Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialPaul Berens
#795 · 1:21:12 · M48 · Group V · DR
Wave start 8:47 AM (V-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialJacob McCurdy
#792 · 1:17:10 · M26 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Interpretation
Paul (V-DR) started at 8:47 AM; Jacob (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM. That gave Paul a 4 minutes head start on Jacob. On foot, Paul ran 1:21:12 and Jacob ran 1:17:10 — Jacob was 4:02 faster than Paul. Paul took official place 795th (time-based 683rd) and Jacob took official place 792nd (time-based 561st). Jacob was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Jacob gained 1:28 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Paul Berens (V-DR) started 4 min earlier than Jacob (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +3
- Actual time Δ
- +4:02
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 4 min (Paul earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:02
- Section place Δ
- -20
Δ = Paul − Jacob. Negative means Paul is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Paul (V-DR) started at 8:47 AM.
- Jacob (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 4:00 later.
- Actual running time: Jacob was 4:02 faster on foot than Paul.
- Finish clock: Jacob crossed the line 0:02 ahead of Paul — Jacob wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +4:02 · finish clock +0:02.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Paul | Jacob | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:57 | 8:42 | +1:15 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:31 | 6:47 | -0:16 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:24 | 6:25 | +0:59 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 30:30 | 30:22 | +0:08 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:39 | 15:11 | +1:28 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:00 | 7:37 | +0:23 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:11 | 2:06 | +0:05 |
Δ negative = Paul ran the segment faster.