Ashton19 said..
Are these results correct?
They're direct from the timing website
raceresults.eternaltiming.com/20130928_Rainbow_Sandals_Battle_of_the_Paddle.htmAnd the same results are reported on SUPRacer
www.supracer.com/2013-battle-of-the-paddle-live-webcast/But there's usually some issues with timing chips, and, for competitors finishing very close together, I'm not sure if the timing mat was directly on this finish line or out by a metre or two, so there could be a few mix-ups (but it's the only results list I can find so far).
It's saying Beau's 15th when he was 13th, but the times for 13th, 14th & 15th are actually the same? Maybe next year they need to time it to milliseconds instead of seconds to split up close placings?
I think the timing is done by an external company and all they can provide is what the chips record.
I'd love to say hopefully they'll correct it in the next few days, but I highly doubt it ... unfortunately I don't think we can really expect them to go through the results for 218 paddlers in the Elite Race heats, 110 in the Elite final and 484 in the Open Age race and check every single placing manually - it would really defeat the purpose of electronic timing, and from my experience with timing smaller races, a manual system without chips could easily result in a lot more errors, rather than less.
I'm pretty sure all the organisers would be checking carefully is the podium positions (which is unfortunate for the rest of the field) but there's just too much to do in a organising & running an event like this than spend hours sorting out the difference between 251st and 252nd place.
Great effort from all the Aussies
