Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialElliott Williams
#875 · 1:20:39 · M28 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialChristopher Gathright
#870 · 1:22:11 · M44 · Group X · DR
Wave start 8:49 AM (X-DR)
Interpretation
Elliott (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Christopher (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM. That gave Christopher a 2 minutes head start on Elliott. On foot, Elliott ran 1:20:39 and Christopher ran 1:22:11 — Elliott was 1:32 faster than Christopher. Elliott took official place 875th (time-based 666th) and Christopher took official place 870th (time-based 712th). Christopher's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Elliott was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Elliott gained 1:12 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Christopher Gathright (X-DR) started 2 min earlier than Elliott (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +5
- Actual time Δ
- -1:32
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 2 min (Christopher earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:28
- Section place Δ
- +20
Δ = Elliott − Christopher. Negative means Elliott is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Christopher (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM.
- Elliott (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 2:00 later.
- Actual running time: Elliott was 1:32 faster on foot than Christopher.
- Finish clock: Christopher crossed the line 0:28 ahead of Elliott — Christopher wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -1:32 · finish clock +0:28.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Elliott | Christopher | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:01 | 9:46 | +0:15 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:15 | 7:09 | +0:06 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:23 | 7:29 | -1:06 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 31:08 | 30:54 | +0:14 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:44 | 16:56 | -1:12 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:01 | 7:54 | +0:07 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:07 | 2:03 | +0:04 |
Δ negative = Elliott ran the segment faster.