Results are one of the most important aspects of sport, and sports timing technology brings you a wealth of results data. Initial race results can even be created with competitors still on the course. This allows race organisers to prepare the prize presentation reports and team results reports promptly, just one way in which sports timing brings you better results. Results information can then be uploaded to the Internet. If competitors have supplied their contact details, it is then possible to send emails and text messages. Sports timing results using RFID technology are more accurate, instant and comprehensive.
Manual timing requires both a degree of skill, and the experience to make an exact judgment shared between several people. Because it involves a group of decision-makers, this type of old-fashioned events judgement often delays the rate and accuracy of results, and makes a difference to the prizes awarded. Using chip timing solutions distributed by the TI Group, these errors are removed by recording the race number and the time the line is crossed, and then feeding these directly into the results processing system.
Gun time may be defined as the official race time and the time that the runner takes to complete the course from the moment the gun was fired. However, chip time (also called chip to chip time) is much more accurate and runs from the point at which the runner crossed the start line and the finish line. Chip time is used for information purposes only and does not affect the results of the race. Gun time decides the winner of the race, and this is what the results and prizes are based upon.
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