Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialJanella Samson
#1175 · 1:43:03 · F30 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialEdward R Owens
#2 · 48:29 · M32 · Group Z · INV
Wave start 8:24 AM (Z-INV)
Interpretation
Janella (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Edward (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM. That gave Edward a 19 minutes head start on Janella because the Runner wave starts 27 minutes after the Invitational wave. On foot, Janella ran 1:43:03 and Edward ran 48:29 — Edward was 54:34 faster than Janella. Janella took official place 1175th (time-based 1137th) and Edward took official place 2nd (time-based 1st). Edward was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Edward gained 20:04 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Edward R Owens (Z-INV) started 19 min earlier than Janella (Q-DR).
The Runner wave starts 27 min after the Invitational wave.
- Overall place Δ
- +1173
- Actual time Δ
- +54:34
- Section gap Δ
- 27 min (Edward earlier)
- Wave start Δ
- 19 min (Edward earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +1:13:34
- Section place Δ
- —
Δ = Janella − Edward. Negative means Janella is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Edward (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM.
- Janella (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 19:00 later — the Invitational wave starts 27 min before the Runner wave.
- Actual running time: Edward was 54:34 faster on foot than Janella.
- Finish clock: Edward crossed the line 1:13:34 ahead of Janella — Edward wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +54:34 · finish clock +1:13:34.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Janella | Edward | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:58 | 5:48 | +5:10 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 12:49 | 4:17 | +8:32 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 8:40 | 4:16 | +4:24 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 37:56 | 17:52 | +20:04 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 20:12 | 9:40 | +10:32 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 9:52 | 5:03 | +4:49 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:36 | 1:33 | +1:03 |
Δ negative = Janella ran the segment faster.