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
OfficialMary Ludlam
#871 · 1:32:11 · F51 · Group L · DR
Wave start 8:39 AM (L-DR)
Interpretation
William (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM; Mary (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM. That gave Mary a 13 minutes head start on William. On foot, William ran 1:19:04 and Mary ran 1:32:11 — William was 13:07 faster than Mary. William took official place 868th (time-based 619th) and Mary took official place 871st (time-based 948th). William was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: William gained 5:36 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Mary Ludlam (L-DR) started 13 min earlier than William (SCR-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -3
- Actual time Δ
- -13:07
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 13 min (Mary earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:07
- Section place Δ
- +1
Δ = William − Mary. Negative means William is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Mary (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM.
- William (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM, 13:00 later.
- Actual running time: William was 13:07 faster on foot than Mary.
- Finish clock: William crossed the line 0:07 ahead of Mary — William wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -13:07 · finish clock -0:07.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | William | Mary | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:22 | 10:18 | -0:56 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:27 | 7:43 | -0:16 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:21 | 6:53 | -0:32 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 31:23 | 34:19 | -2:56 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:09 | 20:45 | -5:36 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:29 | 9:18 | -1:49 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:53 | 2:55 | -1:02 |
Δ negative = William ran the segment faster.