Noah Lyles won the 100m by point zero zero five seconds

[matthewtgg]

NASCAR uses similar system and they had a 0.001 second photo finish and they showed it for the proof he won

[JayCGypsy]

That explains why their legs are abnormally long or short, depending on how they were moving while crossing the line!

[bernardcanady]

For 24 years, I have been a timekeeper, and someone finally explains my job correctly. Thanks for the post. 💯

[jussayinmipeece]

I am Jamaican, and I have been trying to explain this to my outraged Jamaican friends to no avail, but it's all good. Just patriotism.

[CR-rbfx]

I couldn’t even begin to understand the pain of an athlete who spent years training only to lose by a fraction of a split second

[awsomegadgetguy]

That billboard is lowkey genius. What an easy way to make sure you have everything in order corectly and you're not missing a slice.

[torunit]

Thank you. This is the best quick description of what the timing system does. I'm a senior official and I wrote most of the Wikipedia article about this.

[aurelspecker]

The Photo finish, captures a place OVER time, rather than a place AT a time. So basically it is a finish video, displayed as a photo.

[adithyachebrol]

Vox alumni really hitting youtube like ex McKinsey consultants hit C-Suites 💀

[TheInspire]

"And it's Noah Lyles in a quantum finish!"
"No fair! They changed the outcome by observing it."

[refrigerios]

thank you, I’m 39 and had never found an explanation. Sports commentators never bother to explain or they are not sure of how it works either

[sub-zero]

I do athletics and I once was 2nd on the 110 meters hurdles by 2 thousends of second. It's insane how precise it is.

[codyhamilton]

"No fair you changed the results by measuring them" - Futurama

[stephenh]

40 THOUSAND frames per SECOND. Let that sink in for a minute... Amazing

[pubert_]

Having an ad on the side boards that only the finish line camera can see/take a picture of is hilarious

[grantharriman]

The absolute OCD levels to make a 1 pixel billboard that synchronizes with the camera is AMAZING!

[michaelbronson]

All 8 runners finishing in .12 of each other is crazy!

[zumabbar]

the ad stuff is crazyy, insane how they found opportunity to insert another ads

edit: alright friends, i didn't catch it was the image capturer company itself on my 1st viewing! my bad. (did i just give them an idea???)

[grizzlywizzly]

I saw another conversation here regarding the distinct finish, heard for each runner. It’s interesting because most of the runners are leaving forward, so the red line is showing their collarbone, but the last runner seems to be pulling back and so the red line shows a lower portion of his torso because that portion is what’s in front. 🎉

[ChadtheHammer]

We have this technology and baseball uses similar technology to determine a strike zone, but in the NFL we're still using refs who spot the ball down half a yard behind where it was actually down.