Simple
Your whole team gets up to speed quickly, out on the course as well as at race HQ.
SIMPLE & MODERN
Your race. Your team. Your timing.
Timing your race, made simple.
Time, manage and follow your event easily from your smartphone or your computer.
Free credits as soon as you sign up, so you can try Smartiming.
ONE SOLUTION FOR EVERYONE.
Race timing without the complexity.
A professional solution anyone can use.
Affordable
No dedicated hardware to buy. You pay according to the number of timed participants.
Reliable
All your data is saved to the cloud in real time. Timing keeps working even if the connection drops.
Flexible
Road races, trails, ultra trails, cycling, triathlon, hikes, multisport raids... Configurable to fit your needs.
Timing on the course
A phone becomes a timing point.
Type or dictate the bib number. With no dedicated hardware, any volunteer can join your setup in moments.
Touch or voice entry
No dedicated hardware
Unlimited timing points
Volunteers added in seconds
Bib pick-up
Bib pick-up goes digital too.
Follow your bib pick-up progress in real time. Speed it up by adding as many smartphone-equipped volunteers as you need. You keep a complete history.
Real-time progress
Unlimited volunteers
Complete history
Who handed out each bib
Race control
Your whole race at a glance.
Starts, timing points, finishes, missing runners, progress and results: run everything from one clear dashboard.
Every stage tracked
Missing runners identified
Live results
One-tap contact
Live results
Results in real time.
A simple QR code lets your participants check their results in real time.
Organizers
Participants
Spectators
Multi-device
From the course to race HQ, Smartiming goes wherever you go.
The same data, synced in real time across all your devices and your whole organization.
FEATURES
Available features
Everyone involved in your event gets the screens made for them.
Participants
Public pages via QR code: find your position by name or bib number, no account needed.
Live clock: while you are running, your time ticks on the page.
Detailed result page: split times, rankings and a chart of how your race unfolded.
Clear rankings: overall, by gender and by category, with gaps and average speed.
Big screen at the finish line: rankings scroll race by race, with a ticker of the latest finishers.
Participant mode in the app: check event results without an account.
Anonymity on request: your name never appears on public pages if you prefer.
App available in French and English, following your phone's language.
The Speaker
“Latest passages” screen: a feed of runners crossing a point, with rank, name, club, category, time and gap to the leader.
Voice announcements: every finisher is announced out loud, with rank, race name when there are several, gender podiums and category winners.
Screen kept awake during announcements.
Clock and status of every race live, on a scrolling ticker.
Choice of the timing point to follow.
Accessible via a link, no account needed, on phone or computer.
Anonymous runners automatically hidden from the feed.
The organizing team
Multi-race events: 10K, half marathon, trail… each with its own color, distance and start.
Excel import: template provided, columns of your choice, add to or replace the entry list.
Automatic FFA categories, computed from the date of birth.
Bib assignment by ranges, with uniqueness checked across the whole event.
Participant record: contact details, emergency contact and automatically tracked status.
Bib pick-up on a phone: search by name or number, tick “handed out” in one tap.
Runner anonymity can be enabled participant by participant.
Controlled publishing: nothing is public by default, each page has its own switch, QR code and a regenerable link.
CSV, Excel and PDF export: A4 PDF with your logo, sortable times in the spreadsheet, anonymous runners hidden by default.
Team roles: administrator, organizer, timekeeper, bib pick-up, viewer, each with their own screens and permissions.
Complete action log: who did what, when, from which device, with filters and search.
Test mode: a sandbox with accelerated time, fictitious identities and automatic deletion, to train your team or run a demo.
Pay-as-you-go credits: card payment (Stripe), volume pricing, credits refunded if you remove a participant before the start.
Real time everywhere: a change made on one device shows up on the others without reloading.
iOS and Android app + web version, multiple organizations and secure accounts.
The Timekeeper
Ultra-fast entry: type a bib, confirm, and the field is ready for the next one without waiting for the server.
Voice dictation: say the number (and “DNF” or “grouped”), with spoken read-back and a confirmation beep.
Continuous dictation: the mic stays open and records each number as it comes.
Offline mode: no passage lost without network, everything is sent in order when the connection returns.
Grouped finishes: several runners cross the line together and get the same time.
Choice of the active timing point, with expected, passed and remaining counters and a progress bar per race.
Unknown bib alert: error beep and vibration, the passage is still recorded.
Last passage shown in large type, with the runner, their race and their rank.
Filterable entry history (mine, this point, the whole event), with one-tap correction.
Race start in one click.
Screen designed for the field: it stays on during continuous dictation.
The Race director
Guided lifecycle: preparation, bib pick-up, in progress, finished, with confirmations at the steps that matter.
Live race tracking: estimated progress of the first and last runner along the course.
Passages at each timing point: how many have passed, how many remain.
Race statistics: men/women split, categories, ages, funnel entrants → starters → finishers → DNFs.
Finish time histogram and cumulative finishers curve.
Full live rankings: overall, gender, category, and rankings at every intermediate point.
Awards ceremony: “ready” indicator for podiums, with the option to combine awards.
DNFs and missing runners: record a finish or a DNF in two taps, with a pre-filled average time. A warning flags missing runners on a finished race.
Correct any result afterwards, with passage time and race time kept in sync.
Pricing
Pricing that scales with your event.
Pay according to the number of participants actually timed. With no hardware to buy, Smartiming stays affordable even for small races.
Volume pricing based on the number of participants
No dedicated hardware to buy
Free credits when you sign up
Built for grassroots events
FAQ
Your questions, answered.
Your next race deserves simpler, more affordable and more modern timing.
Smartiming gives you the tools to run your event yourself, from bib pick-up to the awards ceremony.
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