Quick start
Your first timing session in 60 seconds: add athletes, set the order, start with a tap mode, tap each split, and export the results as CSV.
Herotime is a single-button multi stopwatch: one button times your whole squad, and the mode of your tap decides who gets the time. Here is a complete first session — from an empty athlete list to a CSV in your inbox — in about a minute.
1. Add your athletes
Open the athlete list and add a short code for each person you want to time — initials, lane numbers, whatever you will recognize at a glance. Adding an athlete takes seconds, and you can remove or rename them just as quickly. For a first run, two or three athletes are plenty.
2. Set the starting order
Select the athletes for this session and arrange them in the order they will start. This order is the only setup the stopwatch needs: it determines who a short tap starts next, and the rotation in which splits are assigned once everyone is running.
3. Start, then tap for every split
On the stopwatch, one button does everything. Three tap modes cover every way a session can begin:
- Rapid tap — two or more quick taps record one shared group start, one athlete per tap. Use it as the gun for a heat.
- Short tap — starts the next single athlete in your order. Use it for staggered or interval starts.
- Long press — starts everyone still waiting, in one gesture.
Once athletes are running, the button means one thing: someone just crossed the line. Each tap records the next split and assigns it automatically to the least-recently-timed athlete, around the rotation — you never pick a name mid-race. If someone overtakes, drag their time record onto the right athlete afterward and the rotation corrects itself. The full logic, with a live demo, is in How Herotime works.
4. Stop and review in the timing history
When the last athlete finishes, tap their final split and end the session. Everything you tapped is already organized in the timing history: per athlete, you get the start, every split, and the finish — no notepad, no transcribing. Open the session to check the numbers while the workout is still fresh.
5. Export as CSV
From the timing history, share any session as a CSV file through the iOS Share Sheet — send it by mail or message, or save it to your files. The CSV opens directly in Excel or any spreadsheet, ready for your season analytics.
That is the whole loop: athletes, order, taps, history, export. For every feature in depth — groups, athlete codes, cadence, settings — continue with the User guide.