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
OfficialWilliam A Pharis
#868 · 1:19:04 · M20 · Group SCR · DR
Wave start 8:52 AM (SCR-DR)
Interpretation
Christopher (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM; William (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM. That gave Christopher a 3 minutes head start on William. On foot, Christopher ran 1:22:11 and William ran 1:19:04 — William was 3:07 faster than Christopher. Christopher took official place 870th (time-based 712th) and William took official place 868th (time-based 619th). William was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: William gained 1:47 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Christopher Gathright (X-DR) started 3 min earlier than William (SCR-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +2
- Actual time Δ
- +3:07
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 3 min (Christopher earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:07
- Section place Δ
- +5
Δ = Christopher − William. Negative means Christopher is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Christopher (X-DR) started at 8:49 AM.
- William (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM, 3:00 later.
- Actual running time: William was 3:07 faster on foot than Christopher.
- Finish clock: William crossed the line 0:07 ahead of Christopher — William wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +3:07 · finish clock +0:07.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Christopher | William | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:46 | 9:22 | +0:24 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:09 | 7:27 | -0:18 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 7:29 | 6:21 | +1:08 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 30:54 | 31:23 | -0:29 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:56 | 15:09 | +1:47 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:54 | 7:29 | +0:25 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:03 | 1:53 | +0:10 |
Δ negative = Christopher ran the segment faster.