan (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM; JC (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave Jonathan a 4 minutes head start on JC. On foot, Jonathan ran 1:23:31 and JC ran 1:19:34 — JC was 3:57 faster than Jonathan. Jonathan took official place 817th (time-based 756th) and JC took official place 818th (time-based 637th). Jonathan's head start was enough to flip the official order even though JC was faster on foot. Biggest swing: JC gained 1:37 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Jonathan S Thorpe (U-DR) started 4 min earlier than JC (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -1
- Actual time Δ
- +3:57
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 4 min (Jonathan earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:03
- Section place Δ
- -26
Δ = Jonathan − JC. Negative means Jonathan is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Jonathan (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM.
- JC (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 4:00 later.
- Actual running time: JC was 3:57 faster on foot than Jonathan.
- Finish clock: Jonathan crossed the line 0:03 ahead of JC — Jonathan wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +3:57 · finish clock -0:03.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Jonathan | JC | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:02 | 9:28 | +0:34 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:23 | 6:35 | +0:48 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:15 | 6:15 | ±0:00 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:47 | 31:10 | +1:37 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:36 | 15:57 | +0:39 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:09 | 7:56 | +0:13 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:19 | 2:13 | +0:06 |
Δ negative = Jonathan ran the segment faster.