Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialWilliam A Pharis
#868 · 1:19:04 · M20 · Group SCR · DR
Wave start 8:52 AM (SCR-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialHeather Pedersen
#866 · 1:36:03 · F56 · Group G · DR
Wave start 8:35 AM (G-DR)
Interpretation
William (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM; Heather (G-DR) started at 8:35 AM. That gave Heather a 17 minutes head start on William. On foot, William ran 1:19:04 and Heather ran 1:36:03 — William was 16:59 faster than Heather. William took official place 868th (time-based 619th) and Heather took official place 866th (time-based 1032nd). Heather's head start was enough to flip the official order even though William was faster on foot. Biggest swing: William gained 4:46 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Heather Pedersen (G-DR) started 17 min earlier than William (SCR-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +2
- Actual time Δ
- -16:59
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 17 min (Heather earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:01
- Section place Δ
- +9
Δ = William − Heather. Negative means William is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Heather (G-DR) started at 8:35 AM.
- William (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM, 17:00 later.
- Actual running time: William was 16:59 faster on foot than Heather.
- Finish clock: Heather crossed the line 0:01 ahead of William — Heather wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -16:59 · finish clock +0:01.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | William | Heather | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:22 | 11:50 | -2:28 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:27 | 8:16 | -0:49 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:21 | 9:00 | -2:39 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 31:23 | 35:26 | -4:03 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:09 | 19:55 | -4:46 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:29 | 9:11 | -1:42 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:53 | 2:25 | -0:32 |
Δ negative = William ran the segment faster.