This tool serves to simulate the race before race day to make sure all your settings are correct. You can either generate all times all at once (so you basically get the final results after race day) or you can simulate the times live. The latter is helpful to test functions like announcer screens or result screens.

To use the function first select a contest for which times shall be generated and optionally enter a filter if not all participants shall be part of the simulation.

Manual configuration

Select which timing points should be used and enter a minimum and maximum time for each passing you want to simulate. In most cases, you will use the Add function to add the previous time in order to make sure that the time is greater than the previous time. Your minimum/maximum time will then be the sector times. Example:

• Start: min 0:00, max 5:00, Add T0
• 10K: min 30:00, max 60:00, Add Previous Time
• 20K: min 30:00, max 60:00, Add Previous Time
• 30K: min 30:00, max 60:00, Add Previous Time
• 40K: min 30:00, max 60:00, Add Previous Time
• Finish: min 5:00, max 10:00, Add Previous Time

Copy from Splits

If you are suing splits you can generate your race simulation based on the splits you configured under Main Window->Splits. To copy your split setup use the Copy from dropdown menu. Under the section labeled Splits select the contest you want to copy settings from.

Generate Times

Then click Generate All Times to generate all times all at once or Simulate Times Live to simulate the times live. In the latter case, you can see the clock running next to the button and you can also increase the speed of the clock. In most cases, you will open another browser tab or window to check the results of the live simulation while the Race Simulation tool remains open and running. 

You can also select a Read Rate less than 100% if you want to simulate some missed reads at the start or if some timing points will not be passed by everyone (for example an optional timing line to donate a certain amount).