Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialKris Nicholson
#845 · 1:22:31 · M46 · Group W · DR
Wave start 8:48 AM (W-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialHeather S Clark
#842 · 1:31:26 · F51 · Group L · DR
Wave start 8:39 AM (L-DR)
Interpretation
Kris (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM; Heather (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM. That gave Heather a 9 minutes head start on Kris. On foot, Kris ran 1:22:31 and Heather ran 1:31:26 — Kris was 8:55 faster than Heather. Kris took official place 845th (time-based 720th) and Heather took official place 842nd (time-based 934th). Heather's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Kris was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Kris gained 3:41 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Heather S Clark (L-DR) started 9 min earlier than Kris (W-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +3
- Actual time Δ
- -8:55
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 9 min (Heather earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:05
- Section place Δ
- +9
Δ = Kris − Heather. Negative means Kris is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Heather (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM.
- Kris (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM, 9:00 later.
- Actual running time: Kris was 8:55 faster on foot than Heather.
- Finish clock: Heather crossed the line 0:05 ahead of Kris — Heather wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -8:55 · finish clock +0:05.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Kris | Heather | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:33 | 11:19 | -1:46 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:47 | 8:38 | -1:51 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:13 | 7:30 | -0:17 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 31:44 | 35:25 | -3:41 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 17:19 | 17:35 | -0:16 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:00 | 8:39 | -0:39 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:55 | 2:20 | -0:25 |
Δ negative = Kris ran the segment faster.