For athletes

Your race, start to finish

For runners, walkers, and the people cheering them on: how to wear your bib, how chip timing works, where to find your results and finish-line video, and tools for planning your next race.

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What do you need today?

Race-day guidance, help reading your results, and a pace calculator, plus the quickest way to your race.

Find all your results

Search your name to see every race you’ve run with us since 2016, with your place and time in each.

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Upcoming races

See the races we’re timing next, with dates, locations, and race details.

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Race day guide

What to bring, where your bib goes, how the start works, and what happens after you finish.

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Understanding your results

Clock time vs. chip time, pace, every place column, splits and laps, and how to search the results tables.

Learn to read your results

Pace calculator

Work out your pace, finish time, or distance, and predict your time at another distance.

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Athlete FAQ

Answers about corrections, chips, age groups, awards, finish-line video, certificates, and privacy.

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Who it’s for

Whether it’s your first 5K or your first ultra

We time road races, trail races, ultras, timed lap events, duathlons, walks, fun runs, and kids’ races. Here’s where to start.

First race?

Start with the race day guide. It covers what to bring, where to pin your bib, and what happens when you cross the finish line.

Race day guide

Chasing a time?

Find the pace you need for your goal, then learn how chip time and clock time differ so you know which number to watch.

Pace calculator

Cheering someone on?

Many races we time have live results on RunSignup while the race is underway. Afterward, look for the finish-line video in the results.

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How it works

How chip timing works

A small tag on your bib does the work. Here’s what happens between the start line and your result.

  1. Your bib has a chip

    A thin, disposable RFID tag is attached to the back of your bib. It’s linked to your bib number and your registration.

  2. Mats read it

    Antenna mats at the start and finish, and at any split or lap points, pick up your chip each time you cross them.

  3. Software scores it

    Timing software matches each read to your bib, then works out your times, pace, and places.

  4. Results go up

    At many races, results are printed and posted near the finish and shown live on RunSignup. Final results are posted on our Results page.

Watch your finish

Many of our results include a finish-line video link for each finisher. It opens our video on YouTube at about the moment you crossed the line. Your row can also link to your finisher certificate.

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FAQ

Quick answers

The questions we hear most from runners.

Where can I find my results?

Go to our Results page and choose your race. Results are searchable by name or bib number, and the results archive has past races back to 2016.

Most races also post results on RunSignup, and some trail and ultra races post them on UltraSignup too.

Send a question or correction request. The form asks for your race and bib number, where you wore your bib, your estimated finish time and how you know it (your watch, the race clock, or the finish-line video), and the name or bib of a runner who finished near you. The more you can tell us, the easier it is to check.

Common causes include a bib that was covered, folded, or worn where the mats couldn’t read it; a bib swap; or a registration or distance change that didn’t reach us before the race.

Clock time, also called gun time, runs from the start signal to the moment you cross the finish line. Chip time, or net time, starts when you cross the start line, so it doesn’t count the time it took to reach the line in a crowded start.

Each race decides which one counts for awards, so check the race information. Learn how to read your results.

No. The chip is a disposable tag on the back of your bib. Keep your bib as a souvenir. There’s nothing to return.

At many of our races, yes. When there’s video, your row in the results has a link that opens our finish-line video on YouTube at about the moment you finished, and the race’s results page links to the full video.

More questions?

We’re here to help.

Browse the full athlete FAQ, or ask us about a specific result.

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