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
OfficialJosh Ephraim
#917 · 1:23:28 · M37 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Interpretation
Ethan (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM; Josh (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave Ethan a 12 minutes head start on Josh. On foot, Ethan ran 1:35:23 and Josh ran 1:23:28 — Josh was 11:55 faster than Ethan. Ethan took official place 916th (time-based 1021st) and Josh took official place 917th (time-based 755th). Ethan's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Josh was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Josh gained 3:40 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Ethan Schatz (K-DR) started 12 min earlier than Josh (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -1
- Actual time Δ
- +11:55
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 12 min (Ethan earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:05
- Section place Δ
- -53
Δ = Ethan − Josh. Negative means Ethan is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Ethan (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM.
- Josh (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 12:00 later.
- Actual running time: Josh was 11:55 faster on foot than Ethan.
- Finish clock: Ethan crossed the line 0:05 ahead of Josh — Ethan wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +11:55 · finish clock -0:05.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Ethan | Josh | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:25 | 9:32 | +0:53 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:19 | 6:37 | +1:42 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:40 | 6:15 | +1:25 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 37:35 | 33:55 | +3:40 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 19:52 | 16:31 | +3:21 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:59 | 8:36 | +0:23 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:33 | 2:02 | +0:31 |
Δ negative = Ethan ran the segment faster.