MEGASTAR Meet

Fully Automatic Time VS Hand Time

Throughout the season Middle School teams will probably attend meets with Fully Automatic Timing(FAT) or
Hand Times.  It is imporant that you know which meets use what and make entries accordingly.
Hand Times on average are .24 faster than the more accurate FAT times.
Athletes whose times auto update on athletic.net should be entered correctly as athletic.net knows
what timing format the meets those entries came from used.  When filling in times yourself please be careful and do it accurately.
If the times come from a FAT timed meet(a meet that uses a photo finish camera) then enter them with an "a" after the time
example: 11.72a.  If the times comes from a Hand Timed meet enter them as is, example: 11.72.  Athletic.net
will convert these hand times before the entries are received so 11.72 Hand Time would be converted correctly to
12.04.  The conversion factor is rounding the tenth and adding .24.

At times Meet Management may instruct you to enter specific times with an "a" after it in order to perserve the correct spot on the list.


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