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MACH RACE CHIP TIMING SYSTEM

We offer a top-quality. field tested race timing service, powered by our in-house developed system, to help drive a data centric solution for our athletes...

take your race event into the future

Introducing the MACH Race Timing System

With our focus on empowering South African athletes we have developed an inexpensive radio frequency identification (RFID) based system. The idea is to accumulate race time data for all participating athletes, by registering timepoints during a race and making it available in real time via the IRUNSA platform (currently being Beta tested)

The mach race timing system

MACH RFID READER

  • powered by an Impinj E710 chip
  • up to 15 m reading distance
  • reads ~950 tags per second
  • can work with both 865~868MHz(EU standard) and 902~928MHz(US standard) rfid tags
  • uses the ISO18000-6C (EPC GEN2) Protocol
  • a 0.01 ms time resolution between scanning tags (meaning tags that are scanned simultaneously will have an accuracy of +- 0.01 millisecond )

Service Offering

Pre-Event allocation of RFID tag to race bibs

We will assist in the design and printing of your race bibs, and assign the unique RFID tag to it. This will ensure that the registered athlete is allocated the right tag for identification in the race

Athlete registration support on the Event Day



Our service extends beyond just registered athletes, we can assist you with the event day allocation of race bibs and tags.



 From setting up the reader and antenna at the start and /or finish line, to securely fixing the cabling at the event 

Race Result Dashboard Display at the Event

Race Result Dashboard Display at the Event

Race Result Dashboard Display at the Event

 Based on the type of event you are looking to host (single or multi-split), we can pre-configure dashboard views to cater to your need.The dashboard can be displayed on any HDMI equipped TV screen or monitor.For adequate visibility to the audience,  the dashboard will be limited to the display of about 15 participants with their times.Each participant will also be limited to having up to 5 split time points displayed. 

Provision of Race Results

Race Result Dashboard Display at the Event

Race Result Dashboard Display at the Event

 All tag id numbers and associated times for an event, are stored to the MySQL cloud hosted database.

The event data is accessible via the IRUNSA APP and made available in real-time.....


Or just ask us for a CSV or PDF version of your race results (per event) 

Race Timing use cases

Circular/Loopback Route

Directional/One-Way Route

Directional/One-Way Route

 Can be set up as Closed loop: Tags are read once at the start line and a final time at the finish line.


Can be set up to be Open loop: participants run the circular track as laps or splits.


Additional split points can be provided within a route (Optional)

Directional/One-Way Route

Directional/One-Way Route

Directional/One-Way Route

 Tags are read once at the start line and once again at a separate finish line.


Additional split points can be provided within a route (Optional)


Interested in making use of this service?

Drop us an enquiry today!

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