What's the deal with people getting the same time, how is one placed above another?
It's just a formatting error
Also when I looked at results board, the 4th place person had 19:53 next to their name, not 19:52. Do I email to event secretary to query that?
If you think your time has been incorrectly recorded, let the event secretary know. What goes up on the board at the HQ is just a first draft, there are often transmission/transcription errors which get fixed on the official results without any intervention, once the timekeeper goes through all his data after everybody has finished.
so wait for official final results before saying anything?
Wait until your great grand children are gathered around your death bed, it will make an entertaining set of last words.
"Children, listen well. I was equal fourth in a student 10 mile TT in 2017, not fifth"
It's just a formatting error
If you think your time has been incorrectly recorded, let the event secretary know. What goes up on the board at the HQ is just a first draft, there are often transmission/transcription errors which get fixed on the official results without any intervention, once the timekeeper goes through all his data after everybody has finished.