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
OfficialEthan Schatz
#916 · 1:35:23 · M64 · Group K · DR
Wave start 8:38 AM (K-DR)
Interpretation
Emmett (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM; Ethan (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM. That gave Ethan a 1 minute head start on Emmett. On foot, Emmett ran 1:34:31 and Ethan ran 1:35:23 — Emmett was 0:52 faster than Ethan. Emmett took official place 919th (time-based 999th) and Ethan took official place 916th (time-based 1021st). Ethan's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Emmett was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Ethan gained 2:18 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Ethan Schatz (K-DR) started 1 min earlier than Emmett (L-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +3
- Actual time Δ
- -0:52
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 1 min (Ethan earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:08
- Section place Δ
- +6
Δ = Emmett − Ethan. Negative means Emmett is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Ethan (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM.
- Emmett (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM, 1:00 later.
- Actual running time: Emmett was 0:52 faster on foot than Ethan.
- Finish clock: Ethan crossed the line 0:08 ahead of Emmett — Ethan wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -0:52 · finish clock +0:08.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Emmett | Ethan | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:16 | 10:25 | -0:09 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:09 | 8:19 | -0:10 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:43 | 7:40 | -0:57 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 39:53 | 37:35 | +2:18 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 19:07 | 19:52 | -0:45 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:12 | 8:59 | -0:47 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:11 | 2:33 | -0:22 |
Δ negative = Emmett ran the segment faster.