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
OfficialCraig R Mead
#912 · 1:45:08 · M73 · Group AA · DR
Wave start 8:28 AM (AA-DR)
Interpretation
Ethan (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM; Craig (AA-DR) started at 8:28 AM. That gave Craig a 10 minutes head start on Ethan. On foot, Ethan ran 1:35:23 and Craig ran 1:45:08 — Ethan was 9:45 faster than Craig. Ethan took official place 916th (time-based 1021st) and Craig took official place 912th (time-based 1166th). Craig's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Ethan was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Ethan gained 3:36 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Craig R Mead (AA-DR) started 10 min earlier than Ethan (K-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +4
- Actual time Δ
- -9:45
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 10 min (Craig earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:15
- Section place Δ
- +7
Δ = Ethan − Craig. Negative means Ethan is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Craig (AA-DR) started at 8:28 AM.
- Ethan (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM, 10:00 later.
- Actual running time: Ethan was 9:45 faster on foot than Craig.
- Finish clock: Craig crossed the line 0:15 ahead of Ethan — Craig wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -9:45 · finish clock +0:15.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Ethan | Craig | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:25 | 11:54 | -1:29 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:19 | 8:53 | -0:34 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:40 | 8:37 | -0:57 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 37:35 | 41:11 | -3:36 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 19:52 | 22:07 | -2:15 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:59 | 9:51 | -0:52 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:33 | 2:35 | -0:02 |
Δ negative = Ethan ran the segment faster.