Welcome to RunScore
RunScore is one of the world's most popular race scoring programs — and for good reason. It's built to give you unmatched speed and accuracy whether you're timing a local 5K or a large multi-event race weekend.
Installation
This page walks you through downloading RunScore and installing it on every computer you'll use on race day — your main scoring machine and any additional client computers for registration, announcing, or results display.
Launching RunScore
With RunScore successfully installed, it's time to open the program and get oriented. This page covers the two desktop icons you'll see, which one to use, and how RunScore organizes its files on your computer.
Registration & Updates
RunScore is free to use. No purchase is required. To unlock all features, you simply need to register your copy: a quick, one-time step that takes less than a minute.
Workspace Overview
When you first open RunScore Server, you'll be greeted by your main workspace — the control center for everything you'll do in the program. This page walks you through each area of the screen so nothing feels unfamiliar when you need it most.
Race Folder Basics
In RunScore, every race lives in its own folder. Understanding this structure is fundamental — it's how RunScore keeps your events organized, separated, and easy to find.
Opening a Race
With the RunScore workspace familiar and a race folder structure in mind, it's time to open an actual race file. In this section you'll open one of the included sample races, then explore the three main ways to view your race data: the Enter/Edit Name screen, the Browse screen, and the Listing screen.
Race Configuration
Now that you know how to navigate RunScore and view a sample race, it's time to set up your own event. This page covers three core concepts: creating a new race by cloning an existing one, customizing it with the Entries.ini configuration file, and understanding how RunScore manages your scoring events.
Participant Data
With your race configured, it's time to get your participants into the system. This page walks you through the Enter/Edit Names screen — RunScore's primary interface for adding and managing individual participant records — along with tips for working efficiently whether you're entering a handful of registrants or hundreds.
Race Results
This is where race day comes alive. The Results Screen is where you capture finish times and bib numbers, connect to external timing devices, and build the raw data that RunScore will transform into your final results and awards.
Listings & Awards
You've entered your participants, captured your finish times, and reconciled your data. Now comes the satisfying final step: generating the printed or digital results and awards your participants have been waiting for. RunScore handles this through two types of special files — Listing files and Macro files.
Supported Colors
The following color names are accepted by RunScore for display commands such as RESULTS BG COLOR, RESULTS FONT COLOR, ENTER BG COLOR, and ENTER FONT COLOR. Values are case-insensitive.