Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialMichael T Benzinger
#823 · 1:18:41 · M29 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialJC Longbottom
#818 · 1:19:34 · M40 · Group Y · DR
Wave start 8:50 AM (Y-DR)
Interpretation
Michael (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; JC (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM. That gave JC a 1 minute head start on Michael. On foot, Michael ran 1:18:41 and JC ran 1:19:34 — Michael was 0:53 faster than JC. Michael took official place 823rd (time-based 602nd) and JC took official place 818th (time-based 637th). JC's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Michael was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Michael gained 1:37 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
JC Longbottom (Y-DR) started 1 min earlier than Michael (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +5
- Actual time Δ
- -0:53
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 1 min (JC earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:07
- Section place Δ
- -19
Δ = Michael − JC. Negative means Michael is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- JC (Y-DR) started at 8:50 AM.
- Michael (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 1:00 later.
- Actual running time: Michael was 0:53 faster on foot than JC.
- Finish clock: JC crossed the line 0:07 ahead of Michael — JC wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -0:53 · finish clock +0:07.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Michael | JC | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:18 | 9:28 | +0:50 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:24 | 6:35 | -0:11 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:34 | 6:15 | +0:19 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 31:43 | 31:10 | +0:33 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 14:20 | 15:57 | -1:37 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:28 | 7:56 | -0:28 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:54 | 2:13 | -0:19 |
Δ negative = Michael ran the segment faster.