How swim meet timing works, in four steps.
No touchpads, no paper, no training. Here is the whole night, start to finish.
Import the program
Upload your Swim Central HY3. The meet builds itself, seeded into heats and lanes.
Share the codes
Timers and the starter scan a QR code to join their lane. No login, no app.
Tap GO, tap FINISH
One start syncs every phone. Two phones per lane are auto-averaged into the official time.
Results and PBs
Standings, PB verdicts and PDF and CSV exports are ready the moment racing ends.
Curious how the sync and the maths actually work?
Clock sync, the GO signal, the frozen finish tap, two-timer averaging: the real specs behind this page, explained with diagrams.
Times appear as swimmers touch.
The live board updates the instant a lane finishes, with a personal-best verdict next to each name, so families see the result before the swimmers have dried off.
- 1Mia CalderPB −1.2432.91
- 2Tom Rowe30.40
- 3Ava SinghPB −0.6134.82
- 4Noah PikeEQUAL33.12
Good to know
Do volunteers need to download anything?
No. Timers and the starter join by scanning a QR code in their phone browser. There is no app to install and no account to create.
How accurate is it?
Every phone starts on the same instant when the starter taps GO, and two phones per lane are averaged, landing within a few hundredths. It is far more consistent than a single stopwatch and handwritten cards.
What if a phone drops out mid-race?
Each lane runs two phones, so a single dropout still leaves a valid time. The board flags any lane that needs a manual check.
Does it work with Swim Central?
Yes. Import your program as an HY3 export, and export results as PDF and CSV to load back into your records.
Time your next club night the easy way.
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