Head-to-head
Pick two athletes to see how the race played out between them — by actual time, head start, and checkpoint.
Athlete A
OfficialStephen C Donahue
#84 · 1:02:00 · M48 · Group V · INV
Wave start 8:20 AM (V-INV)
Athlete B
OfficialBrian Sterling
#82 · 1:09:53 · M62 · Group L · INV
Wave start 8:12 AM (L-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
Stephen (V-INV) started at 8:20 AM; Brian (L-INV) started at 8:12 AM. That gave Brian a 8 minutes head start on Stephen. On foot, Stephen ran 1:02:00 and Brian ran 1:09:53 — Stephen was 7:53 faster than Brian. Stephen took official place 84th (time-based 112th) and Brian took official place 82nd (time-based 319th). Brian's head start was enough to flip the official order even though Stephen was faster on foot. Biggest swing: Stephen gained 1:11 from Top of Stairs to Windy Gap.
Deltas
ComputedWave start
Brian Sterling (L-INV) started 8 min earlier than Stephen (V-INV).
- Overall place Δ
- +2
- Actual time Δ
- -7:53
- Section gap Δ
- ±0 (same section)
- Wave start Δ
- 8 min (Brian earlier)
- Finish clock Δ
- +0:07
- Section place Δ
- +2
Δ = Stephen − Brian. Negative means Stephen is ahead/faster.
Race timeline
Computed- Brian (L-INV) started at 8:12 AM.
- Stephen (V-INV) started at 8:20 AM, 8:00 later.
- Actual running time: Stephen was 7:53 faster on foot than Brian.
- Finish clock: Brian crossed the line 0:07 ahead of Stephen — Brian wins this head-to-head.
Δ (A − B): actual -7:53 · finish clock +0:07.
Position through the course
OfficialSegment-by-segment splits
Official| Segment | Stephen | Brian | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start to Top of Stairs | 7:11 | 8:22 | -1:11 |
| Stairs to Windy Gap | 5:09 | 6:20 | -1:11 |
| Windy Gap to Muir Woods | 5:40 | 6:03 | -0:23 |
| Muir Woods to Cardiac | — | 25:30 | — |
| Cardiac to White Gate | — | 14:47 | — |
| White Gate to The Stile | 6:31 | 6:52 | -0:21 |
| The Stile to Finish | 2:03 | 1:59 | +0:04 |
Δ negative = Stephen ran the segment faster.