Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialSam Booth
#827 · 1:21:46 · M45 · Group W · DR
Wave start 8:48 AM (W-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialLuke Sell
#824 · 1:17:45 · M21 · Group SCR · DR
Wave start 8:52 AM (SCR-DR)
Interpretation
Sam (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM; Luke (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM. That gave Sam a 4 minutes head start on Luke. On foot, Sam ran 1:21:46 and Luke ran 1:17:45 — Luke was 4:01 faster than Sam. Sam took official place 827th (time-based 701st) and Luke took official place 824th (time-based 574th). Luke was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Luke gained 1:24 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Sam Booth (W-DR) started 4 min earlier than Luke (SCR-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +3
- Actual time Δ
- +4:01
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 4 min (Sam earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:01
- Section place Δ
- +5
Δ = Sam − Luke. Negative means Sam is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Sam (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM.
- Luke (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM, 4:00 later.
- Actual running time: Luke was 4:01 faster on foot than Sam.
- Finish clock: Luke crossed the line 0:01 ahead of Sam — Luke wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +4:01 · finish clock +0:01.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Sam | Luke | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:02 | 8:45 | +0:17 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:36 | 6:26 | +0:10 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:57 | 6:05 | +0:52 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:27 | 31:03 | +1:24 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:39 | 15:26 | +1:13 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:00 | 7:58 | +0:02 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:05 | 2:02 | +0:03 |
Δ negative = Sam ran the segment faster.