• Running scores-based round robin

  LiveHeats supports two main ways to run a scores-based round robin format, allowing all athletes to surf more than once before determining who advances.  Below are two recommended options: Option 1 uses total heat scores from two separate rounds to manually calculate progression Option 2 uses athletes' top wave scores across multiple heats in a single round to generate an automatic leaderboard. Option 1 – Use Total Heat Scores from Two Rounds to Determine Advancement DrPopular

• LiveHeats seeding algorithms explained

  LiveHeats offers a number of seeding algorithms that pre-set the distribution of athletes and  progression positions within rounds of a draw.Few readers

• Adding or removing athletes from an upcoming heat

  To add or remove an athlete from a heat that has not started yet, follow these steps. How to add an athlete to an upcoming heat Go to the  Division via the  Event dashboard Here you'll see the heat draw If there's an empty spot in the heat, go ahead and add the athlete directly into it. If there's no empty spot in the draw just click the  Add athlete icon at the top of the heat to create a new spot Now, enter the athlete's name into the empty spot. If they exist iFew readers

• Hiding the scheduled heat times from the public

  As a default, LiveHeats displays the scheduled times of heats anywhere heats are displayed (like the live view, heat draw, and whiteboard), as well as the athlete dashboard. For a host of reasons, such as a non-confirmed schedule, or wanting competitors to hang at the event to volunteer on the BBQ) you might want to not display these scheduled heat times to the public. You can hide the scheduled heat times from all public views by doing the following: In your event, go to the  Event settiFew readers

• Setting and customising heat duration

  You can set the heat duration at the event, division, or round level. The heat duration will inform the times that are displayed on the schedule. How to set or customise the heat duration Once the event is created, go to the  Event dashboard Decide which level you'd like to update the heat duration for: To set it at the Event level, click  Event settings Basic To set it at the Division level, select the division, then Division settings To customise it for a rounFew readers

• Disabling auto progression for a round (manual progression)

  If your format uses non standard progression (for example, you progress athletes to a final based on their total score over two rounds), you should disable auto-progression. Disabling auto-progression will allow you to configure the progression (or advancements) from one round to another manually, whilst still retaining the "athlete needs" calculation that is displayed in the live heat, and for the announcer. For example, you might like to use manual progression, but the announcer will want toPopular

• Import athletes to a division's seed list

  You can easily import athletes into a division's seed list by uploading a CSV file. If you'd prefer to import all divisions in an event in one single upload, head over to this article for importing your athlete list. How to save your athlete list as a CSV If you have your athletes in a spreadsheet, simply save that sheet as a CSV file using a spreadsheet application like Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets. TFew readers

• Configuring custom progression rules from a round

  When building your heat draw, LiveHeats provides a set of default options for progressing athletes between rounds. We also allow you to set custom progression rules for formats with non-standard progressions. Example of non standard progressions where you'd use custom progression rules: In a 6 person heat, 1st goes to Quarter finals, 2nd and 3rd go to Round 2 (repechage), all others are eliminated In a 30 person heat, 1st-4th go to Finals, 5th-10th go to Last Chance Qualifier This articleFew readers

• Customising seeding, progression or advancement within a round

  When you click Draw heats, LiveHeats will build a full seeded heat draw based on your  Division settings. Our heat draw builder has an automated progression template, that is based on the standard progression formats used in action sports events. This article describes how to customise where athletes are progressed to  within a round. If you'd like to configure which rounds different athletes are progressed to,  from a round, see this article. (https://liveheats.crisp.help/en/aPopular

• Configuring second (2nd) chance, repechage, and no loser rounds

  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 proFew readers

• Saving a draw template

  Some organisations and federations have a set of standardised draws with defined seeding, and progression patterns, that are required to be used at each event. For example - Surfing Australia publishes its rule book that sets out the different draws that should be used in their sanctioned events, from all field sizes, and straight knockout or 2nd chance: (https://stoFew readers

• Building a double elimination heat bracket

  A double elimination heat bracket involves having two paths to the final: through the QUALIFYING DRAW, where you advance in all heats to the final, and through the REPECHAGE DRAW, where you are eliminated from the main draw, and have to compete against all the eliminated athletes from each round. This format is commonly used in ISA events in surfing. Example of a 16 person double elimination: (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/b/b/3/9/bb39738290981000/14ff0f54-298c-479Few readers

• Configuring and running double banks (peaks)

  LiveHeats supports double banks, also known as double beaching, peaks, podiums, or panels. Here's how to use the feature. How to configure double banks (peaks) To configure double banks, once the heats have been drawn go to the Schedule editor. In the Schedule editor, you can drag and drop any heats to the  Secondary bank for your double banked heats. You can move multiple heats (e.g. a whole round) at once by holding down Shift and selecting multiple heats. You can also use Command onSome readers

