Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialBen M Dudek
#694 · 1:13:41 · M39 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialGregg Walker
#693 · 1:21:39 · M58 · Group P · DR
Wave start 8:42 AM (P-DR)
Interpretation
Ben (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM; Gregg (P-DR) started at 8:42 AM. That gave Gregg a 8 minutes head start on Ben. On foot, Ben ran 1:13:41 and Gregg ran 1:21:39 — Ben was 7:58 faster than Gregg. Ben took official place 694th (time-based 441st) and Gregg took official place 693rd (time-based 696th). Gregg's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Ben was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Ben gained 3:53 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Gregg Walker (P-DR) started 8 min earlier than Ben (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +1
- Actual time Δ
- -7:58
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 8 min (Gregg earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:02
- Section place Δ
- +11
Δ = Ben − Gregg. Negative means Ben is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Gregg (P-DR) started at 8:42 AM.
- Ben (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 8:00 later.
- Actual running time: Ben was 7:58 faster on foot than Gregg.
- Finish clock: Gregg crossed the line 0:02 ahead of Ben — Gregg wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -7:58 · finish clock +0:02.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Ben | Gregg | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:07 | 9:54 | -0:47 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:14 | 7:13 | -0:59 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:34 | 6:28 | +0:06 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 27:54 | 31:47 | -3:53 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:10 | 16:08 | -0:58 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 6:53 | 7:53 | -1:00 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:49 | 2:16 | -0:27 |
Δ negative = Ben ran the segment faster.