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
OfficialMichael T Benzinger
#823 · 1:18:41 · M29 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Interpretation
Sam (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM; Michael (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM. That gave Sam a 3 minutes head start on Michael. On foot, Sam ran 1:21:46 and Michael ran 1:18:41 — Michael was 3:05 faster than Sam. Sam took official place 827th (time-based 701st) and Michael took official place 823rd (time-based 602nd). Michael was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Michael gained 2:19 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Sam Booth (W-DR) started 3 min earlier than Michael (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +4
- Actual time Δ
- +3:05
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 3 min (Sam earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:05
- Section place Δ
- -15
Δ = Sam − Michael. Negative means Sam is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Sam (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM.
- Michael (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 3:00 later.
- Actual running time: Michael was 3:05 faster on foot than Sam.
- Finish clock: Michael crossed the line 0:05 ahead of Sam — Michael wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +3:05 · finish clock +0:05.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Sam | Michael | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:02 | 10:18 | -1:16 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:36 | 6:24 | +0:12 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:57 | 6:34 | +0:23 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:27 | 31:43 | +0:44 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:39 | 14:20 | +2:19 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:00 | 7:28 | +0:32 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:05 | 1:54 | +0:11 |
Δ negative = Sam ran the segment faster.