Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialTom Drummond
#788 · 1:18:02 · M39 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialMolly Williams
#786 · 1:31:57 · F55 · Group H · DR
Wave start 8:36 AM (H-DR)
Interpretation
Tom (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Molly (H-DR) started at 8:36 AM. That gave Molly a 14 minutes head start on Tom. On foot, Tom ran 1:18:02 and Molly ran 1:31:57 — Tom was 13:55 faster than Molly. Tom took official place 788th (time-based 583rd) and Molly took official place 786th (time-based 942nd). Molly's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Tom was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Tom gained 6:25 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Molly Williams (H-DR) started 14 min earlier than Tom (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +2
- Actual time Δ
- -13:55
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 14 min (Molly earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:05
- Section place Δ
- +39
Δ = Tom − Molly. Negative means Tom is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Molly (H-DR) started at 8:36 AM.
- Tom (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 14:00 later.
- Actual running time: Tom was 13:55 faster on foot than Molly.
- Finish clock: Molly crossed the line 0:05 ahead of Tom — Molly wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -13:55 · finish clock +0:05.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Tom | Molly | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:36 | 10:39 | -1:03 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:11 | 8:30 | -2:19 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:39 | 7:07 | -0:28 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 30:15 | 36:40 | -6:25 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:46 | 17:48 | -2:02 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:41 | 8:39 | -0:58 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:54 | 2:34 | -0:40 |
Δ negative = Tom ran the segment faster.