Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialMichael F Francis
#503 · 1:19:00 · M45 · Group W · INV
Wave start 8:21 AM (W-INV)
Athlete B
OfficialJames A Flanigan
#504 · 1:40:26 · M76 · Group AAA · INV
Wave start 8:00 AM (AAA-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
Michael (W-INV) started at 8:21 AM; James (AAA-INV) started at 8:00 AM. That gave James a 21 minutes head start on Michael. On foot, Michael ran 1:19:00 and James ran 1:40:26 — Michael was 21:26 faster than James. Michael took official place 503rd (time-based 615th) and James took official place 504th (time-based 1100th). Michael was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: Michael gained 6:02 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
James A Flanigan (AAA-INV) started 21 min earlier than Michael (W-INV).
- Overall place Δ
- -1
- Actual time Δ
- -21:26
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 21 min (James earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:26
- Section place Δ
- +27
Δ = Michael − James. Negative means Michael is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- James (AAA-INV) started at 8:00 AM.
- Michael (W-INV) started at 8:21 AM, 21:00 later.
- Actual running time: Michael was 21:26 faster on foot than James.
- Finish clock: Michael crossed the line 0:26 ahead of James — Michael wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -21:26 · finish clock -0:26.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Michael | James | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 8:56 | 11:40 | -2:44 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 7:39 | 8:47 | -1:08 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:12 | 9:24 | -3:12 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 31:17 | 36:48 | -5:31 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:08 | 21:10 | -6:02 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:33 | 9:51 | -2:18 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:15 | 2:46 | -0:31 |
Δ negative = Michael ran the segment faster.