Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialGavin J Schmidt
#168 · 1:13:24 · M9 · Group L · INV
Wave start 8:12 AM (L-INV)
Athlete B
OfficialJohn H Howard III
#166 · 1:02:22 · M38 · Group Y · INV
Wave start 8:23 AM (Y-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
Gavin (L-INV) started at 8:12 AM; John (Y-INV) started at 8:23 AM. That gave Gavin a 11 minutes head start on John. On foot, Gavin ran 1:13:24 and John ran 1:02:22 — John was 11:02 faster than Gavin. Gavin took official place 168th (time-based 433rd) and John took official place 166th (time-based 120th). John was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: John gained 3:30 from Cardiac to White Gate.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Gavin J Schmidt (L-INV) started 11 min earlier than John (Y-INV).
- Overall place Δ
- +2
- Actual time Δ
- +11:02
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 11 min (Gavin earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:02
- Section place Δ
- -25
Δ = Gavin − John. Negative means Gavin is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Gavin (L-INV) started at 8:12 AM.
- John (Y-INV) started at 8:23 AM, 11:00 later.
- Actual running time: John was 11:02 faster on foot than Gavin.
- Finish clock: John crossed the line 0:02 ahead of Gavin — John wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual +11:02 · finish clock +0:02.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Gavin | John | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 8:26 | 7:40 | +0:46 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 6:40 | 5:40 | +1:00 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 6:10 | 4:57 | +1:13 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 27:22 | 24:05 | +3:17 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 15:23 | 11:53 | +3:30 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 7:22 | 6:12 | +1:10 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:01 | 1:55 | +0:06 |
Δ negative = Gavin ran the segment faster.