Lap race timing, without keeping the tally by hand.
Time circuit events from a phone or with chips: every pass through the finish adds a lap, with its own split and the running total. Each category rides the laps it is meant to, waves start staggered with their own clock, and the standings sort themselves by laps completed. No more notebook full of tally marks.
Counting laps by hand is where circuit races come apart.
What gets tricky the moment there is more than one lap:
Somebody with a notebook making tally marks while twenty riders come through together.
Every category rides a different number of laps and you have to know who to stop, and when.
The waves start staggered and their times cannot be compared with each other.
A rider asks "how many have I got left?" and nobody on the crew knows.
Every pass through the circuit point adds a lap on its own, with its time. The system knows who still has laps to ride and who should be shown the flag.
Everything you can do
One point, every lap
You set up a single passing point — usually the finish line — and each crossing counts as the next lap, not as a duplicate.
A different lap count per category
Elites ride ten and juniors six: each category with its own number of laps, and anyone without one of their own inherits the general rule.
Staggered wave starts
Each wave gets its own clock zero. You fire them one by one from the phone and the times come out fair even half an hour apart.
A time for every lap
Split for each lap, fastest lap and the running total, which is the sum of them all.
Flag or full laps
You choose what happens when the leader comes in: the rest finish on their next pass with the laps they have, or everyone completes their own.
Live standings by laps
Sorted by laps completed, with time only breaking the tie: five laps beats four even when every one of them was slower.
How it solves each problem
✏️ The notebook full of tally marks
The volunteer only taps the bib in (or the chip reads it for them). The screen answers "lap 3 of 8, 5 to go" and there is nothing to write down or remember.
🔢 Categories on different lap counts
You set each category's laps once. When a rider completes theirs, that pass becomes their finish and later crossings stop adding laps they never rode.
🚦 Waves leaving at different times
Each wave is fired separately and its clock starts there. Every rider's time counts from THEIR wave's start, so the standings actually compare like with like.
❓ "How many laps have I got left?"
The volunteer sees it on screen as they tap, and the public sees it in the live standings, with laps done and laps to go.
⏱️ Knowing who is pushing
With a split for every lap you can see straight away who is finding time and who is coming off the back, without waiting for the finish.
Built for race day
- ✓ Any authorised phone: the circuit point with its own link and QR.
- ✓ Works with chip reading too if you have the RFID module: same point, same QR.
- ✓ A configurable minimum lap time stops a rider standing near the point from racking up laps.
- ✓ Keeps recording with no signal: passes are held on the phone and sent on their own when it comes back.
- ✓ Get the lap counts wrong and the standings rebuild themselves when you fix it.
- ✓ Laps and times feed straight into the event's public standings.
This simple
Create the circuit point they will pass on every lap.
Share out the laps per category and, if they leave staggered, the waves.
Start each wave and tap the bib (or let the chip read it) on every pass.
The standings sort themselves by laps and time, live and by category.
Frequently asked questions
Can each category ride a different number of laps?
Yes, that is the norm on a circuit. You set the laps for each category plus a general rule for everyone else. When a rider completes theirs, that pass becomes their finish and later crossings stop adding laps.
How does the volunteer know how many laps a rider has left?
The screen tells them as they tap the bib in: "lap 3 of 8, 5 to go". Nothing to tally by hand and no lists to check.
What if the waves start at different times?
Each wave is fired separately from the phone and its clock starts right there. Every rider's time counts from their own wave's start, so the standings compare fairly even with half an hour between groups.
What happens when the leader completes their laps?
You choose. In flag mode the rest finish on their next pass with the laps they have (the norm in motorsport and circuit cycling). In full-laps mode everyone rides all of theirs, even long after the winner is done.
Can someone gain laps by passing twice in a row?
No. You set a minimum lap time and two passes closer together than that are treated as one. It is what stops a rider standing beside the timing point from racking up laps they never rode.
Do I need chips or any hardware?
No. It works with any phone: open the circuit point's link or QR code and start tapping bibs. If you also have the RFID module, the reader uses that same point and the laps count themselves.
Circuit races timed properly, with nobody counting by hand.
A different lap count per category, staggered starts each with their own clock, a split for every lap and live standings by laps completed. From a phone, or with chips if you have them.
Laps per category · Wave starts · A split for every lap