Splits can be called either directly in a number of formats and types as required.
Using the Min/Max Speed/Pace/Time for each split the software also calculates a predicted time for each split based on the participants percentile within their previous Splits and that Split's Min/Max values.
Splits also generate Split Gap Times, according to the Split Ranks.
Calculated Times
Each Split can return the Time of Day, Time from Gun or Time from Chip Start (As defined by the last Start type Split) in a variety of formats.
Time Definitions
| SplitName | Returns the Split time from Gun or Chip Start according to the Contest Time Mode and Contest time format |
| SplitName.TOD | Returns the Time of Day (raw decoder time) for the Split according to the Contest time format |
| SplitName.Gun | Returns the time from Gun for the split according to the Contest time format |
| SplitName.Chip | Returns the time from Chip Start according to the Contest time format |
| SplitName.Sector | Returns the time from the previous split according to the Contest time format |
| LegName | Returns the Leg Time according to the Contest time format |
Time Formatting
Times from Splits / Sectors can be called either directly in the default Contest time format or as either formatted Text, Decimal Time or Rounded Time. These formats can also be appended to the different time definitions to call each of those in the desired format.
| .Text | Returns the formatted time of the Split according to the Contest time format |
| .Decimal | Returns the split as a decimal time (time in seconds) |
| .Rounded | Returns the rounded time of the split according to the Contest rounding settings |
e.g. [SplitName.TOD.Decimal] returns the Time of Day of the Split as a decimal value (time in seconds).
Predicted Times
For each split a predicted time is also calculated, these predicted times are shown in the participant's Split table and can also be called directly.
Predicted times are called by [SplitName.Predicted] which will return the predicted time for the split as either time from gun or time from chip start according to the default Contest time format.
The additional time definitions (.TOD / .Gun / .Chip) and custom time formats (.Text / .Decimal / .Rounded) can then also be applied to predicted split times.
Predicted times are additionally used to position participants on the tracking Map on my.raceresult.com. Whether they are shown to spectators is defined by the Splits/Legs element in Participant Views.
How the Prediction is Calculated
The software calculates the fastest possible time for every sector from the Min/Max Pace/Speed/Time values defined for each split in General Splits Setup, then compares the participant's actual sector times against it. Each completed sector returns a percentage above 100%, showing how much slower the participant was than that fastest possible time. A weighted average of those percentages is then applied to the fastest possible times of the sectors still to come, which gives the predicted times.
The longer a sector is and the more recent it is, the more heavily it counts towards that average, so the prediction follows whether a participant is getting faster or slower during the race. Note that with the Version 1 splits algorithm no prediction is available before the participant has passed the first split.
Improving the Prediction
Working in percentages of the fastest possible time rather than in absolute pace lets the prediction handle sectors which are not comparable, such as the swim, bike and run of a triathlon. The percentages are only as good as the minimum values behind them, so set a realistic minimum for each sector and adjust the Min/Max values where a sector runs uphill or downhill. If every sector uses the same minimum pace then the value chosen makes little difference, fast or slow.
If the race is timed for the first time these values have to be estimated. When it has been held on the same course before, use Splits Analysis to read the fastest pace for each sector and set each minimum slightly faster than the fastest pace recorded there. Note that in cycling the higher speeds make the differences between sectors larger, and headwind or tailwind can change the possible pace from year to year.