Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialCraig R Mead
#912 · 1:45:08 · M73 · Group AA · DR
Wave start 8:28 AM (AA-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialSarah Chao
#914 · 1:38:14 · F57 · Group G · DR
Wave start 8:35 AM (G-DR)
Interpretation
Craig (AA-DR) started at 8:28 AM; Sarah (G-DR) started at 8:35 AM. That gave Craig a 7 minutes head start on Sarah. On foot, Craig ran 1:45:08 and Sarah ran 1:38:14 — Sarah was 6:54 faster than Craig. Craig took official place 912th (time-based 1166th) and Sarah took official place 914th (time-based 1070th). Craig's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Sarah was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Sarah gained 4:32 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Craig R Mead (AA-DR) started 7 min earlier than Sarah (G-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -2
- Actual time Δ
- +6:54
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 7 min (Craig earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:06
- Section place Δ
- -3
Δ = Craig − Sarah. Negative means Craig is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Craig (AA-DR) started at 8:28 AM.
- Sarah (G-DR) started at 8:35 AM, 7:00 later.
- Actual running time: Sarah was 6:54 faster on foot than Craig.
- Finish clock: Craig crossed the line 0:06 ahead of Sarah — Craig wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +6:54 · finish clock -0:06.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Craig | Sarah | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:54 | 11:09 | +0:45 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:53 | 8:45 | +0:08 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 8:37 | 8:23 | +0:14 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 41:11 | 36:39 | +4:32 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 22:07 | 21:00 | +1:07 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 9:51 | 9:32 | +0:19 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:35 | 2:46 | -0:11 |
Δ negative = Craig ran the segment faster.