Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialJack J Barbour
#329 · 1:07:12 · M26 · Group Z · INV
Wave start 8:24 AM (Z-INV)
Athlete B
OfficialEllen Smolarski
#326 · 1:15:09 · F26 · Group Q · INV
Wave start 8:16 AM (Q-INV)
Comparison report
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The PDF includes the interpretation, deltas, race timeline, position-through-the-course chart, and segment-by-segment splits shown below.
Interpretation
Jack (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM; Ellen (Q-INV) started at 8:16 AM. That gave Ellen a 8 minutes head start on Jack. On foot, Jack ran 1:07:12 and Ellen ran 1:15:09 — Jack was 7:57 faster than Ellen. Jack took official place 329th (time-based 240th) and Ellen took official place 326th (time-based 487th). Ellen's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Jack was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Jack gained 2:05 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Ellen Smolarski (Q-INV) started 8 min earlier than Jack (Z-INV).
- Overall place Δ
- +3
- Actual time Δ
- -7:57
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 8 min (Ellen earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:03
- Section place Δ
- 0
Δ = Jack − Ellen. Negative means Jack is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Ellen (Q-INV) started at 8:16 AM.
- Jack (Z-INV) started at 8:24 AM, 8:00 later.
- Actual running time: Jack was 7:57 faster on foot than Ellen.
- Finish clock: Ellen crossed the line 0:03 ahead of Jack — Ellen wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -7:57 · finish clock +0:03.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Jack | Ellen | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 7:29 | 8:56 | -1:27 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 5:37 | 6:27 | -0:50 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 4:51 | 6:05 | -1:14 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 27:19 | 29:13 | -1:54 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 13:07 | 15:12 | -2:05 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 6:53 | 7:18 | -0:25 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:56 | 1:58 | -0:02 |
Δ negative = Jack ran the segment faster.