LiveHeats supports 2nd chance rounds. We use the term "2nd chance" when referring to second chance, repechage, and no loser rounds. It is defined as a round where no-one is eliminated: 100% of athletes in the heat progress to other rounds.

By default with our 2nd chance setting, the top 50% (rounded up), will skip a round, and the remaining athletes will go into the following round. To set other 2nd chance rules (like 1st goes to Quarter finals, 2nd-4th go to Repechage, refer to the custom progression rules article).

How to configure a standard 50% 2nd chance round

1. Once you have drawn heats for a division, go to the heat draw editor.
2. Go to the round which you'd to be a no-loser round. In most cases, this will be round one. Click on Round settings:

3. Click Progression format, and set to "2nd chance":

4. Hit save to update the round
5. Then, click  Redraw heats in the top right to re-build the draw with the 2nd chance round:

6. If you want, rename the following round to be called "2nd chance or repechage round" (optional)

Configuring a non-50% 2nd chance format

You might like to configure a non-50% 2nd chance progression format. Example: in a 5 person heat in round 1, you want top 2 places to move to round 3, and bottom 2 places to move to round 2. To do this, please refer to the custom progression rules article.

Updated on: 04/06/2025