Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialMatthew Kearney
#906 · 1:21:45 · M27 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialJoel Sollner
#905 · 1:29:44 · M11 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Interpretation
Matthew (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Joel (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. That gave Joel a 8 minutes head start on Matthew. On foot, Matthew ran 1:21:45 and Joel ran 1:29:44 — Matthew was 7:59 faster than Joel. Matthew took official place 906th (time-based 699th) and Joel took official place 905th (time-based 905th). Joel's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Matthew was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Matthew gained 4:14 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Joel Sollner (Q-DR) started 8 min earlier than Matthew (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +1
- Actual time Δ
- -7:59
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 8 min (Joel earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:01
- Section place Δ
- -3
Δ = Matthew − Joel. Negative means Matthew is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Joel (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Matthew (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 8:00 later.
- Actual running time: Matthew was 7:59 faster on foot than Joel.
- Finish clock: Joel crossed the line 0:01 ahead of Matthew — Joel wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -7:59 · finish clock +0:01.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Matthew | Joel | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:34 | 9:35 | -0:01 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:11 | 7:04 | +0:07 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:21 | 7:32 | -1:11 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:47 | 34:54 | -2:07 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:28 | 19:42 | -4:14 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:16 | 8:49 | -0:33 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:08 | 2:08 | ±0:00 |
Δ negative = Matthew ran the segment faster.