It's a confusing issue, one that most other sports don't have to deal with. Every one knows how to score a football or basketball game, but surprisingly few of us know the rules and guidelines of timing. So here goes, let's shatter a few myths. Automatic Timing Yields Slower Times. Not at all.
Automatic timing yields the true time.
If, all things being equal, the time is slower than all the hand times on the runner all season, that means that all of the hand times have been inaccurate. It's a redundancy. There is no such thing as partially automatic timing. It has a nice ring to it. Faster Than Auto-Timing.