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
Officialjosie shumway
#819 · 1:26:36 · F34 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Interpretation
Michael (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; josie (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM. That gave josie a 8 minutes head start on Michael. On foot, Michael ran 1:18:41 and josie ran 1:26:36 — Michael was 7:55 faster than josie. Michael took official place 823rd (time-based 602nd) and josie took official place 819th (time-based 822nd). josie's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Michael was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Michael gained 2:49 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
josie shumway (Q-DR) started 8 min earlier than Michael (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +4
- Actual time Δ
- -7:55
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 8 min (josie earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:05
- Section place Δ
- -5
Δ = Michael − josie. Negative means Michael is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- josie (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Michael (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 8:00 later.
- Actual running time: Michael was 7:55 faster on foot than josie.
- Finish clock: josie crossed the line 0:05 ahead of Michael — josie wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -7:55 · finish clock +0:05.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Michael | josie | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:18 | 10:39 | -0:21 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:24 | 7:37 | -1:13 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:34 | 7:37 | -1:03 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 31:43 | 33:02 | -1:19 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 14:20 | 17:09 | -2:49 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:28 | 8:23 | -0:55 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:54 | 2:09 | -0:15 |
Δ negative = Michael ran the segment faster.