Glossary of Terms

Terms used throughout Timing, LiveTiming, and Announcer.

Term	Meaning
Season	A group of events whose results are combined into standings (see Preferences › Season points).
Event	A single day's competition — has its own drivers, classes, run groups, and runs.
Class	A category cars compete within (e.g. by modification level). Classes can be indexed against each other with a PAX/index factor.
Run Group (heat)	A subset of classes that run together on course at the same time, so the course isn't overloaded with every car at once.
Course	A physical layout cars drive. An event can run one or two courses at once.
Staged	A driver has been called up next but hasn't started their run yet.
On Course	A driver has started their run and is currently on course.
Split	An optional intermediate timing point partway through the course (Split 1, Split 2).
Cone / Gate Penalty	Time added to a raw run time for hitting a cone or missing a gate; the penalty amount is set per event.
DNF	Did Not Finish — the run is recorded but doesn't count as a finished time.
Index / PAX	A multiplier applied to a class's raw time so different classes of car can be compared on one combined leaderboard.
Novice	A driver flag used for novice-only results and standings.
Run Group Grid	The printed run order for a heat, handed out at grid so cars know their running order.
Best Run / All Runs	Whether standings use each driver's single best run of the day, or every run.