Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialWalter R Paulsen
#996 · 1:38:25 · M64 · Group K · DR
Wave start 8:38 AM (K-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialFrancis Lawrence
#994 · 1:28:22 · M47 · Group W · DR
Wave start 8:48 AM (W-DR)
Comparison report
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The PDF includes the interpretation, deltas, race timeline, position-through-the-course chart, and segment-by-segment splits shown below.
Interpretation
Walter (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM; Francis (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM. That gave Walter a 10 minutes head start on Francis. On foot, Walter ran 1:38:25 and Francis ran 1:28:22 — Francis was 10:03 faster than Walter. Walter took official place 996th (time-based 1072nd) and Francis took official place 994th (time-based 870th). Francis was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Francis gained 4:53 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Walter R Paulsen (K-DR) started 10 min earlier than Francis (W-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +2
- Actual time Δ
- +10:03
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 10 min (Walter earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:03
- Section place Δ
- -16
Δ = Walter − Francis. Negative means Walter is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Walter (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM.
- Francis (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM, 10:00 later.
- Actual running time: Francis was 10:03 faster on foot than Walter.
- Finish clock: Francis crossed the line 0:03 ahead of Walter — Francis wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +10:03 · finish clock +0:03.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Walter | Francis | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:13 | 10:23 | +0:50 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:13 | 8:27 | -0:14 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 8:35 | 6:19 | +2:16 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 35:48 | 36:15 | -0:27 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 21:13 | 16:20 | +4:53 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 10:30 | 8:30 | +2:00 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:53 | 2:08 | +0:45 |
Δ negative = Walter ran the segment faster.