FinishKit
Finish line arch and timing mats on a blue running track, seen from the stands
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For chip timing companies

Race timing equipment tracking for small timing companies

FinishKit is race timing equipment software for chip timing companies. It holds the gear room's answer to three questions: what is in each kit, which race each kit is booked for, and what came back broken.

Try it on one race weekendWalk through a race week

The first 30 days cost nothing and ask for no card.

A race week in FinishKit

Monday's calendar to Sunday night's return check

  1. 1
    Monday

    Put the race on the calendar

    Date, sport, venue, timing points. Name the lead timer and pick the kits: a start/finish kit, a split kit, the backup reader.

  2. 2
    Tuesday

    Read the clash list

    If Saturday's other race wants the same clock set, it's on the dashboard now. Swap a kit, or build a second one from spare items while there's still time.

  3. 3
    Thursday

    Pack

    The equipment manager marks each kit packed. Anything in a kit that is still in repair shows on the race page before the van is loaded.

  4. 4
    Saturday

    Out the door

    The lead timer marks the kits out. Every item in them flips to out, so nobody packs the same mat for Sunday's duathlon.

  5. 5
    Sunday night

    Check it back in

    The crew files a return check from the loading dock: condition, chips that didn't come home, the cable that got cut at the finish. Damage opens a repair ticket; everything else goes back to ready.

  6. 6
    Next Monday

    Work the repair log

    Send the reader to the maker, order the mat connector, record what it cost. Fixed gear goes straight back into rotation.

The gear room

Chip timing equipment, listed once and packed into kits

Runners finishing on a track beside the timing tent and the finish clock
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Start/finish kit A
Start/finish · 6 items · booked for Riverside 5K, Sat
1 item in repair
ItemTagStatus
Ultra 8 readerU8-1042Ready
Finish mat 1Ready
Finish mat 2Ready
Coax, 50 ftx4Ready
Side antenna LSA-07In repair
Chip stock, 500Ready

Packing list: 2 readers, 4 mats, coax x4, side antennas L+R, chip bin, cones, tent weights.

Equipment
Readers, mat and side antennas, cables, finish clocks, generators, batteries, laptops, tents and truss, chip stock. Serial or tag, quantity, purchase date, status.
Kits
The boxes the gear travels in: start/finish, split point, backup, clock set, power, full race. Each kit has a packing list the crew can read on a phone.
Races
Date, sport, venue, expected field and timing points, with a lead timer. The calendar view shows the month; same-day races share a row.
Crew
Who is on each race, their position (start, finish, split, results table, setup only) and their call time. They see only their own races.
Return checks
Filed when a kit comes back: all good, minor wear, damaged, or missing items, plus the count of unreturned chips.
Repair tickets
One per broken item: open, waiting on parts, sent to maker, fixed, written off, with the cost. The ticket drives the item's status.

Same day, same kit

Two Saturday races, one backup reader

Saturday
Riverside 5K
  • Start/finish kit A
  • Clock set 1
  • Backup reader · clash
Saturday
Harbor Sprint Tri
  • Start/finish kit B
  • Split kit (T2)
  • Backup reader · clash
Sunday
Lakeshore Half
  • Full race kit
  • Clock set 2
  • Generator

The 5K and the sprint tri are 40 miles apart. Each wants a start/finish kit and the backup reader, and you own one backup reader. The shared sheet said it was fine because nobody wrote the backup down.

FinishKit knows what every kit holds and what every race is booked, so the backup reader shows red on both race pages and on the dashboard the moment the second booking is made.

Move one race to a different kit, or build a second backup from spare items. The red goes away. The dashboard also lists kits still to pack this week and kits still out from last weekend.

After the race

A cut cable becomes a repair ticket, not a surprise at the next start line

  1. Return check: damaged
  2. Ticket opened
  3. Item: needs repair
  4. Sent to maker
  5. Fixed
  6. Item: ready
Triathletes with body markings and timing chip ankle straps on the beach before the swim
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The return check

Whoever unloads the van files it from a phone: all good, minor wear, damaged, or missing items, with a count of chips that didn't come home. Name the item and the damage opens a repair ticket by itself. The item is flagged, so it can't be packed into the next kit, and the kit is marked returned with the time.

Close-up of a handheld stopwatch
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The repair log

Open, waiting on parts, sent to the maker, fixed, written off. The ticket's status sets the item's status, so a reader that is still at the factory never shows as ready. Put the cost on each fix and download the log when the accountant asks what the mats cost you this season.

What it costs

One price for the company, three sizes of crew

The calendar, kits, clash list, return checks and repair log are on all three. What changes is how many people sign in and which roles they can hold. Yearly billing is ten months for twelve.

  • Solo
    The owner plus a few helpers.
    $19 / month
    $190 a year
    • 4 users · 200 equipment items
    • Owner and crew logins
    Start with Solo
  • Crew
    Lead timers run their own race pages.
    $39 / month
    $390 a year
    • 15 users · 1,000 equipment items
    • Adds lead timer logins
    Start with Crew
  • Company
    Someone else runs the gear room.
    $79 / month
    $790 a year
    • Unlimited users · Unlimited equipment items
    • Adds an equipment manager login
    Start with Company

Asked by timing companies

What timers want to know first

Does FinishKit time races or score results?
No. It is the gear room's record: which equipment exists, which kit it's in, which race the kit is booked for, and what came back broken. Keep scoring in RACE RESULT, ChronoTrack, MYLAPS or your own sheet.
What counts as an equipment item?
Anything you'd hate to find missing at a start line: readers and decoders, mat and side antennas, cables, finish clocks, generators, batteries, laptops, tents and truss, and chip stock. Items carry a serial or asset tag and a quantity.
We time several races on the same weekend. How does the clash check work?
A kit can only be in one place on one day. When two races with the same date are booked the same kit, both race pages and the dashboard flag it until you move one of them to another kit. A kit that has been checked back in never clashes.
How many people can sign in?
Four on Solo (the owner plus three crew), fifteen on Crew, as many as you like on Company. Crew see only the races they're on, their call time and the packing list, and they can file return checks. Lead timers also run their own race pages and mark kits packed and out.
Our gear list is a Google Sheet with 140 rows. Do we retype it?
No. Copy the sheet with its header row (Name, Category, Serial, Qty, Notes) into the Equipment page. FinishKit adds the rows and guesses the category from words like reader, mat or clock. The repair log downloads as a CSV any time.
What happens when the 30 days are up?
Nothing disappears. Pick a plan to keep adding races and gear; until you do, the calendar, kits and repair log are read-only and the CSV still downloads. No card is taken for the trial.

Updated October 15, 2026

Runners crossing a road race finish line with the race clock overhead
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The van leaves at 5 am Saturday. What's in it should be settled by Thursday.

Add your gear, build three kits, put next weekend's races on the calendar. The first clash list is free.

Put next weekend's races in, free