Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialJohn H Howard III
#166 · 1:02:22 · M38 · Group Y · INV
Wave start 8:23 AM (Y-INV)
Athlete B
OfficialSydney Ghobadian
#167 · 1:10:23 · F24 · Group P · INV
Wave start 8:15 AM (P-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
John (Y-INV) started at 8:23 AM; Sydney (P-INV) started at 8:15 AM. That gave Sydney a 8 minutes head start on John. On foot, John ran 1:02:22 and Sydney ran 1:10:23 — John was 8:01 faster than Sydney. John took official place 166th (time-based 120th) and Sydney took official place 167th (time-based 337th). John was faster on foot and finished ahead on the official clock too. Biggest swing: John gained 3:47 from Muir Woods to Cardiac.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Sydney Ghobadian (P-INV) started 8 min earlier than John (Y-INV).
- Overall place Δ
- -1
- Actual time Δ
- -8:01
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 8 min (Sydney earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- -0:01
- Section place Δ
- +21
Δ = John − Sydney. Negative means John is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Sydney (P-INV) started at 8:15 AM.
- John (Y-INV) started at 8:23 AM, 8:00 later.
- Actual running time: John was 8:01 faster on foot than Sydney.
- Finish clock: John crossed the line 0:01 ahead of Sydney — John wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -8:01 · finish clock -0:01.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | John | Sydney | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 7:40 | 8:18 | -0:38 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 5:40 | 5:55 | -0:15 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 4:57 | 5:29 | -0:32 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | 24:05 | 27:52 | -3:47 |
| Cardiac to White Gate | 11:53 | 14:00 | -2:07 |
| White Gate to The Stile | 6:12 | 6:46 | -0:34 |
| The Stile to Finish | 1:55 | 2:03 | -0:08 |
Δ negative = John ran the segment faster.