Common questions about the free online race tracker.
Everything you might want to know before running your event on Race Tracker — the free online competition tracker, online stopwatch for races, and race bracket maker. Jump to a question below, or read straight through.
Race Tracker is a free online race tracker website for running small competitions. It works as an online stopwatch for races — with lap splits and a live leaderboard — and it also builds single or double elimination race brackets. There's nothing to install and no account needed to get started: open the site, add your racers, and go.
Yes. Race Tracker is a completely free online competition tracker. There are no per-event fees, no racer caps, and no premium tier locking the useful features. The site is supported by a single small banner ad, and that's it — using it costs you nothing.
No. You can run an entire race without signing in — your race is saved locally on the device you're using. Signing in is completely optional. It only adds one thing: the ability to save races to your account (My Races) so you can pick them back up from any device.
Yes — that's exactly what Timed Trials mode is. It's a full online stopwatch race tool: start the clock, record finish times and lap splits for each racer, track each competitor's best lap, and watch the live leaderboard re-sort itself in real time. It happily handles one heat or a series of online stopwatch races run back to back.
A race bracket is a knockout tournament chart where winners advance round by round until a champion is crowned. Race Tracker builds both single elimination and double elimination brackets:
Race Tracker is a web app, so there's no download and no app store to deal with — it runs in any phone or desktop browser. You can still use it like a race tracker app: add the race tracker website to your home screen and it launches full-screen, just like a native app, but with nothing to update or install.
Yes. Every race has a spectator link you can copy or push through your phone's share sheet. Anyone who opens it sees a live, read-only view of the leaderboard or bracket as it updates — no signup, no app, nothing to install. Print it as a QR code at the registration table and your whole audience is in.
Definitely. Race Tracker for running events covers charity 5Ks, fun runs, school field days, and track time trials. Use Timed Trials as your online stopwatch to capture finish times and splits, then share the spectator link so runners and their families can follow the results live.
Yes — the interface is built phone-first, for a volunteer working one-handed at the finish line. It runs in iPhone and Android browsers, uses the native system share sheet, and respects safe-area insets so nothing hides behind the notch. A laptop in a timing trailer is optional; a phone in your pocket is all you need.
Yes. Both Timed Trials and Brackets have a CSV export button. Download finish times, splits, and bracket outcomes into a spreadsheet for awards, record-keeping, or sharing once the event wraps up.
The clock runs off your browser's high-resolution timer, so it's accurate to the hundredth of a second — plenty for any community race, fun run, or kids' competition. As with any hand-timed event, the real-world limit is how fast the volunteer taps the button, not the stopwatch itself.
Anywhere paying a per-runner fee to a pro timing platform feels absurd. A few that work especially well:
We collect the minimum needed to save races to your account, and nothing more. Spectators don't need accounts at all. See the privacy policy for exactly what's stored and why, or the about page for the story behind the site.
Still stuck? Reach out at contact@linearmotionjunctionbox.com. Or see the how-to guide for a walkthrough of every option.
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