Keys and passcode
Keys link participants' data with tracking hardware. Using keys, participants seamlessly connect Racemap App for live tracking and upload their recorded activities.
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Keys link participants' data with tracking hardware. Using keys, participants seamlessly connect Racemap App for live tracking and upload their recorded activities.
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Test the sign-up process with Racemap App for the event "Easy QR Code Run" (passcode 6G615L):
Leaderboard: racemap.com/timing/qrcode-test
Tracking map: racemap.com/player/qrcode-test
Two options for automatically connecting Racemap App for live tracking in this event:
Press the key link https://racemap.app/redeem_key?key=6G615L
Scan the QR code (the QR code is equal to the key link)
After sign-up, you can contribute your activities to the activity challenge. Have Fun!
Through keys, you can sell live tracking in the online registration for your event. Merge the participant data (name and race number) with a specific key. Distribute the key with the registration email or as a printed QR code. Keys enable an automated and highly convenient sign-up process for live tracking.
To automatically generate a QR code image for specific keys, you can use the following API route:
Replace [KEY] with the key for which you want to generate the QR code.
For example, to generate the QR code for the passcode 6G615L from above sample "Easy QR Code Run," you would use the following URL:
This API returns the corresponding QR code image, which can be embedded or displayed directly in your application such as an email, a newsletter, or a dashboard.
Assigned to ONE specific event,
Can't be used for a different event,
Six characters, upper or lower case is irrelevant.
Each with a specific landing page URL: https://racemap.app/redeem_key?key=YYYYYY.
Usage for the event
Multiple keys for one event
One passcode for one event
Usage by participants
Personalized: each participant uses a different key
Each participant uses the same passcode for one event
Merge with participant data
Match participant's name & race number with a specific key eg. in registration platform
No match with individual participant data possible
Assign location data during the event - Total activity
Accumulate multiple activities with Racemap App
Accumulate multiple activities with Racemap App
Assign location data - Sum-up activities
With Racemap App and upload recorded activities
With Racemap App, only
Read more about the synchronization of participant data with a Racemap event:
Learn more about keys to upload recorded activities from fitness trackers such as Garmin and Polar:
Participants require a key respectively the passcode to connect Racemap App (or a custom app) for live tracking in a specific event. There are three options for participants redeem their key in the app:
Scan QR code.
Press the key link
Manually redeem the key in the search field of Racemap App.
Information about deep links to directly call functions in Racemap App (or a custom app):
The key link provides a seamless user flow to connect the participants' phones for live tracking. The convenient user experience scales with a huge number of participants and saves support time. The process dynamically guides participants independent from
The user's phone is iOS or Android.
Racemap App is installed or not installed.
The participant opens the key link on the smartphone or on the desktop.
The key link forwards to the AppStore or to GooglePlay to install the tracking app.
Redeem a key respectively the passcode in the search field of Racemap App.
