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
OfficialGreg B Ryan
#826 · 1:31:46 · M63 · Group K · DR
Wave start 8:38 AM (K-DR)
Interpretation
Michael (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Greg (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM. That gave Greg a 13 minutes head start on Michael. On foot, Michael ran 1:18:41 and Greg ran 1:31:46 — Michael was 13:05 faster than Greg. Michael took official place 823rd (time-based 602nd) and Greg took official place 826th (time-based 939th). Michael was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Michael gained 5:18 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Greg B Ryan (K-DR) started 13 min earlier than Michael (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -3
- Actual time Δ
- -13:05
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 13 min (Greg earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:05
- Section place Δ
- +23
Δ = Michael − Greg. Negative means Michael is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Greg (K-DR) started at 8:38 AM.
- Michael (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 13:00 later.
- Actual running time: Michael was 13:05 faster on foot than Greg.
- Finish clock: Michael crossed the line 0:05 ahead of Greg — Michael wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -13:05 · finish clock -0:05.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Michael | Greg | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:18 | 10:36 | -0:18 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:24 | 7:40 | -1:16 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:34 | 8:38 | -2:04 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 31:43 | 33:44 | -2:01 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 14:20 | 19:38 | -5:18 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:28 | 8:59 | -1:31 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:54 | 2:31 | -0:37 |
Δ negative = Michael ran the segment faster.