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
OfficialMark Cutmore
#918 · 1:35:30 · M64 · Group K · DR
Wave start 8:38 AM (K-DR)
Interpretation
Emmett (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM; Mark (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM. That gave Mark a 1 minute head start on Emmett. On foot, Emmett ran 1:34:31 and Mark ran 1:35:30 — Emmett was 0:59 faster than Mark. Emmett took official place 919th (time-based 999th) and Mark took official place 918th (time-based 1023rd). Mark's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Emmett was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Mark gained 3:04 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Mark Cutmore (K-DR) started 1 min earlier than Emmett (L-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +1
- Actual time Δ
- -0:59
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 1 min (Mark earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:01
- Section place Δ
- +5
Δ = Emmett − Mark. Negative means Emmett is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Mark (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM.
- Emmett (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM, 1:00 later.
- Actual running time: Emmett was 0:59 faster on foot than Mark.
- Finish clock: Mark crossed the line 0:01 ahead of Emmett — Mark wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -0:59 · finish clock +0:01.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Emmett | Mark | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:16 | 11:25 | -1:09 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:09 | 8:36 | -0:27 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:43 | 7:40 | -0:57 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 39:53 | 36:49 | +3:04 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 19:07 | 19:15 | -0:08 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:12 | 9:14 | -1:02 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:11 | 2:31 | -0:20 |
Δ negative = Emmett ran the segment faster.