Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialRyan Auker
#821 · 1:18:39 · M31 · 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
Ryan (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Luke (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM. That gave Ryan a 1 minute head start on Luke. On foot, Ryan ran 1:18:39 and Luke ran 1:17:45 — Luke was 0:54 faster than Ryan. Ryan took official place 821st (time-based 600th) and Luke took official place 824th (time-based 574th). Ryan's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Luke was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Ryan gained 1:11 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Ryan Auker (Z-DR) started 1 min earlier than Luke (SCR-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -3
- Actual time Δ
- +0:54
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 1 min (Ryan earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:06
- Section place Δ
- +19
Δ = Ryan − Luke. Negative means Ryan is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Ryan (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM.
- Luke (SCR-DR) started at 8:52 AM, 1:00 later.
- Actual running time: Luke was 0:54 faster on foot than Ryan.
- Finish clock: Ryan crossed the line 0:06 ahead of Luke — Ryan wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +0:54 · finish clock -0:06.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Ryan | Luke | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 8:45 | 8:45 | ±0:00 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:37 | 6:26 | +0:11 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:48 | 6:05 | +0:43 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 29:52 | 31:03 | -1:11 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:09 | 15:26 | +0:43 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:17 | 7:58 | +0:19 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:11 | 2:02 | +0:09 |
Δ negative = Ryan ran the segment faster.