Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialBrian McClenaghan
#697 · 1:14:45 · M44 · Group X · DR
Wave start 8:49 AM (X-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialBryan Hauke
#699 · 1:11:50 · M25 · Group SCR · DR
Wave start 8:52 AM (SCR-DR)
Interpretation
Brian (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM; Bryan (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM. That gave Brian a 3 minutes head start on Bryan. On foot, Brian ran 1:14:45 and Bryan ran 1:11:50 — Bryan was 2:55 faster than Brian. Brian took official place 697th (time-based 471st) and Bryan took official place 699th (time-based 386th). Brian's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Bryan was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Bryan gained 1:32 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Brian McClenaghan (X-DR) started 3 min earlier than Bryan (SCR-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -2
- Actual time Δ
- +2:55
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 3 min (Brian earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:05
- Section place Δ
- +6
Δ = Brian − Bryan. Negative means Brian is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Brian (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM.
- Bryan (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM, 3:00 later.
- Actual running time: Bryan was 2:55 faster on foot than Brian.
- Finish clock: Brian crossed the line 0:05 ahead of Bryan — Brian wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +2:55 · finish clock -0:05.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Brian | Bryan | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 8:28 | 9:10 | -0:42 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:43 | 6:15 | +0:28 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:24 | 6:03 | +0:21 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 28:50 | 27:18 | +1:32 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:15 | 14:07 | +1:08 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:14 | 7:09 | +0:05 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:51 | 1:48 | +0:03 |
Δ negative = Brian ran the segment faster.