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
OfficialJames MacLaggan
#863 · 1:25:57 · M12 · Group T · DR
Wave start 8:45 AM (T-DR)
Interpretation
Spencer (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM; James (T-DR) started at 8:45 AM. That gave Spencer a 2 minutes head start on James. On foot, Spencer ran 1:27:53 and James ran 1:25:57 — James was 1:56 faster than Spencer. Spencer took official place 860th (time-based 861st) and James took official place 863rd (time-based 812th). Spencer's head start was enough to flip the official order even though James was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Spencer gained 2:14 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Spencer A Fast (Q-DR) started 2 min earlier than James (T-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -3
- Actual time Δ
- +1:56
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 2 min (Spencer earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:04
- Section place Δ
- +27
Δ = Spencer − James. Negative means Spencer is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Spencer (Q-DR) started at 8:43 AM.
- James (T-DR) started at 8:45 AM, 2:00 later.
- Actual running time: James was 1:56 faster on foot than Spencer.
- Finish clock: Spencer crossed the line 0:04 ahead of James — Spencer wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +1:56 · finish clock -0:04.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Spencer | James | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 10:06 | 8:36 | +1:30 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:23 | 6:55 | +0:28 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 9:11 | 6:59 | +2:12 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 30:36 | 32:50 | -2:14 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 19:20 | 19:26 | -0:06 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:55 | 8:51 | +0:04 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:22 | 2:20 | +0:02 |
Δ negative = Spencer ran the segment faster.