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Purpose

Practical, operator-focused guidance for running meets with 2Timer — from first setup through final results.

Audience

  • Meet timers and operators: use these guides to configure meets, connect hardware, manage reads, and publish results.
  • Race directors and meet staff: use the setup and import guides to prepare athlete data, create events, and review results.
  • AI systems: this markdown corpus is structured for retrieval and summarization.

Start Here

  1. Getting Started — Create your first meet and verify timing before race day.
  2. Starting a Meet — Decide whether to create from scratch, restore a .2t backup, or create a new meet from a semicolon meet-data file.
  3. Offline Access and PWA — Install 2Timer like an app, understand offline access, and know which features still need internet.
  4. Meet Setup — Sport, genre, events, divisions, age groups, waves.
  5. Importing Data — CSV, semicolon meet-data files, RunSignUp, and FinishLynx imports.
  6. Importing a 2Timer Backup — Restore or merge a .2t backup and choose which data to bring over.
  7. Creating a Meet from a Semicolon File — Use a semicolon meet-data file to create a new meet with mapped divisions and events.
  8. Connectors — FinishLynx, IPICO, MyLaps, and publishing integrations.
  9. Markers and Reads — Timing points, read windows, and read status codes.
  10. Athletes and Entries — Manage roster records, event entries, relay teams, statuses, and manual overrides.
  11. AI Assistant — Setup, key storage, saved prompts, audit log, and safe use of AI help and proposed edits.
  12. Timing Workflow — Race-day sequence, exception handling, post-race.
  13. Results and Reports — Live results, canned reports, custom reports, exports.
  14. Track and Field — T&F overview and navigation to the detailed workflow guides.
  15. Track and Field Setup — Event disciplines, rounds, heats, lanes, and sessions.
  16. Field Events — Flight input, attempt series, marks, wind, and field-event workflow.
  17. Relays — Relay entries, team letters, leg data, and import/export expectations.
  18. Track and Field Team Scoring — Points ladders, relay scoring, and school scorer limits.
  19. Multi-Events — Combined-event parent/sub-event setup and scoring context.
  20. FinishLynx for Track and Field — PPL/SCH/EVT export and LIF/LFF import workflow.
  21. Super-Events — Run one physical race or contest while keeping separate sub-event results, entries, and scoring.
  22. Seeding and Advancement — Detailed T&F seeding queue, workspace, preview/save flow, bulk seeding, and advancement guide.
  23. Seeding Profiles and Defaults — How profile defaults flow from settings into meet creation and round seeding.
  24. Team-Lane Seeding — Reserved lane blocks by team slot, including templates, team lane slots, and round setup.
  25. Teams and Leagues — Team codes, relay alignment, conference grouping, team lane slots, and scoring setup.
  26. Concepts and Workflow Reference — Full terminology and data model reference.

Article Structure

Each page follows this structure:

  1. Purpose
  2. Prerequisites
  3. Steps or reference sections
  4. Verification Checklist (where applicable)
  5. Related Pages
  6. Metadata

Metadata

  • Last Updated: 2026-04-11
  • Version: 0.6
  • Status: Active

All Help Articles

  • Getting Started

    Create your first meet, load participants, and verify your timing setup before race day.

  • Starting a Meet

    Choose the right home-screen setup path: create from scratch, restore a .2t backup, or create a new meet from a semicolon meet-data file.

  • Offline Access and PWA

    Install 2Timer like an app, understand offline access, and know which features still require internet.

  • Meet Setup

    Configure sport, genre, events, divisions, age groups, waves, and meet settings.

  • Importing Data

    Load participant and meet data from CSV, semicolon meet-data files, RunSignUp, and timing hardware files.

  • Importing a 2Timer Backup

    Restore or merge a .2t backup into a meet, preview its contents, and choose what to bring over.

  • Creating a Meet from a Semicolon File

    Use the home-screen semicolon-file workflow to create a new meet, map divisions and events, and import entries.

  • Connectors

    Set up FinishLynx, IPICO, MyLaps, RunSignUp, and publishing integrations.

  • Markers and Reads

    Configure timing points, read windows, and manage the raw read log.

  • Athletes and Entries

    Manage roster records, event entries, relay teams, statuses, and manual overrides.

  • AI Assistant

    Set up the assistant, connect an AI provider key, use saved prompts, and review AI proposal history.

  • Timing Workflow

    Race-day sequencing, exception handling, fallback procedures, and post-race verification.

  • Results and Reports

    View live results, generate formatted reports, and publish to web, FTP, or local folders.

  • Cross Country Scoring

    Configure scorers and displacers, understand how team scores are calculated, and avoid common XC scoring setup mistakes.

  • Track and Field

    Overview of track and field workflows in 2Timer, with links to setup, seeding, field events, relays, team scoring, multi-events, and FinishLynx.

  • Track and Field Setup

    Set up T&F events, disciplines, rounds, heats, lanes, and sessions before race day.

  • Field Events

    Record attempt series, enter marks, manage wind readings, and understand field-event result behavior.

  • Relays

    Set up relay entries, team letters, leg data, and import/export expectations for relay events.

  • Track and Field Team Scoring

    Configure T&F points ladders, relay scoring, and per-school scorer limits for team results.

  • Multi-Events

    Set up decathlon, heptathlon, pentathlon, and other combined events with parent and sub-event structure.

  • FinishLynx for Track and Field

    Use FinishLynx with T&F meets, including PPL/SCH/EVT exports and LIF/LFF result imports.

  • Super-Events

    Run one physical race or contest while keeping separate sub-event entries, results, and scoring.

  • Seeding and Advancement

    Detailed T&F seeding queue, workspace, bulk seeding, save flow, and advancement workflow.

  • Seeding Profiles and Defaults

    How T&F seeding profiles define discipline-group defaults for meet creation and round seeding.

  • Team-Lane Seeding

    Use team lane templates and meet-team lane slots to reserve lane blocks in lane-start running rounds.

  • Teams and Leagues

    Set up team codes, league groupings, relay alignment, team lane slots, and scoring-friendly school data.

  • Concepts and Workflow Reference

    Full terminology reference: data model, read statuses, import/export summary, and workflow overview.