发布时间：2021-11-11
in the 84th running of the Boston Marathon on April 21st 1980, Rosie Ruiz crossed the finish line before all other women runners, clocking the fastest time ever recorded for a woman in the history of the Boston Marathon and the third fastest time ever recorded for a woman in any marathon. Following her impressive finish, investigations determined that Ruiz had skipped most of the race and rejoined runners about one mile from the finish line. Ruiz was disqualified and as a result, the Boston Marathon and several other races instituted a number of safeguards against cheating, including RFID race timing systems that monitor when runners arrive at various checkpoints on the course.
Today, both Active and Passive RFID-based solutions are being used to time all kinds of races including marathons, triathlons, cycling, sailing, and skating and motorcycle races. In each of these and many other races, timing is everything. To ensure that an accurate time is captured when every biker, runner or swimmer crosses the finish line, events like these require extremely precise timing equipment that is both durable and able to account for each participant, especially in dense, quick-paced situations. RFID has proven to be a more efficient alternative to manual tracking due to a reduction in human error and the technology’s ability to process a greater amount of data in a shorter period of time.
RFID Timing offers timing solutions for timing running, triathlon, cycling, swimming and canoeing. Their Ultra product includes battery assisted tags that last for two and a half years, extremely thin EVA mats, and highly sensitive Gen2 RFID readers. HDD is a lower cost package for smaller organizations or multi-sport competitions that can be set up in less than a minute, complete with easy rollout mats. RFID Timing is using ThingMagic USB readers for short range applications, including encoding and checking UHF tags prior to placement onto race numbers for an event. The ThingMagic USB reader is also used to scan athletes’ tags at race pack pickup to verify the athlete’s details in the timing system database are correct.
Zoomius produces TAG Heuer Track Intelligence, a complete online motorsports management system, used by hundreds of racing organizations. Zoomius has also created the TITAN RFID system, powered by ThingMagic Mercury 5e readers, to provide cost-effective and accurate next-generation timing and scoring systems. TITAN RFID brings complete timing and scoring to organizations who previously couldn’t afford it.
