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
OfficialCole Murawski
#828 · 1:21:46 · M15 · Group W · DR
Wave start 8:48 AM (W-DR)
Interpretation
Michael (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Cole (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM. That gave Cole a 3 minutes head start on Michael. On foot, Michael ran 1:18:41 and Cole ran 1:21:46 — Michael was 3:05 faster than Cole. Michael took official place 823rd (time-based 602nd) and Cole took official place 828th (time-based 702nd). Michael was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Michael gained 2:48 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Cole Murawski (W-DR) started 3 min earlier than Michael (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -5
- Actual time Δ
- -3:05
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 3 min (Cole earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:05
- Section place Δ
- +14
Δ = Michael − Cole. Negative means Michael is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Cole (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM.
- Michael (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 3:00 later.
- Actual running time: Michael was 3:05 faster on foot than Cole.
- Finish clock: Michael crossed the line 0:05 ahead of Cole — Michael wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -3:05 · finish clock -0:05.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Michael | Cole | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:18 | 9:01 | +1:17 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:24 | 6:56 | -0:32 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:34 | 6:59 | -0:25 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 31:43 | 31:18 | +0:25 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 14:20 | 17:08 | -2:48 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:28 | 8:13 | -0:45 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:54 | 2:11 | -0:17 |
Δ negative = Michael ran the segment faster.