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
OfficialJosh Ephraim
#917 · 1:23:28 · M37 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Interpretation
Craig (AA-DR) started at 8:28 AM; Josh (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave Craig a 22 minutes head start on Josh. On foot, Craig ran 1:45:08 and Josh ran 1:23:28 — Josh was 21:40 faster than Craig. Craig took official place 912th (time-based 1166th) and Josh took official place 917th (time-based 755th). Craig's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Josh was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Josh gained 7:16 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Craig R Mead (AA-DR) started 22 min earlier than Josh (Y-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -5
- Actual time Δ
- +21:40
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 22 min (Craig earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:20
- Section place Δ
- -60
Δ = Craig − Josh. Negative means Craig is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Craig (AA-DR) started at 8:28 AM.
- Josh (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM, 22:00 later.
- Actual running time: Josh was 21:40 faster on foot than Craig.
- Finish clock: Craig crossed the line 0:20 ahead of Josh — Craig wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +21:40 · finish clock -0:20.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Craig | Josh | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 11:54 | 9:32 | +2:22 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 8:53 | 6:37 | +2:16 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 8:37 | 6:15 | +2:22 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 41:11 | 33:55 | +7:16 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 22:07 | 16:31 | +5:36 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 9:51 | 8:36 | +1:15 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:35 | 2:02 | +0:33 |
Δ negative = Craig ran the segment faster.