Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialEmmett R Novotny
#919 · 1:34:31 · M9 · Group L · DR
Wave start 8:39 AM (L-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialSarah Chao
#914 · 1:38:14 · F57 · Group G · DR
Wave start 8:35 AM (G-DR)
Interpretation
Emmett (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM; Sarah (G-DR) started at 8:35 AM. That gave Sarah a 4 minutes head start on Emmett. On foot, Emmett ran 1:34:31 and Sarah ran 1:38:14 — Emmett was 3:43 faster than Sarah. Emmett took official place 919th (time-based 999th) and Sarah took official place 914th (time-based 1070th). Sarah's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Emmett was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Sarah gained 3:14 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Sarah Chao (G-DR) started 4 min earlier than Emmett (L-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +5
- Actual time Δ
- -3:43
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 4 min (Sarah earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:17
- Section place Δ
- +10
Δ = Emmett − Sarah. Negative means Emmett is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Sarah (G-DR) started at 8:35 AM.
- Emmett (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM, 4:00 later.
- Actual running time: Emmett was 3:43 faster on foot than Sarah.
- Finish clock: Sarah crossed the line 0:17 ahead of Emmett — Sarah wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -3:43 · finish clock +0:17.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Emmett | Sarah | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:16 | 11:09 | -0:53 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:09 | 8:45 | -0:36 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:43 | 8:23 | -1:40 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 39:53 | 36:39 | +3:14 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 19:07 | 21:00 | -1:53 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:12 | 9:32 | -1:20 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:11 | 2:46 | -0:35 |
Δ negative = Emmett ran the segment faster.