Numbering Management Screen¶
We have what we hope is the most versatile numbering system possible, to allow you to number athletes for your meeting as you desire.
There are four different sets of options to choose from:
Numbering System¶
- Unique numbers, automatic — Gives a unique number to each athlete in the competition
- Unique numbers, assigned manually — Does no automatic numbering — allows manual numbers to be assigned
- Repeat for each gender — Numbers men and women independently (there will be a number 1, 2, etc. for males and females)
- Repeat for each age group — Numbers each age group independently (there will be a number 1, 2, etc. for senior athletes, U20 athletes, etc.)
- Repeat for each category — Numbers each category independently (there will be a number 1, 2, etc. for SM, SW, M35, W35, etc.)
Order¶
Order is the priority in which you want numbers to be assigned (i.e. order by surname first, then first name, etc.)
You can set up to 5 different criteria from the following:
- Alphabetical on family/last name
- Alphabetical on first/personal name
- By date of birth (oldest first)
- Event (short sprints first)
- Age group (youngest first)
- Age group (oldest first)
- Gender
- Category
- Team or club code
- Performance — Orders athletes on qualifying performance
Numbers Available¶
You are able to set a range, or multiple ranges, from which to number competitors.
This can be useful if you have physical numbers left over from a previous competition; you can specify to use these numbers — e.g. '50-75,129-171'.
Otherwise, you will usually want to leave it as '1+'.
Filtering by Event, Club, or Category¶
The numbering configuration also offers multiple options for filtering the events or the competitors you wish to number.
Only number the following Event IDs allows you to number events of your choosing, whether a single event or multiple. Just enter the event ID(s) (seen in the first column of the events grid) separated by commas, i.e. T01,T03,T05,T06,F01.
The following three options to only number by team ID, categories, or age groups all filter the competitors you are numbering.
In the team ID field, just enter a comma separated list of the club codes you want to restrict numbering to (useful for giving out blocks of numbers for team managers to distribute to their clubs).
The categories and age groups fields work much the same, with the categories field looking for exact matches to competitors' age categories (i.e. U17W or U15G,M45,W70), while the age groups field ignores whether the athlete is male or female (i.e. U17 or U15,V45,V70).
Note
If all of these fields are blank, all events and competitors will be numbered
Late Numbering¶
If you get more participants after you have numbered the majority, you do not need to start again. Simply hit save again (unless you want to change your configuration) and it will number all those without bibs.
If you wish to just add a few numbers individually, you can do this by clicking on individual athletes on the Manage Competitors page.
Clearing Numbers¶
If at any point you want to start from scratch, just click the red 'Clear Numbers' button.
Warning
This will remove all numbers from all competitors.
Bulk Renumbering¶
If you've numbered athletes outside of OpenTrack, due to a timing company using their own numbering system or your event is incorporated into a larger event, you won't be able to use our numbering system and will need to assign athletes their bib number in OpenTrack in order to upload results.
Read more on our competitors management page.