Starts (waves)

In open water an event often starts in several waves (for example, one cap color per age group). Each wave is a start (largada). Each athlete’s time is counted from the actual time of their start, recorded by the desk on race day.

1. In Events, select the event.
2. Scroll down to the Largadas section of the editor.
3. Click Adicionar largada (add start).
4. Fill in Nome (for example, “1ª onda — touca verde”) and Ordem (order).
5. If the event has a time limit, fill in Tempo limite (minutos). Empty = Sem limite (no limit).
6. Under Categorias desta largada (age groups in this start), tick the age groups that go off in this wave. An age group already used in another start shows “já em outra largada”.
7. Click Adicionar largada.

To fix one, click the start’s pencil icon, adjust it and click Salvar largada (save start). The trash icon deletes the start.

Checking that every age group has a start

In the event list, a badge next to the name shows coverage: green when Todas as classes têm largada (every age group has a start); yellow when some were left out (hover to see how many). Overall placing age groups are not counted, because they do not start — they only slice the results.

How the time limit is counted

It depends on the event’s Tempo limite (OTL):

• Após o 1º colocado: the minutes count from the finish of the first-placed athlete of this start;
• Tempo total de prova: the minutes count from this start’s gun time.

Note

When the event uses Por série, the athlete’s wave is the start whose Ordem equals the entry’s heat number — the start’s age groups do not matter in that case.

Starts can also be created and edited on the spot at the desk. See Starts and the race clock.