Flexible Relay and Chip Starts?

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Tim Grotenhuis

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May 22, 2025, 1:36:59 PMMay 22

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Hey Vesa,

This weekend, I'm timing a race that includes a 5k solo, 10k solo, and 20k Relay (2 to 4 runners) on a 5k loop. All races are starting at the same time.

Am I able to do a chip start? I tested in the office with a team of four runners and the first runner had the "Start and Lap 1" scans, the second had the Lap 2 scan, the third had Lap 3, and the fourth had Lap 4 to finish the race.

When I sorted the scans by bib number to view the team, I noticed that runners 2, 3, and 4 had a system generated start time of 0:00.0 and it concerned me.

Does this throw off the Lap split calculations for every team runner except the first?

Here are last year's results for the same event where I used gun time and not chip: https://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=353257 . I'd like to use chip time this year if it doesn't mess up the results.

Thanks in advance!

My best,

Tim