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
OfficialMary Ludlam
#871 · 1:32:11 · F51 · Group L · DR
Wave start 8:39 AM (L-DR)
Interpretation
Christopher (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM; Mary (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM. That gave Mary a 10 minutes head start on Christopher. On foot, Christopher ran 1:22:11 and Mary ran 1:32:11 — Christopher was 10:00 faster than Mary. Christopher took official place 870th (time-based 712th) and Mary took official place 871st (time-based 948th). Christopher was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Christopher gained 3:49 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Mary Ludlam (L-DR) started 10 min earlier than Christopher (X-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -1
- Actual time Δ
- -10:00
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 10 min (Mary earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- ±0:00
- Section place Δ
- +6
Δ = Christopher − Mary. Negative means Christopher is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Mary (L-DR) started at 8:39 AM.
- Christopher (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM, 10:00 later.
- Actual running time: Christopher was 10:00 faster on foot than Mary.
- They crossed the finish line at the same clock time.
Δ (A − B): actual -10:00 · finish clock ±0:00.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Christopher | Mary | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:46 | 10:18 | -0:32 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:09 | 7:43 | -0:34 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:29 | 6:53 | +0:36 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 30:54 | 34:19 | -3:25 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:56 | 20:45 | -3:49 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:54 | 9:18 | -1:24 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:03 | 2:55 | -0:52 |
Δ negative = Christopher ran the segment faster.