there are a variety of points included in the less than zero magnitude implied by the term “overtaking”. one of these points is the culmination of the overtaking which is the point that the overtaking was completed, at which point the person originally refererd to as being in 2nd place would have been formally “overtaken” in other words “overtaking” can be considered to be inclusive of the first and last terminal points.
now if you are willing to answer my question, we may proceed to the distastefully simple task of answering your most elementary riddle.