Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialChristopher Gathright
#870 · 1:22:11 · M44 · Group X · DR
Wave start 8:49 AM (X-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialElliott Williams
#875 · 1:20:39 · M28 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Interpretation
Christopher (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM; Elliott (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM. That gave Christopher a 2 minutes head start on Elliott. On foot, Christopher ran 1:22:11 and Elliott ran 1:20:39 — Elliott was 1:32 faster than Christopher. Christopher took official place 870th (time-based 712th) and Elliott took official place 875th (time-based 666th). Christopher's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Elliott was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Elliott gained 1:12 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Christopher Gathright (X-DR) started 2 min earlier than Elliott (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -5
- Actual time Δ
- +1:32
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 2 min (Christopher earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:28
- Section place Δ
- -20
Δ = Christopher − Elliott. Negative means Christopher is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Christopher (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM.
- Elliott (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 2:00 later.
- Actual running time: Elliott was 1:32 faster on foot than Christopher.
- Finish clock: Christopher crossed the line 0:28 ahead of Elliott — Christopher wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +1:32 · finish clock -0:28.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Christopher | Elliott | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:46 | 10:01 | -0:15 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:09 | 7:15 | -0:06 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:29 | 6:23 | +1:06 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 30:54 | 31:08 | -0:14 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:56 | 15:44 | +1:12 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:54 | 8:01 | -0:07 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:03 | 2:07 | -0:04 |
Δ negative = Christopher ran the segment faster.