Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialEthan Schatz
#916 · 1:35:23 · M64 · Group K · DR
Wave start 8:38 AM (K-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialSarah Chao
#914 · 1:38:14 · F57 · Group G · DR
Wave start 8:35 AM (G-DR)
Interpretation
Ethan (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM; Sarah (G-DR) started at 8:35 AM. That gave Sarah a 3 minutes head start on Ethan. On foot, Ethan ran 1:35:23 and Sarah ran 1:38:14 — Ethan was 2:51 faster than Sarah. Ethan took official place 916th (time-based 1021st) and Sarah took official place 914th (time-based 1070th). Sarah's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Ethan was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Ethan gained 1:08 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Sarah Chao (G-DR) started 3 min earlier than Ethan (K-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +2
- Actual time Δ
- -2:51
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 3 min (Sarah earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:09
- Section place Δ
- +4
Δ = Ethan − Sarah. Negative means Ethan is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Sarah (G-DR) started at 8:35 AM.
- Ethan (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM, 3:00 later.
- Actual running time: Ethan was 2:51 faster on foot than Sarah.
- Finish clock: Sarah crossed the line 0:09 ahead of Ethan — Sarah wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -2:51 · finish clock +0:09.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Ethan | Sarah | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:25 | 11:09 | -0:44 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:19 | 8:45 | -0:26 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:40 | 8:23 | -0:43 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 37:35 | 36:39 | +0:56 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 19:52 | 21:00 | -1:08 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:59 | 9:32 | -0:33 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:33 | 2:46 | -0:13 |
Δ negative = Ethan ran the segment faster.