Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialNick J Goulding
#970 · 1:24:32 · M29 · Group Z · DR
Wave start 8:51 AM (Z-DR)
Athlete B
OfficialBjorn Laurin
#972 · 1:29:38 · M52 · Group U · DR
Wave start 8:46 AM (U-DR)
Interpretation
Nick (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM; Bjorn (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM. That gave Bjorn a 5 minutes head start on Nick. On foot, Nick ran 1:24:32 and Bjorn ran 1:29:38 — Nick was 5:06 faster than Bjorn. Nick took official place 970th (time-based 781st) and Bjorn took official place 972nd (time-based 902nd). Nick was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Nick gained 2:36 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Bjorn Laurin (U-DR) started 5 min earlier than Nick (Z-DR).
- Overall place Δ
- -2
- Actual time Δ
- -5:06
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 5 min (Bjorn earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:06
- Section place Δ
- +15
Δ = Nick − Bjorn. Negative means Nick is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Bjorn (U-DR) started at 8:46 AM.
- Nick (Z-DR) started at 8:51 AM, 5:00 later.
- Actual running time: Nick was 5:06 faster on foot than Bjorn.
- Finish clock: Nick crossed the line 0:06 ahead of Bjorn — Nick wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -5:06 · finish clock -0:06.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Nick | Bjorn | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 9:57 | 10:12 | -0:15 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:14 | 7:35 | -0:21 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:59 | 7:08 | -0:09 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 32:21 | 34:57 | -2:36 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 16:51 | 18:15 | -1:24 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 8:59 | 9:17 | -0:18 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:11 | 2:14 | -0:03 |
Δ negative = Nick ran the segment faster.