RunSignup’s RaceDay development team is continuously working to enhance RunSignup’s Timer Dashboard to provide more value to timers. Now available is a new table layout with improved organization, featuring easy-to-navigate tabs for Ongoing, Upcoming, and Past races. This update makes it more intuitive to find the information timers need, whether prepping for an upcoming race or managing results live on race day.
This initial release also streamlines timers’ workflow. We’ve already heard positive feedback on subtle changes, like the updated Finisher count that is now more prominent and dynamic.
Your Streamlined Race Management Hub: What’s New & What’s Next
The Timer Dashboard is evolving into timers’ central race day hub, streamlining critical workflows and empowering timers to deliver a smooth, professional, and data-driven race experience for every event. Here are the recent updates and upcoming advancements:
Enhanced Race Organization & At-a-Glance Readiness
- Tabbed Navigation: Quickly switch between lists of Ongoing, Upcoming, and Past races.
- Intelligent Race Categorization: Races are now automatically sorted into the correct list based on their individual event start and end times.
- Ongoing Races: A race appears here if at least one of its events has a start date/time in the past and an end date/time in the future. This dynamic logic ensures multi-day events, relays, or races with multiple sessions are accurately shown as ongoing.
- Simple Stats at a Glance: Race name, location, and registration counts appear on the main list. In addition, the Finisher count is now more actively updating based on live scoring data.
- Virtual Event Filtering: By default, long-duration virtual races are hidden to keep the workflow focused on physical events (but timers can include them if needed by unchecking a box).
Real-Time Race Day Operations & Pre-Race Insights Coming Soon
For Pre-Race Prep In the days and weeks leading up to an event, timers need to be sure that all of their RaceDay Scoring Cloud Backups are set up correctly and securely backed up. Soon, the dashboard will provide:
- At-a-Glance Backup Status: Clear visual indicators showing whether RaceDay Scoring Cloud Backups exist for each upcoming race – green for good-to-go, red for action needed.
- Quick Backup Details: Hover or click to instantly view how many backups are available, their creation times, and who they were created by.
For Race Day Monitoring: In the future, we will be enhancing the Ongoing Races tab to show Real-Time Race scoring data driven by RaceDay Scoring.
- Live Scoring Data Timers will soon be able to view critical stats like raw reads, unknown reads, finishers, and participants still on course – all updating automatically without manual refreshes.
- Estimated Finish Time of Day
- Timers will be able to quickly see the projected first and last finisher times active races.
- With this, timers are able to optimize crew shifts, manage logistics, and estimate precisely when to begin equipment teardown. No more waiting around or guessing – timers get a data-driven estimate directly from their dashboard.
- Results Confidence
- Confirm at a glance that everything is flowing as expected, from chip reads to official published results.
- Integrated Data Check Reports
- Summaries of potential data issues will be visible directly in the dashboard, enabling quicker identification and resolution.
The Bottom Line: Efficiency, Confidence, and Professionalism
The Timer Dashboard is evolving to be an essential race day tool for timers:
- For Pre-Race: It helps timers confidently confirm that every race is meticulously prepared for successful scoring, eliminating unwelcome surprises on race day.
- For Race Day: It provides unparalleled real-time oversight, including crucial estimated finish windows, empowering timers to proactively monitor data flow, manage results, and plan teardown or crew shifts with complete confidence.
These powerful new and upcoming features translate directly into less stress, fewer errors, and a more professional experience for both the timer staff and event partners. Timers are encouraged to try out the new and upcoming improvements to get the most out of RaceDay Real-Time technology.