Timing for a whole series or club calendar
Consistent timing across every event, with cumulative series results and one partner all season, tied straight to your registration.
Recognised bodies our race timing system has supported
Barefoot times race series and club calendars across Australia and New Zealand, giving you consistent timing event to event, cumulative series results and points, and one timing partner all season, connected to your series registration.
Built by event organisers.
Trusted by race directors.
450+
Events delivered every year across Australia and New Zealand
50,000
Participants supported at a single event
75+
years
Combined event experience
2
countries
Australian and New Zealand owned, operated and on the ground
The series timing — how these events are really timed
A series lives or dies on consistency. When a different timer runs each round, formats drift, results come back in different shapes, and stitching a season-long points table together becomes a manual nightmare, with members querying why round three doesn’t match round one. Clubs feel it most, because the whole point is the season standings and the returning members who chase them. A series rewards one timing partner across the calendar, producing results in the same format every round, that roll up into cumulative standings automatically.
Why our timing system works
for chip timing
Same format every round
Consistent timing and results format across every round, so the season adds up cleanly.
Automatic points tables
Cumulative series results and points tables, built automatically across the calendar.
One timer all season
One timing partner all season, not a different timer each round.
Members and results linked
Connected to your series registration, so members and results line up event to event.
Who it’s for?
Race series and club organisers running a calendar of events.
Events with season-long points, standings and returning members.
Organisers tired of stitching results together from different timers each round.
Features
Consistent across every round
The same timing and results format at every event, so the season is coherent, not stitched together.
Cumulative series results
Points tables and standings build automatically across the calendar, with no manual reconciliation.
One partner all season
One timing team across the series, rather than a different timer and format each round.
Connected to series registration
Members and results tie together event to event. Series entries live on the Series & Club Registration page.
Registration and timing, connected
Run chip timing on its own, or take entries with Barefoot too so reads tie to the right runner automatically, with nothing re-keyed. Connect it to Race Registration Software whenever you want.
Standings that keep members hooked, all season
Live, cumulative standings give members a reason to come back round after round, and sponsor branding can run across a whole season of results and tracking, so your series delivers engagement and a season-long sponsor platform.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can you produce cumulative series results?
Yes. Points tables and standings build automatically across every round of the series.
Do you time every event in the series?
Yes. One partner times the whole calendar, so formats and results stay consistent.
Does timing connect to our series registration?
Yes. Members and results tie together event to event through one system.
Is chip timing worth it for a club race with 60 runners?
Often not, if it’s a single-lap race with a spread-out finish and a volunteer on a stopwatch. Chip timing earns its place when finishers arrive in bunches, when the course has laps or split points, or when results feed a season-long points table. For a club series the deciding factor is usually the points table, not the field size. Hand-typing results into a spreadsheet every round is where the errors and the admin build up.
Should our club buy its own timing equipment?
Buying makes sense if you race most weekends and have someone willing to own the gear. Race Directors HQ puts a basic reader-and-antenna setup in the low thousands of dollars, before tags, laptops or spares. The hidden cost is skill. Someone has to learn the software, test read rates and fix it when it fails on a wet Sunday morning. Many clubs get the same result using a supported system without owning it.
Can our volunteers run the timing themselves each week?
Yes, with a system designed to be self-deployed. Barefoot Lite is lightweight, self-deployable timing with reusable tags and live tracking that a club can set up and run itself, so there’s no crew travel cost on a weekly race. It suits recurring club racing where the same volunteers work the same course each round. Courses with several split points are worth talking through before your first event.
Can members keep the same chip all season?
Yes. Reusable tags let a club issue each member a tag once and keep it for the season, which is how much of club racing already works — Norwood Cycling Club issues regular riders a fixed number and transponder to keep, and loans them to visitors. It removes the weekly job of handing out and collecting tags. It also removes the unreturned-tag chase, which some Australian series handle by charging around $80 for a timing band that doesn’t come back.
Can people enter a whole series in one go?
Yes. A series can be set up so members enter every round in one transaction, or round by round, and most clubs offer both. One entry across the season cuts the admin of rebuilding entry forms each round and gives the club committed numbers and cash flow earlier. Round-by-round entry keeps the door open for casual and visiting racers who won’t commit to a whole calendar.
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