• Adding, removing athletes, or changing jersey colours for live or completed heats

  You can edit the athletes in any heat using the Head judge view for live heats, and the Heat editor for live and completed heats. To put the athletes in a heat in edit mode go to the Heat editor (through the Draw, then click View details for the heat you'd like to edit). To edit the athletes in the heat, click the pencil icon to put the heat in edit mode. (htPopular

• Seeding athletes into later rounds

  You might like to top seed athletes into later rounds, for example: Top 4 seeds start in the quarter-finals, or Top 8 seeds start in round 2 How to seed athletes into later rounds: From the  Event dashboard click on the division Click  Division settings and scroll down to  Advanced and click to expand Scroll down to the field that reads  Add seeds to another round and click to add (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/4/8/7/1/48714ddcbf9254Few readers

• Creating groups to run divisions together in a shared draw

  Sometimes you might need to combine some divisions together, so they can be run together, but be able to seperate results by division, for final results and rankings. LiveHeats provides a seamless way for you to do this, with our  Groups feature. Example cases where you'd use Groups: you have two divisions with small participant numbers (e.g. 1 x U8 and 2 x U10 boys) and would like to run them together in a single draw you're running snowsport "heats" which combine different divisiFew readers

• Printing or creating PDF for the draw, heats, startlist, schedule, or rankings

  LiveHeats supports printing of any of the key director pages, including the draw, heats or startlist, schedule, and rankings pages. You can print either: a full event view: including the entire draw, including all heats/runs, or; a single detailed view: of an individual draw, heat, startlist, schedule, or series ranking How to print - full event view Once heats or runs are created, navigate to the bottom of the Reports section on the event side panel: Locate the Full eveFew readers

• Using round-based leaderboard and progression

  In some event types (for example Skateboarding and Freestyle BMX), you'll have heats in the round, but the results and progression are determined by each athlete's place in the whole round. If you are  is a Skateboard, BMX, or Scooter organisation, this setting will be configured for your divisions by default. This article describes how to configure a round leaderboard and how to use it during a live event. If this is already configured, and you're wanting to know how to view the round leaderbFew readers

• Viewing the round leaderboard

  If you're using our Round leaderboard setting, here's how you can view the round leaderboard. Viewing the round leaderboard as a head judge for live heats Open the  Head judge page On the top right, you'll see a button titled  Leaderboard Once the event is underway, the Head judge or commentator can click this button to view the  Leaderboard for the round. The  Leaderboard will also display what score each athlete needs to progress to the next round (or if alreadFew readers

• How to set up a 'small final' or consolation round in your draw

  A small final or consolation round is used when you take athletes eliminated from a round, and have them compete to determine remaining places in the division. You can set this up at any point in your draw. See the explainer video below for how. How to set up a 'small final' in your drawFew readers

• Configuring a division to use the New Olympic Street (2-5-3) Skateboarding format

  In 2022, World Skate announced the new Olympic Street Competition (2-5-3) format, as explained below. LiveHeats is excited to support this format with a template available on all Skateboarding organiser accounts. You can use the template in all rounds, or just in the final. Follow the guide below when you are ready to switch onto this format (e.g. if just using this for FFew readers

• Running a single round format with multiple heats

  Single round formats are becoming popular as a way to have athletes organised into heats, but competing against each other surfer in the round. This article explains how to configure this format. Setting up a single round format Draw the heats for the division or whole event Once drawn, go to the  Round settings for the first round, and set the  Progression to be "0 progress" Click  Redraw to update the draw with these new settings. This should leave just one round in yoFew readers

• Setting and editing the team roster in teams formats

  LiveHeats supports teams events such as tag teams in surfing and relays in surf life saving . This article describes how to set these up as a division. Note: registration is not currently supported for team divisions, so you need to collect registrations into team events through an alternative method, and add entries manually to LiveHeats. We hope to change this in the near future. Step 1: Set the division's template to a teams template Go to the  Event settings and add the divFew readers

• Setting up a "longboard club" format

  Its common for Australian longboard clubs to run a format that uses the following: All athletes compete in two heat After the first round, heats are organised by their place in the first round (e.g. all first place go together, all second place go together, etc) The winner of the event is the winner of the "Firsts" heat LiveHeats allows you to set up these formats in a way that also corresponds with the correct rankings. We call this format the "longboard club" format since its most comFew readers

• Wave pool format with heats run on different sides of the pool

  In wave pools formats, you might run a heat for each athlete on different sides of the pool (e.g. for a left and right).  Running this format requires a special set up. Video tutorial for how to set up and run wave pool formats with a heat on each side of the pool:Popular