Leaderboard with timestamps
Check interactive leaderboard with results of Damloop Home Edition with 2,000+ participants: racemap.com/timing/dam-tot-damloop-home-edition-10em_2020
Pull the data in the leaderboard using an API:
The leaderboard can be activated for each event, separately. Useful information and data in the leaderboard:
(live) rank,
DNF, DNS, DSQ,
race number,
name and
finish- and split results.
Customize your leaderboard and select elements:
progress with current distance,
link to tracking map with the selected participant,
live status showing if a participant is currently active,team challenge with overall target distance for all contributed distances in your leaderboard, sample https://racemap.com/timing/virtual-race
Click 
to open settings in the leaderboard
Start times: timestamp from start location,
Delta times: duration to previous split and
Upload activity: for participants to import recorded activities.
Test event for a virtual race: "Easy QR Code Run" with passcode 6G615L
connect your Racemap App racemap.com/app/redeem_key?key=6G615L respectively
upload your activity racemap.com/upload?key=6G615L
tracking map: racemap.com/player/qrcode-test
leaderboard: racemap.com/timing/qrcode-test
Real-time processing timestamps from virtual splits/ geofences and geolocations of each participant. Leaderboard compares any activities, flexibly.
net results: difference from start timestamp, independent from if participants start
anytime, like a virtual race or a permanent timing OR
at nearly the same time, like a regular event
without race track like a virtual race, participants provide activities from everywhere OR
participants move on given course from start- to finish location
effortless timestamps: with virtual splits and with geolocations of participants, no timing hardware, no rfid tags
flexible timestamps: adjust settings (add new split, move start location, etc.) of a running event or even of a past event, refresh all timestamps with new parameters within seconds
effortless proof of activity: athletes contribute activities using any device
upload recorded activities from fitness trackers and wearables (Garmin, Polar, etc.)
scales to the largest events with 2,000+ participants eg. https://racemap.com/timing/dam-tot-damloop-pin-track-10em_2020
specific URL for each leaderboard
net results: difference from start timestamp
live rank: 10sec auto-update
timestamps with 1sec accuracy
| without race track (virtual race) | athletes run on given track (shadowtrack) |
mapping of geolocations | - | within 50m distance to shadowtrack |
start timestamp | FIRST geolocation of device within event time | LAST geolocation of device at start location within event time |
finish/ split timestamp | if device covers distance of finish/ split | FIRST geolocation of device at finish/ split location |
target | set distance (needed duration is calculated) OR duration (achieved distance) | distance = length of shadowtrack (duration is calculated) |
speed filter | segments with too high velocity (depending on | - |
segmentation | participants contribute multiple activities to accumulate the total activity (Monday workout + Wednesday training etc.) | no segmentation: participants provide activities from start to finish corresponding to shadowtrack |
segmentation | with keys (add-on): sum up activities (Racemap App + upload) to total activity | |
segmentation | if total activity > target, finish timestamp from fastest segment corresponding to target | |
segmentation | breaks/ interruptions without geolocations (duration & distance between two locations) are ignored eg. stop recording activity or rest between two activities | |
Evaluation participant status (DSQ, DNF, DNS) if geolocations do not fit the required distance within event time. The status is displayed in the leaderboard in the "Rank" column.
| without race track (virtual race) | athletes run on given track (shadowtrack) |
DSQ: disqualified | - | first geolocation of device is more than 500m behind start location on shadowtrack |
DNF: did not finish | does not reach target | last geolocation of device does not reach the finish location on shadowtrack |
DNS: did not start | no geolocation received | no geolocation mapped on shadowtrack |
Comparison of leaderboard against professional timing solution at 100km-Duathlon, extensive description of this project in our blog.
results of GPS timing corresponding to data of GPS Live Trackers
professional scoring corresponding to active transponders
comparison shows:
leaderboard provides results from geolocations and virtual splits with low effort, no timekeeping system needed
same sequence in scoring with leaderboard and with professional timing solution
accuracy depending on tracking interval of GPS device, deviation < 1 min
Connect athletes from where they are and compare their activities in a leaderboard. Participants contribute their exercises at anytime and from everywhere. The virtual race provides a leaderboard to compare individual workouts of every participant and a tracking map showing the current location and the replay to verify specific activities.
sample leaderboard racemap.com/timing/virtual-race
sample activity map racemap.com/player/virtual-race
Evidence of activity with geolocation data regardless of time, location and segments
From everywhere e.g. a participant in Norway and another athlete in Germany feed their activities into the same event.
Participants provide their activities at anytime within the start- and end time of the virtual race.
Participants accumulate activities, e.g. 5k on Monday and another 8k on Wednesday.
Prevent unintentional start- and finish timestamps
If participants wait before starting their race and the GPS device already records and sends locations close to the start split, then the "start" timestamp can be triggered too early. To prevent unintentional start- and finish detections just move the location of the start split 100 m along the shadowtrack (100 m behind real start area). finish split: 100 m before real finish area.
Ensure mapping from the start split
For recording a timestamp at the start split the algorithm needs to map the location of the real start area to the virtual "start" split on the shadowtrack. If the 1st location the algorithm receives from a device is closer to lap three then this device is mapped into lap 3 with the wrong distance on the shadowtrack.
Virtual splits for ionoca E-Car race of the ecoGrandPrix series
as a real-time lap counter, Leaderboard
to measure the duration for charging the cars
to detect the finish.
Therefore shadowtrack with 60 laps and one split @ charging zone_in and another split @ charging zone_out for each lap, which means this event was running with 120 virtual splits. All information was provided through a live page https://live.ecograndprix.com/.