Industry’s go-to scoring software delivers dramatically faster performance at large events
Moorestown, NJ — August 19, 2026 — RunSignup, the leading registration and technology platform for U.S. endurance events, today announced the launch of RaceDay Scoring V6. Marking the culmination of a multi-year core architecture rebuild, V6 upgrades the software’s underlying systems to Rust—a modern programming language built for high-speed processing and memory safety. The update allows professional race timers at high-volume events to work freely within the software while thousands of reads process instantly in the background.
RaceDay Scoring serves as the central hub integrating with RunSignup’s full RaceDay technology suite, including live results, photo-based timing reads, participant tracking, check-in management, participant tagged photos, and RaceJoy for chip-based predictive tracking. The release underscores RunSignup’s ongoing commitment to supporting the timer community through low-cost software, formal certification programs, ongoing training, and dedicated timer-focused support.
“We didn’t set out to build just another standalone scoring program—we built RaceDay Scoring to serve as the central engine for the entire event,” said Bob Bickel, Founder and CEO of RunSignup. “By placing scoring at the hub, data flows and synchronizes automatically across our entire technology suite in real time. We built what is effectively a self-driving data exchange so the software does the heavy lifting between systems, taking the manual burden off timers so they can focus on what they do best.”
A Multi-Year Rebuild
Originally launched in 2018 as the successor to Race Director, RaceDay Scoring was designed to evolve with the industry. Recognizing that the original architecture could not support long-term scaling goals, RunSignup’s engineering team passed on temporary patches in favor of a complete migration to Rust.
The transition was executed incrementally to protect timer operations: read processing moved to Rust in 2023, followed by a complete scoring engine rewrite in 2024 (released as V5 in March 2025). V6 completes the transition by migrating report rendering and real-time incremental data pushing directly into the new architecture.
“Timers stake their reputation on every event they score, so we refused to gamble their race day on an all-at-once rewrite. This was a deliberate three-year plan executed piece by piece,” said James Harris, RunSignup’s CTO of EventDay Products. “V6 represents the next step of that transition, with all output rendering powered by our multi-threaded Rust architecture. The performance gains at even the largest events are significant.”
Validated Performance Under Heavy Load
RunSignup validated V6 using real-time data replays from major spring 2026 events featuring over 30,000 participants. Under continuous strain—processing thousands of chip reads, split points, and outbound results—background tasks completed in as little as 50 milliseconds. The speed increase keeps the user interface completely responsive, enabling timers to generate custom reports, edit participant data, and manage timing logic mid-race without delay.
Sustained Support for Timers
RaceDay Scoring V6 anchors RunSignup’s broader investment in the race timing ecosystem. Alongside software development, RunSignup continues to support timers through its Timer Certification Program, annual Timer Conference, weekly Timer Tip Tuesday webinars, annual research questionnaires, and dedicated 1-on-1 support staff.
About RaceDay Scoring
RaceDay Scoring handles everything from small, simple 5Ks to complex, high-volume races — including marathons, triathlons, relays, aggregate team scoring, lap events, cross country, ultras, trail, and cycling. It is easy for new timers to learn, with powerful customization for complex scenarios when needed. As an open platform, it works with any timing equipment and any registration software, and is a recognized MYLAPS and RACE RESULT scoring partner in the Americas. RaceDay Scoring is fully offline-capable — no internet required to score — with cloud-based backups, bidirectional auto-sync of registration data, and built-in data checks that flag issues like duplicate bibs before results are published. Its RaceJoy integration adds real-time chip tracking and live participant updates, and RunSignup’s new photo-based timing turns bib-tagged photos from any phone into timing reads that flow directly into the software. The platform is proven at scale, scoring events with more than 30,000 participants.
About RunSignup
RunSignup, an employee-owned company, is the leading event solution delivering the art of technology to endurance events and nonprofits. More than 39,000 events use our free and open platform to register over 12 million annual participants, raise more than $3 billion and grow their events. Our expertly crafted, open and all-in-one solution powers event revenue generation and supporter engagement through flexible registration, free event websites, free email marketing, integrated fundraising, and a suite of RaceDay Real-Time products. RunSignup’s aggressive investment in AI technology ensures customers benefit from continuous innovation and industry-leading features at fair prices. No subscriptions, no plans, no monthly fees.
To find out why customers like the Richmond Marathon, American Cancer Society, and RaceDay Events use RunSignup, visit www.runsignup.com.