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
OfficialRay Bolanos
#923 · 1:36:37 · M65 · Group J · DR
Wave start 8:37 AM (J-DR)
Interpretation
Emmett (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM; Ray (J-DR) started at 8:37 AM. That gave Ray a 2 minutes head start on Emmett. On foot, Emmett ran 1:34:31 and Ray ran 1:36:37 — Emmett was 2:06 faster than Ray. Emmett took official place 919th (time-based 999th) and Ray took official place 923rd (time-based 1049th). Emmett was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Ray gained 5:43 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Ray Bolanos (J-DR) started 2 min earlier than Emmett (L-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -4
- Actual time Δ
- -2:06
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 2 min (Ray earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:06
- Section place Δ
- +8
Δ = Emmett − Ray. Negative means Emmett is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Ray (J-DR) started at 8:37 AM.
- Emmett (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM, 2:00 later.
- Actual running time: Emmett was 2:06 faster on foot than Ray.
- Finish clock: Emmett crossed the line 0:06 ahead of Ray — Emmett wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -2:06 · finish clock -0:06.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Emmett | Ray | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:16 | 10:16 | ±0:00 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:09 | 8:29 | -0:20 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:43 | 9:22 | -2:39 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 39:53 | 34:10 | +5:43 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 19:07 | 21:35 | -2:28 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:12 | 10:05 | -1:53 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:11 | 2:40 | -0:29 |
Δ negative = Emmett ran the segment faster.