---
title: Broadcast Live Splits
categories: [broadcast]
summary: "Overlay a compact live ranking on the camera video that follows the newest finishers, one athlete, the groups racing, or the leader."
updated: 2026-10-14
---

A compact live ranking over the camera video. It can follow the newest finishers, one athlete, the groups racing, or the leader.

**Available in:** Standard · Premium

## Set it up

1. Select the Result Set, Result Group and Crossing.
2. Choose how many racers fit in your layout.
3. Pick a bib style.
4. Turn on only the automation you need.
5. Test with timing data before going live.

![Live Splits configuration showing result, watching, row, bib, and automation controls](/img/broadcast-live-splits/live-splits-config.png)
*Live Splits configuration.*

## Controls

| Control | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| Result Set, Result Group | The category to rank. |
| Heats | Heat races: the heat to show. |
| Crossings | The split, lap or finish. Auto Follow Leader sets it when on. |
| Watching Bib | Keeps one racer in view, with their gap to the leader. |
| Number of Racer to Show | Rows shown, 1 to 25. |
| Auto Scroll Down | Keeps the newest finishers in view. |
| Show Latest Times | Multi-lap races: adds the latest times at this point from earlier laps, tagged with their lap. |
| Bib Display Options | None, Bib icon or Bib background color. |
| Always show group(s) in progress | Rotates through the categories racing now. |
| Always show heat in progress | Heat races: follows the heat in progress. |
| Auto Follow Leader | Moves to the next crossing as the leader reaches it. |
| Minimum Racers to Follow | How many racers must reach the next crossing before Auto Follow Leader moves. |

## Which automation wins?

1. **Watching Bib** keeps its athlete in view.
2. Otherwise **Auto Scroll Down** keeps the newest finishers in view.
3. **Auto Follow Leader** picks the crossing.
4. **Groups or heats in progress** picks the category.

<img src="/img/broadcast-live-splits/auto-follow-minimum.png" alt="Auto Follow Leader enabled with the Minimum Racers to Follow field" width="612"> *Minimum Racers to Follow appears when Auto Follow Leader is on.*

## Bib styles

| Bib icon | Bib background color |
| --- | --- |
| <img src="/img/broadcast-live-splits/bib-icon-style.png" alt="Bib number drawn inside a race bib icon" width="43"> | <img src="/img/broadcast-live-splits/bib-background-style.png" alt="Bib number drawn on a coloured background" width="52"> |

## Examples

<img src="/img/broadcast-live-splits/live-splits-output.png" alt="Live Splits overlay showing flags, bibs, rankings, and gaps" width="294"> *Keep the row count to what fits the camera shot.*

<img src="/img/broadcast-live-splits/live-splits-auto-scroll.png" alt="Live Splits list after recent finishers have moved into view" width="294"> *Auto Scroll Down keeps the newest finishers visible.*

<img src="/img/broadcast-live-splits/live-splits-latest-times.png" alt="Live Splits ranking with a Latest times block listing crossings from earlier laps" width="302"> *Show Latest Times adds the earlier laps below, each tagged with its lap.*