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
OfficialMeryl Garcia
#903 · 1:29:37 · F38 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Interpretation
Matthew (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Meryl (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. That gave Meryl a 8 minutes head start on Matthew. On foot, Matthew ran 1:21:45 and Meryl ran 1:29:37 — Matthew was 7:52 faster than Meryl. Matthew took official place 906th (time-based 699th) and Meryl took official place 903rd (time-based 901st). Meryl's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Matthew was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Matthew gained 2:18 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Meryl Garcia (Q-DR) started 8 min earlier than Matthew (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +3
- Actual time Δ
- -7:52
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 8 min (Meryl earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:08
- Section place Δ
- -2
Δ = Matthew − Meryl. Negative means Matthew is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Meryl (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Matthew (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 8:00 later.
- Actual running time: Matthew was 7:52 faster on foot than Meryl.
- Finish clock: Meryl crossed the line 0:08 ahead of Matthew — Meryl wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -7:52 · finish clock +0:08.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Matthew | Meryl | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:34 | 10:33 | -0:59 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:11 | 7:47 | -0:36 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:21 | 7:07 | -0:46 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:47 | 35:04 | -2:17 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:28 | 17:46 | -2:18 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:16 | 8:59 | -0:43 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:08 | 2:21 | -0:13 |
Δ negative = Matthew ran the segment faster.