Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialBen Morrison
#1243 · 1:42:34 · M36 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialJean Talbott
#1247 · 1:52:04 · F16 · Group N · DR
Wave start 8:41 AM (N-DR)
Interpretation
Ben (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Jean (N-DR) started at 8:41 AM. That gave Jean a 9 minutes head start on Ben. On foot, Ben ran 1:42:34 and Jean ran 1:52:04 — Ben was 9:30 faster than Jean. Ben took official place 1243rd (time-based 1129th) and Jean took official place 1247th (time-based 1247th). Ben was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Ben gained 7:32 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Jean Talbott (N-DR) started 9 min earlier than Ben (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -4
- Actual time Δ
- -9:30
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 9 min (Jean earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:30
- Section place Δ
- +59
Δ = Ben − Jean. Negative means Ben is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Jean (N-DR) started at 8:41 AM.
- Ben (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 9:00 later.
- Actual running time: Ben was 9:30 faster on foot than Jean.
- Finish clock: Ben crossed the line 0:30 ahead of Jean — Ben wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -9:30 · finish clock -0:30.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Ben | Jean | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:39 | 11:43 | -1:04 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:17 | 8:48 | -1:31 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:49 | 9:18 | -1:29 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 35:56 | 43:28 | -7:32 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 25:10 | 24:42 | +0:28 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 12:46 | 11:42 | +1:04 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:57 | 2:23 | +0:34 |
Δ negative = Ben ran the segment faster.