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
OfficialLuke Sell
#824 · 1:17:45 · M21 · Group SCR · DR
Wave start 8:52 AM (SCR-DR)
Interpretation
Michael (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Luke (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM. That gave Michael a 1 minute head start on Luke. On foot, Michael ran 1:18:41 and Luke ran 1:17:45 — Luke was 0:56 faster than Michael. Michael took official place 823rd (time-based 602nd) and Luke took official place 824th (time-based 574th). Michael's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Luke was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Michael gained 1:06 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Michael T Benzinger (Z-DR) started 1 min earlier than Luke (SCR-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -1
- Actual time Δ
- +0:56
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 1 min (Michael earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:04
- Section place Δ
- +20
Δ = Michael − Luke. Negative means Michael is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Michael (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM.
- Luke (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM, 1:00 later.
- Actual running time: Luke was 0:56 faster on foot than Michael.
- Finish clock: Michael crossed the line 0:04 ahead of Luke — Michael wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +0:56 · finish clock -0:04.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Michael | Luke | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:18 | 8:45 | +1:33 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:24 | 6:26 | -0:02 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:34 | 6:05 | +0:29 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 31:43 | 31:03 | +0:40 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 14:20 | 15:26 | -1:06 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:28 | 7:58 | -0:30 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:54 | 2:02 | -0:08 |
Δ negative = Michael ran the segment faster.