2023 Milestones

2023 marked a pretty good year for this side project. I have been working on this for nearly a year playing with a bunch of different ideas. Until I decided to really knuckle down and try to actually use it for XC races in the fall.

So I knuckled down and focused on replicating the core features of the python app that we were using. My ultimate goal was to make my app the primary results for at least 1 race and secondary for a few others.

I built a system that allowed the timer and bib recorder to operate independently of each other. I ran it concurrently a few races with the other app, finding and fixing various usability issues and data bugs.

The culminating achievement was the regional championship rslts.run was the primary timer. Not only that but it provided near real time results as kids were finishing.

Looking Forward

With a single successful XC race I need focus on the upcoming Track & Field season. To some extent the XC race solves some of the same problems needed for Track & Field. However, even the timer may need some tweaks to support the different needs of Track events.

Distance Events

With the Field events requiring distance measurements for jumps and throws as well as best of n type results. This is probably the most time critical feature this year, I want to use this for track season and we do jumps and throws.

Track Lane & Heats

An optimization we have historically done with lane based track events is to pre-record bib’s assinged to a lane, then when we record finishers it’s the lane number rather than the bib number. This may or may not be required given improvements from the app itself.

Division Results UI

Currently generating the divisions for results has no options and is just algorithmic and you can’t edit or view them outside of viewing division results. This needs to change and we need a new ui for viewing and modifying divisions.

Team & Athlete Tracking

As a coach I want to help kids understand and track their performances throughout the year. An amazing part of Running and Field is that kids can win by beating themselves and I want to make it easier for them.

External Results Imports

My timing app isn’t used for all or even most races outside of the ones we host. So I want to build a tool to import results from other timing systems and allow those to be recorded and tracked within the above team and athlete tracking system.