Features and Guides

Set up Announcer View to show live racer crossings to commentators and configure Precall devices.

If your race includes a “King of the Mountain” segment, timed descents, or any other sort of race within a race, you can use the Timed Segments feature of our software.

If you are timing a race format where racers’ total time is corrected by some factor, you can use the “Time Factor” setting in our timing software.

Before creating your registration, it’s useful to understand the relationship between registrations and races in Zone4.

Set up scrolling Zone4 results for display on a television.

Understand GoChip rack numbering and assign one or multiple timing chips to racers in Zone4 Timing.

Configure results to display time of day instead of elapsed or calculated race times.

For most races, Zone4 Timing will automatically create three default sets of results for you: age group, overall, and gender results.

A Zone4 Event Page brings registration, public results, start lists, reports, and event links together on one public page.

In some sports it is necessary to print and or publish start list before an event so racers know their scheduled start time and position.

Format a CSV file and upload racers into a Zone4 race, including names, bibs, categories, ages, and chips.

Race results contain two primary fields that are calculated automatically based on recorded times: the rank, in the left-most column, and the time in the right-most column.

Racer pages are displayed publicly when a viewer of the results clicks on a racer’s name on the results.

Follow this guide to set up a timing point with your test kit and get a feel for how Zone4 Timing works.

The goal of package pickup is to get the right race package to the right person as quickly as possible.

A cyclocross race is a sort of combination between a standard multi-lap race, and a time-limit race.

In an time trial or interval start race, it is critical that each racer has an accurate recorded start time.

This document assumes that you are using a photocell that can be plugged into a Summit Timer, and are already familiar with the operation of Summit Timers and your specific model of photocell.

On the main race settings page, at the very bottom, select the Standard Racer Fields option, and turn on the “Time Penalty” field.

There are three main statuses common to all race formats built into Zone4 Timing:.

You can select the columns that are displayed on results using the options available on the “configure results” page:.

The best way to print results is to select the Print option in the Publish & Print menu at the top of the results page:.

Once you start getting racer times you will want to make your result sets visible to the public.

Configure Zone4 Serial to convert Kurvinen range data from RS232 into data for Zone4 Timing.

The seeding rules communicated to Zone4 by Nordiq Canada are as follows:.

To use the results of a previous race, you must wait until the first race is completed before creating the second race.

A dual start race is an interval start race, except that multiple people start on each interval.

When building your race file you will assign racers or start groups scheduled start times.

Create a racer list showing assigned bib and chip numbers for race package pickup.

Use the Missing Racer Numbers List to assign specific replacement or missing bib numbers.

Please get in touch with us before your series begins to make sure our system will work for your series points calculation rules and that you’re collecting the necessary information on your race registration.

On the Racers tab for the race you want to seed, find the Import Series Points button:.

When setting up an interval start time race, start times are assigned in the same order as the racer numbers.

Alpine Skiing has the common requirement of having racers complete the same course multiple times and then ranking racers by their best run.

If the race does not already contain a field for the data you want to import, start by creating a new field under the “Custom Racer Fields” button.

Assign bib and GoChip numbers in a registration when assigning them through the race timing tools is not suitable.

Set up the annual registration and follow the weekly file preparation steps for the Hardwood Wednesday Night Series.

In High School racing, it’s common for the registration to have a Seeding field allowing coaches to seed their races to a desired seed.

As of April 2024 we have tweaked the format options to allow more flexibility and easier support for races.

The following is a non-exclusive list of possible issues that race timers might encounter.

To add a new racer to an existing race, navigate to the Racers tab and click the green “Create a New Racer” button near the top of the screen.

To change a racer’s timing chip or racer number, find the racer by entering their name or their current racer number or timing chip in the search box on the “Racers” page of your race:.

Scheduled start times are the times that are displayed on the start list.

Guidance for changing timing point order after a race has started, including the risks and recovery steps.

On the start list tab of the race file at the chip assignment tool.

Use a phone with Zone4 GO to record race start times.

To remove a racer, find them by typing their name or racer number into the search tool on the “Racers” page of your race:.

Score a race by team and publish a public standings page from tools.zone4.ca/teams/.