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
OfficialTheresa Pickard
#857 · 1:30:46 · F45 · Group M · DR
Wave start 8:40 AM (M-DR)
Interpretation
Spencer (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; Theresa (M-DR) started at 8:40 AM. That gave Theresa a 3 minutes head start on Spencer. On foot, Spencer ran 1:27:53 and Theresa ran 1:30:46 — Spencer was 2:53 faster than Theresa. Spencer took official place 860th (time-based 861st) and Theresa took official place 857th (time-based 921st). Theresa's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Spencer was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Spencer gained 3:01 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Theresa Pickard (M-DR) started 3 min earlier than Spencer (Q-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- +3
- Actual time Δ
- -2:53
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 3 min (Theresa earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:07
- Section place Δ
- +25
Δ = Spencer − Theresa. Negative means Spencer is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Theresa (M-DR) started at 8:40 AM.
- Spencer (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM, 3:00 later.
- Actual running time: Spencer was 2:53 faster on foot than Theresa.
- Finish clock: Theresa crossed the line 0:07 ahead of Spencer — Theresa wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -2:53 · finish clock +0:07.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Spencer | Theresa | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:06 | 10:28 | -0:22 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:23 | 8:00 | -0:37 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 9:11 | 8:07 | +1:04 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 30:36 | 33:37 | -3:01 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 19:20 | 19:32 | -0:12 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:55 | 8:47 | +0:08 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:22 | 2:15 | +0:07 |
Δ negative = Spencer ran the segment faster.