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
OfficialJames MacLaggan
#863 · 1:25:57 · M12 · Group T · DR
Wave start 8:45 AM (T-DR)
Interpretation
William (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM; James (T-DR) started at 8:45 AM. That gave James a 7 minutes head start on William. On foot, William ran 1:19:04 and James ran 1:25:57 — William was 6:53 faster than James. William took official place 868th (time-based 619th) and James took official place 863rd (time-based 812th). James's head start was enough to flip the official order even though William was faster on foot. Biggest swing: William gained 4:17 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
James MacLaggan (T-DR) started 7 min earlier than William (SCR-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +5
- Actual time Δ
- -6:53
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 7 min (James earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:07
- Section place Δ
- -1
Δ = William − James. Negative means William is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- James (T-DR) started at 8:45 AM.
- William (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM, 7:00 later.
- Actual running time: William was 6:53 faster on foot than James.
- Finish clock: James crossed the line 0:07 ahead of William — James wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -6:53 · finish clock +0:07.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | William | James | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:22 | 8:36 | +0:46 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:27 | 6:55 | +0:32 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:21 | 6:59 | -0:38 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 31:23 | 32:50 | -1:27 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:09 | 19:26 | -4:17 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:29 | 8:51 | -1:22 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:53 | 2:20 | -0:27 |
Δ negative = William ran the segment faster.