Timing and results processing

Contactless chip timing and official results scored to your race's criteria.

We time every competitor and process the results exactly by your race's rules. We design the technology and the placement of the timing points around the discipline and the course profile, whether that's road running, MTB, triathlon, OCR, enduro, downhill, or orienteering.

Timing technology

We build our own timing hardware, using components proven in industry. We use industrial Zebra and Alien readers, paired with antennas we make ourselves as well as Feibot antennas, calibrated to the frequencies our readers and chips work on. This is how we time running races as well as MTB and road cycling.

The Checkpoint system is entirely ours, from the hardware to the firmware. A rugged chip worn on the wrist, boxes that run for 24 hours with no signal and no mains power, penalty stations that write the penalty straight to the competitor's chip, and chips we reuse after the race. We use it for OCR, enduro, and orienteering.

RFID (UHF)

A contactless single-use chip on the shoe, bib, or helmet. The finish mat records it at the exact moment the competitor crosses. This is our most-used technology: nothing to hand back, and no hold-up at the finish.

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Our own system, with a rugged chip worn on the wrist. Out on the course the competitor taps it against a checkpoint box, which records the exact time they passed. The boxes run fully offline for up to 24 hours, so we can put them anywhere, including terrain with no signal and no power.

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Optical timing

on request

A photocell records the time at the exact moment the competitor breaks the beam. It suits races where competitors go one at a time and thousandths decide the result. We can set up several gates along the course, and their times transmit in real time wherever there's a cell signal.

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We time the whole course

We don't time only the finish. We record splits at checkpoints along the course and confirm that every competitor really passed through them. We handle lap races and stage races, time trials and point-to-point courses, and we process the running results in real time.

  • Splits at checkpoints along the course.
  • Confirmation that a competitor passed every checkpoint.
  • Laps, stages, time trials, and point-to-point.
  • Running results in real time.

Live results

Results run live as competitors finish, and anyone can follow them on the web from anywhere, not just at the finish. We also put up screens for spectators in the finish area.

  • The screens can rotate between live results, the race clock, and your partners' logos.
  • We have both LCD TVs and LED screens, and you can connect as many as you like.
  • A smart digital clock counts down to the start beforehand, then shows the official race time and the cut-off for finishing.
  • The announcer sees finishers in real time, with their time and place, on a phone or tablet, and controls the screens from there too.
  • Electronic raffle: the announcer draws a winner and their bib number appears on every screen.

Finish camera

We film the finish area, so even the tightest finishes are scored accurately. From the footage we can settle the order and the time where placings come down to a moment, and it gives officials the evidence they need for a disputed finish.

Results processing and results lists

We process the results by your race's rules, for individuals and for teams, and publish them on the web right away. We handle unusual scoring too, such as your own penalties or a points system. We can also print unofficial results at any point during the race, and we put your race and partner logos into the results lists.

  • Results for individuals and teams, scored by your race's rules.
  • Results published on the web.
  • Unusual scoring: your own penalties or points systems.
  • Start lists and results lists as A4 PDFs, with your race's letterhead, group headings, and page numbers.
  • Results lists both digital and on paper, unofficial at any point during the race.
  • We print entry forms and other paperwork custom to your race.
  • Data is available in Excel, JSON, and CSV, if you want to work with it further.
  • Race and partner logos in the results lists.

Penalties without paper wristbands or marker pens

At obstacle races, penalties are usually marked with a marker pen on a paper or Tyvek wristband worn on the competitor's wrist. We don't need one. A marshal at the obstacle taps the competitor's chip, and the penalty is written straight onto it. It then travels with the competitor to the next checkpoint, so the obstacle itself needs no signal and no power.

  • No wristband to smear, tear, or lose.
  • Up to 48 penalty stations on a single race.
  • At the obstacle, all it takes is a battery-powered reader — no signal, no power needed.
  • Penalties add up; a competitor can pick up more than one.
  • Scored by your race's rules, including your own points systems.

Your race's results are safe

A race can't be run twice, so we never leave anything to one point of failure. Every layer of the timing has its own backup.

  • The whole timing setup runs offline. A signal is not a requirement, we just use it when there is one.
  • A finish camera films the finish area for the whole race. We use the footage to fill in anything the timing missed, and it also serves as evidence for any protests.
  • The timing app continuously sends a complete backup of the data away from the race venue.
  • We bring battery power to every race, always. Where the venue calls for it, we add a generator.
  • Checkpoint boxes run offline for up to 24 hours; they need no signal and no power.
  • Every timing point has its clock synced from GPS, so they all agree with each other even where there's no signal.
  • We also record the finish order by hand, because no equipment is ever a hundred percent reliable.

Cups and series

We combine several races into one running standings. It recalculates automatically whenever a result changes, so you don't have to trigger anything or wait for it.

Your own ranking rules

When the order at your race is not simply the fastest finish time, we compute it by your race's rules. We write the software ourselves, so we can fit it to a calculation you will not find anywhere else.

  • Points by placing, using your own points table.
  • Sums and differences of times across several sections or stages.
  • Time and points combined into a single ranking.
  • Rules you define, which we then program.

We do everything we can to make sure the results are right. Have an unusual race? We'll build the timing to order, exactly around what you need.

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