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
OfficialSam Booth
#827 · 1:21:46 · M45 · Group W · DR
Wave start 8:48 AM (W-DR)
Interpretation
Michael (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Sam (W-DR) started at 8:48 AM. That gave Sam a 3 minutes head start on Michael. On foot, Michael ran 1:18:41 and Sam ran 1:21:46 — Michael was 3:05 faster than Sam. Michael took official place 823rd (time-based 602nd) and Sam took official place 827th (time-based 701st). Michael was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Michael gained 2:19 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Sam Booth (W-DR) started 3 min earlier than Michael (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -4
- Actual time Δ
- -3:05
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 3 min (Sam earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:05
- Section place Δ
- +15
Δ = Michael − Sam. Negative means Michael is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Sam (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 Sam.
- Finish clock: Michael crossed the line 0:05 ahead of Sam — 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 | Sam | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:18 | 9:02 | +1:16 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:24 | 6:36 | -0:12 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:34 | 6:57 | -0:23 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 31:43 | 32:27 | -0:44 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 14:20 | 16:39 | -2:19 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:28 | 8:00 | -0:32 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:54 | 2:05 | -0:11 |
Δ negative = Michael ran the segment faster.