Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialMargaret L Reed
#1166 · 1:45:34 · F14 · Group M · DR
Wave start 8:40 AM (M-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialBenjamin L Pechner
#1163 · 1:35:19 · M39 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Interpretation
Margaret (M-DR) started at 8:40 AM; Benjamin (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave Margaret a 10 minutes head start on Benjamin. On foot, Margaret ran 1:45:34 and Benjamin ran 1:35:19 — Benjamin was 10:15 faster than Margaret. Margaret took official place 1166th (time-based 1173rd) and Benjamin took official place 1163rd (time-based 1019th). Benjamin was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Benjamin gained 3:12 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Margaret L Reed (M-DR) started 10 min earlier than Benjamin (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +3
- Actual time Δ
- +10:15
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 10 min (Margaret earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:15
- Section place Δ
- -53
Δ = Margaret − Benjamin. Negative means Margaret is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Margaret (M-DR) started at 8:40 AM.
- Benjamin (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 10:00 later.
- Actual running time: Benjamin was 10:15 faster on foot than Margaret.
- Finish clock: Benjamin crossed the line 0:15 ahead of Margaret — Benjamin wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +10:15 · finish clock +0:15.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Margaret | Benjamin | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:53 | 10:45 | +1:08 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 9:17 | 8:47 | +0:30 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 8:26 | 6:43 | +1:43 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 41:02 | 37:58 | +3:04 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 22:00 | 18:48 | +3:12 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 10:40 | 9:38 | +1:02 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:16 | 2:40 | -0:24 |
Δ negative = Margaret ran the segment faster.