Qualifications and Final – Knockout Sprint
If one has to run qualifications, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final in close succession (and usually with the same arena), it is cumbersome to work with several stages (Appendix III: Championships with Qualifiction and Final) because you have to disconnect the competition and then reconnect all computers to the new stage.You can instead work with one competition and several races per runner in the same competition. MeOS then automates the creation of the next start list (start list of final based on the results in the semi-finals, etc.), so that the next start list is ready at the same moment that the last competitor crosses the finish line in the qualifying classes (any draw must of course be carried out manually).
Advantages (compared to separate competitions)
- Agility and speed. No special measures are required to setup the next race. The start list for the next (semi) final is updated at the same time as the qualifications are completed, and then it is just a matter of starting the next race.
- Easier to include all races in a single list or report.
Disadvantages
- You share the same set of controls and tracks between races. If controls are moved during the race, the same control means different points. For the same reason, it is not possible to set a control as broken during one race and whole during another race.
- Previous races will not be completely locked; it is still possible to (accidentally) make a change in a qualifying race, which can change the conditions going forward. With multiple stages, previous results are more definitively locked. Lock the start lists for each level (see below) as soon as they are determined; this provides some protection against accidental changes.
Instructions, Step by Step
- Activate support for several races for each runner, the page Competition, MeOS Features, Several races for a runner.
- Select a class with entries, or create a new empty class, say Women.
- Click Qualification / Final Scheme on the page Classes. A scheme defines the rules for qualification, which runner go to what final, etc. You enter an editing mode where you can define the scheme or load an existing scheme. See Editing Qualification / Final Schemes.
- Select Use in Class Name when you have created or loaded the scheme. MeOS will create a number of derived classes, for example Women–Qualification, Women–Semi A, Women–Semi B, Women–Final, depending on the scheme you load. You may rename the derived classes, if desired.
- Add new runners to the base class if needed (In this case the class Women). Important: Do not add runners directly to the qualification or final classes. For each person you add, a single person team is generated with the number of legs / races that the person may run, assuming she reaches the final. If you study the start list for the qualification, you will notice that it is filled in with the first race for each competitor in the class.
- If there are more than one qualification race, MeOS will make an even distribution of runners among these. But you can manage the distribution as you like. Select the base class (Women in the example above) and activate (the advanced) function Split Class on the page Classes. You can now use the normal class splitting method to distribute runners among the heats, for example make an even distribution based on ranking.
- Manage the qualification races as any individual class. You may draw start times, set courses, print start lists etc.
- Run the qualifications. The classes on the next level (for example semi finals) will be filled in and updated as the runners finish based on the result. If there is a tie, it can happen that more than one runner take a fiven place in the next level; MeOS ensures that either none or all of the runners with a fixed result will go to the next level. This means that a final can have more competitors than planned.
- Make preparations for the next race. Draw start times, set courses, add bibs etc. To prevent MeOS from automatically change the class assignment on this level, for example if the result in the qualification race is changed, you should select Lock start list. You can now also manually change the class assignment of the finals, without risking that MeOS will revert your changes.
- Run the next level of races and repeat the procedure until all races are completed.
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