Checking a medal is genuine

How the verification page works and what each of its results means.

Every Breaktape medal has a verification page. It checks the medal's signature, so anyone can tell a real medal from a picture someone made themselves. It's handy for clubs, employers, sponsors and anyone you want to show your finish to.

Finding the verification page

From a medal page: tap the Verified medal panel under the medal.
From your trophy cabinet: open the medal and tap Verification page, under About this medal.
From a medal ID: each medal has an ID of 16 letters and numbers, shown at the top of its verification page and at the end of its medal link. Go to breaktape.com/verify/ followed by the ID.

What the page can say

Verified

The medal is genuine. Breaktape checked its signature, and it matches what the organiser issued. Under What this medal certifies you'll see the finisher, event, race, date, time and position the holder has chosen to show, who issued it and when, and where the result came from.

If the holder keeps the medal private, the page still says Verified, but shows only the event and who issued it.

Updated

The medal was genuine, but the result was later corrected and the medal was replaced. The page shows when it was corrected and what the old medal said. The current medal is the one to trust: tap Check the current medal to see it.

Withdrawn

The medal was withdrawn, sometimes at the holder's request, and its details have been erased, so it no longer verifies. That doesn't mean it was fake. It was genuine when it was issued. The page shows the event, the race, the organiser and the dates.

No medal found

There's no Breaktape medal with this ID. Check the ID was copied in full. If someone showed you a medal with this ID, treat it with caution: Breaktape didn't issue it.

Good to know

A thank-you medal's verification page shows who it was awarded to, the award, the line on the medal, who gave it and when.
The page only ever shows what the holder has chosen to make public. If they've hidden their surname or time, it's hidden here too.
Each medal is signed with a published key, so anyone with the technical know-how can check the signature for themselves. The key's name is at the foot of the page.
If a time is marked (worked out), the chip mat didn't record that runner, so the time was calculated from the gun time and their wave start.
If you think a medal's details are wrong, contact the event organiser, not Breaktape.

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Still stuck?

Your event's organiser can help with results and names. For anything else, email support@breaktape.com and tell us which guide you were reading.