Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialPreston T Rhodes
#926 · 1:30:55 · M11 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialEdward R Owens
#2 · 48:29 · M32 · Group Z · INV
Wave start 8:24 AM (Z-INV)
Interpretation
Preston (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Edward (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM. That gave Edward a 19 minutes head start on Preston because the Runner wave starts 27 minutes after the Invitational wave. On foot, Preston ran 1:30:55 and Edward ran 48:29 — Edward was 42:26 faster than Preston. Preston took official place 926th (time-based 924th) and Edward took official place 2nd (time-based 1st). Edward was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Edward gained 17:20 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Edward R Owens (Z-INV) started 19 min earlier than Preston (Q-DR).
The Runner wave starts 27 min after the Invitational wave.
- Overall place Δ
- +924
- Actual time Δ
- +42:26
- Section gap Δ
- 27 min (Edward earlier)
- Wave start Δ
- 19 min (Edward earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +1:01:26
- Section place Δ
- —
Δ = Preston − Edward. Negative means Preston is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Edward (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM.
- Preston (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 19:00 later — the Invitational wave starts 27 min before the Runner wave.
- Actual running time: Edward was 42:26 faster on foot than Preston.
- Finish clock: Edward crossed the line 1:01:26 ahead of Preston — Edward wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +42:26 · finish clock +1:01:26.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Preston | Edward | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:22 | 5:48 | +4:34 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:04 | 4:17 | +3:47 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:32 | 4:16 | +3:16 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 35:12 | 17:52 | +17:20 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 18:19 | 9:40 | +8:39 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:56 | 5:03 | +3:53 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:30 | 1:33 | +0:57 |
Δ negative = Preston ran the segment faster.