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
OfficialRyan Auker
#821 · 1:18:39 · M31 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Interpretation
Jonathan (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM; Ryan (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM. That gave Jonathan a 5 minutes head start on Ryan. On foot, Jonathan ran 1:23:31 and Ryan ran 1:18:39 — Ryan was 4:52 faster than Jonathan. Jonathan took official place 817th (time-based 756th) and Ryan took official place 821st (time-based 600th). Jonathan's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Ryan was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Ryan gained 2:55 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Jonathan S Thorpe (U-DR) started 5 min earlier than Ryan (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -4
- Actual time Δ
- +4:52
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 5 min (Jonathan earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:08
- Section place Δ
- -6
Δ = Jonathan − Ryan. Negative means Jonathan is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Jonathan (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM.
- Ryan (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 5:00 later.
- Actual running time: Ryan was 4:52 faster on foot than Jonathan.
- Finish clock: Jonathan crossed the line 0:08 ahead of Ryan — Jonathan wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +4:52 · finish clock -0:08.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Jonathan | Ryan | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:02 | 8:45 | +1:17 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:23 | 6:37 | +0:46 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:15 | 6:48 | -0:33 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:47 | 29:52 | +2:55 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:36 | 16:09 | +0:27 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:09 | 8:17 | -0:08 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:19 | 2:11 | +0:08 |
Δ negative = Jonathan ran the segment faster.