Free Race Director Tools by PlayCompete
Tools we built because we felt they would be useful for you. No account, no email address, nothing to install. They run in your browser and we do not keep what you type.
These tools are to help you plan your race. They should be considered a starting guide and not final authority as your specific race conditions may vary.
Race Profit & Pricing Calculator
Enter your entry fee and your costs. See your break-even entrant count, profit per runner, total margin, and exactly what moving the price by $5 or $10 is worth.
Open the calculator →Race Budget Builder
Every line a race actually spends money on: permits, shirts, timing, portable toilets, the U-Haul. See your break-even and what you clear, and take it away as a spreadsheet.
Build your budget →Revenue Recovery Calculator
What the registrations nobody finished were worth, what a reminder email could realistically bring back, and what that adds up to across a whole season.
Open the calculator →Award & Age-Group Planner
How many awards to order and for which categories, worked out from how 1,623 real finishers actually split by age and sex.
Plan your awards →Water & Supplies Calculator
Gallons, cups, bananas. Worked out from your field size, your aid stations and the weather, and given to you as a shopping list.
Work out your order →Course Cutoff Calculator
For ultras. When the first and last runners reach each aid station, which arrivals are after dark, and whether your cutoffs will pull people who would have finished.
Work out your cutoffs →Race Day Timeline Builder
Race morning worked backwards from the gun: setup, briefings, the start, awards, teardown. Print a one-pager your volunteers can follow.
Build your morning →Refund & Transfer Policy
Answer the questions runners actually ask and take away clear policy wording for your registration page. A template, not legal advice.
Write your policy →Race Readiness Checklist
Answer seven questions about your race and get a checklist built for it, laid out 6+ months out, 60 days out, race week, race day and afterwards. Print it or download it.
Build your checklist →Race Entry Fee Comparison
How your entry fee sits against the national average for your distance, from a published sample of 97,127 events, with the five-year trend.
Compare your fee →Want the platform underneath these numbers?
Registration, timing, results and fundraising, built by a race director. The tools above stay free either way.
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