New York City Marathon Timing Chip Read Rate near Perfect

The 2013 New York City marathon, saw over 50,000 runners complete the race. Each runner passed over 11 timing mats en route to the finish line. That equated to 549,397 successful chip reads - a chip read rate of 99.6%.

Splits	Chip Reads	Read Rate
Start Time	50,134	100.0%
5K Split	50,038	99.8%
10K Split	49,196	98.1%
15K Split	50,070	99.9%
20K Split	49,998	99.7%
Half-marathon Split	49,931	99.6%
25K Split	50,029	99.8%
30K Split	50,017	99.8%
35K Split	49,907	99.5%
40K Split	49,943	99.6%
Finish Time	50,134	100.0%
Total Chip Reads	549,397	99.6%

Stats are only for those who completed the race (i.e. had a start time and a finish time).