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
OfficialJosh Ephraim
#917 · 1:23:28 · M37 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Interpretation
Emmett (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM; Josh (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave Emmett a 11 minutes head start on Josh. On foot, Emmett ran 1:34:31 and Josh ran 1:23:28 — Josh was 11:03 faster than Emmett. Emmett took official place 919th (time-based 999th) and Josh took official place 917th (time-based 755th). Josh was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Josh gained 5:58 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Emmett R Novotny (L-DR) started 11 min earlier than Josh (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +2
- Actual time Δ
- +11:03
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 11 min (Emmett earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:03
- Section place Δ
- -47
Δ = Emmett − Josh. Negative means Emmett is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Emmett (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM.
- Josh (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 11:00 later.
- Actual running time: Josh was 11:03 faster on foot than Emmett.
- Finish clock: Josh crossed the line 0:03 ahead of Emmett — Josh wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +11:03 · finish clock +0:03.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Emmett | Josh | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:16 | 9:32 | +0:44 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:09 | 6:37 | +1:32 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:43 | 6:15 | +0:28 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 39:53 | 33:55 | +5:58 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 19:07 | 16:31 | +2:36 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:12 | 8:36 | -0:24 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:11 | 2:02 | +0:09 |
Δ negative = Emmett ran the segment faster.