Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialSpencer A Fast
#860 · 1:27:53 · M57 · Group Q · DR
Wave start 8:43 AM (Q-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialChristian Hekemian
#864 · 1:19:59 · M19 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Interpretation
Spencer (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Christian (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM. That gave Spencer a 8 minutes head start on Christian. On foot, Spencer ran 1:27:53 and Christian ran 1:19:59 — Christian was 7:54 faster than Spencer. Spencer took official place 860th (time-based 861st) and Christian took official place 864th (time-based 650th). Spencer's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Christian was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Christian gained 4:09 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Spencer A Fast (Q-DR) started 8 min earlier than Christian (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -4
- Actual time Δ
- +7:54
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 8 min (Spencer earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:06
- Section place Δ
- +5
Δ = Spencer − Christian. Negative means Spencer is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Spencer (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- Christian (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 8:00 later.
- Actual running time: Christian was 7:54 faster on foot than Spencer.
- Finish clock: Spencer crossed the line 0:06 ahead of Christian — Spencer wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +7:54 · finish clock -0:06.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Spencer | Christian | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:06 | 9:08 | +0:58 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:23 | 7:01 | +0:22 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 9:11 | 6:46 | +2:25 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 30:36 | 32:24 | -1:48 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 19:20 | 15:11 | +4:09 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:55 | 7:39 | +1:16 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:22 | 1:50 | +0:32 |
Δ negative = Spencer ran the segment faster.