RaceLabs Athletics

Every athlete.
Every photo.

Your photographers shoot tens of thousands of frames. We match every single one to the athlete in it from their bib number alone, with an optional selfie for extra accuracy, and each participant gets a personal gallery. Running, trail, cycling, triathlon, Hyrox.

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Free first event — run RaceLabs on one of your races before you commit, and see every athlete matched to their photos.

The athlete experience

A selfie in.
A gallery out.

The athlete enters their bib number and takes one selfie. The engine scans every photo of your event and hands them theirs, usually before they've finished their recovery drink.

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Why it finds what others miss

No bib? No face?
Still their photo.

A bib number only gets you the easy shots. Our engine was born in motorsport, where there are no faces at all, so it learned to recognize people by everything else, too.

Case 01

Bib visible

The straightforward shot. Read, matched, delivered instantly.

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Case 02

Bib hidden

Crumpled, covered by an arm, lost in the pack. The engine matches the athlete by their overall appearance (kit, build, gear) anchored to their selfie.

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Case 03

Back turned, no face

The finish-line shot from behind, the climb photographed from the side. Still recognized, still in their gallery.

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Why RaceLabs

Photos become part
of the event, not the aftermath.

A bib number is simple to read when it's clear and facing the camera. The hard shots (crumpled bibs, arms across the chest, runners from behind, sunglasses and mud) are where most photos go missing. RaceLabs was built in motorsport, where there are no bibs and no faces at all, so it recognises a participant by everything else too, and far more of your field actually gets their photos.

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Every participant covered

Not just the ones who ran facing a camera with a perfect bib. Hidden, crumpled or back-turned, the athlete is matched by kit, build and gear anchored to their selfie, so fewer "where are my photos?" emails and more happy finishers.

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A personal gallery from one selfie

Each participant enters a bib and a selfie and gets only their photos, with no scrolling thousands of frames to self-find.

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Same-day delivery

Galleries land while your hashtag is still moving. Photos sort at thousands of frames a minute, so finishers share them the same day.

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Any sport, any size

Road, trail, bike, tri, Hyrox, and five hundred finishers or twenty thousand: sunglasses, wetsuits, mud and crumpled bibs don't get in the way, and delivery barely notices the size.

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Preview, then buy

Every athlete sees their gallery watermarked, then buys the shots they want, individually or in a pack. We run the whole purchase flow, so the photos turn into sales on their own.

Questions

Good to know.

How do athletes find their photos?

Their bib number is enough on its own. Adding a selfie is optional and simply sharpens the results, pulling in the harder shots where the bib is hidden, crumpled or they are facing away.

How do I open my gallery, and can anyone else see my photos?

You open your gallery with your bib number plus a private verification, your date of birth or email (the organiser chooses which). It is never public, so no one can browse someone else's photos.

Is facial recognition used, and is it optional?

Photos are indexed by bib number when the photographer uploads them. Facial recognition only runs after you start a search and tick a mandatory consent box, and only to find your own photos, including the ones where your bib is not clearly visible. No biometric data is processed before that consent, and we never build a face database that anyone else can search.

What happens to my selfie?

Adding a selfie is optional and only deepens your own search. The selfie and the face data created from it are deleted immediately afterwards, and are never stored or reused.

Does this reduce my photo quality?

No. Your images keep their original size and quality. What you download is the exact file the photographer uploaded.

Which sports do you cover?

Running, trail, marathon, cycling, triathlon and Hyrox, from a few hundred finishers to twenty thousand.

How quickly are photos available?

Same day. Photos are sorted and searchable minutes after your photographers upload, while finishers are still sharing.

Where is the data stored?

On servers in the EU (Germany), with no transfers outside the EEA, and no advertising or tracking cookies.

Contact

Give your finishers their photos.

hello@racelabs.eu TELL US YOUR SPORT, EXPECTED PARTICIPANTS AND DATE. WE'LL SHOW YOU A LIVE DEMO