A timing point marks a place on the course where something is timed or measured — a start mat, a split mat, an aid station, a turnaround or a mile marker. Each has a name, a colour, a position on the course and its distance from the start. The course's finish is always listed last, so you can see the full distance.
Adding timing points
- By distance — type a name, pick a colour, enter the distance in miles, kilometres or metres, and choose Add. It is placed exactly that far along the course. A distance past the end is placed at the finish.
- On the map — choose Place on map (or the mode button on the right) and click the course.
- Evenly spaced — enter a number and choose Add beside Space evenly to put that many timing points between the start and finish, dividing the course into equal legs. It asks first if there are already timing points.
- From a file — waypoints in an imported GPX or KML come in as timing points.
Timing points always sit on the course line.
The list
Each timing point shows its distance from the start, the distance from the one before
(+0.85 mi), and its elevation. Click a row to go to it on the map. The buttons:
| Button | Does |
|---|---|
| Centres the map on it. | |
| Copies its coordinates. | |
| Renames it. | |
| Snaps it back onto the course — shown only when an edit has left it off the line (marked ). | |
| Deletes it. |
When the course changes
A timing point stays at its place on the ground when you edit the course around it, and its distance is worked out again. If an edit moves the line away from it, it is kept and marked with rather than deleted — use the magnet to put it back on the course.
Share links
Once the course is saved, the bottom of the panel has two links, each with a copy button:
- Splits — the timing points as data (name, distance from start, distance from the
previous point), as data for another tool to read. Remove the
?format=jsonfrom the end to see the same thing as a readable table, or change it to?format=csvfor a spreadsheet. - Viewer — a read-only view of the course and its profile, for anyone to open without an account.
New links replaces both. Every link already shared stops working, so use it only when a link has gone somewhere it should not.
Where the event tools use timing points
| Event tool | How it uses them |
|---|---|
| Generate Splits | Imports a course's timing points as the split points — names and distances — so an event's splits are built from the measured course instead of typed in. |
| Map Settings | Sets the GPS position of each RaceResult timing point from the matching timing point on the course, so RaceResult's own maps put its mats in the right place. |
| Map Tracking | In a stage or endurance race, the course's timing points are the places racers are timed: each is linked to the RaceResult result that holds its time, and the live map places racers between them. In any mode they are drawn on the public map as pins. |
Name timing points the way the event will refer to them — "Start", "Aid 1", "Finish" — since the event tools show and match them by name.