Rick Floyd wrote:For instance, how do you handle results when there are no ISSA classes, but only an A/B/C?
If there are A/B/C/... classes that is handled just as a big Open class. I presume the classes are determinded by a qualifcation. The final results for the ranking with 16 racers in each class wil be...
1 1:st Class A
..
16 16:th Class A
17 1:st Class B
..
32 16:th Class B
33 1:st Class C
..
48 16:th Class C
Automatic class calculation
After having started to update results from Josef Stefka sent for the Czeck events this year I want to clarify how the results are handled. The ranking result machine is quite intelligent and will help out in sorting out all possible classes depending on age and sex.
Example 1 - One Open Class:
If you run just one big OPEN class just give me that result. You don't have to filter out juniors, masters and women. That the program will do by itself depending on age and sex. Note though that this is demanding that ages for juniors (17 and younger) and masters (45 and older) are correct in the ranking database for the racer. Also that the status of the racers is correct (PRO or Am).
Example 2 - One Open Class and One Junior class:
From the Open class the possible classes for masters and women will be sorted out. Also Pro and Am classes for men depedning on the rules concerning this.
From the junior class the possible classes for -17, -14 and -11 willl be sorted out. Also on Boy/Girl classes.
Example 3 - One Open Class, One -17 Junior class and One -11 Junior class:
Sometimes you might want a special class for the smallest racers beacuse you might set a super simple course for them.
From the Open class the possible classes for masters and women will be sorted out. Also Pro and Am classes for men depedning on the rules concerning this.
From the -17 junior class the possible classes for -17 and -14 willl be sorted out. Also on Boy/Girl classes.
From the -11 junior class the possible classes for -11 Boy/ -11 Girl classes will be sorted out.
Example 4 - One Pro Class, One Am Class:
Sometimes you might want to seperate the racers in Pro and Am classes. Often because you want to set a more challenging course for the Pros.
From the Pro class nothing is derived. A pro class is a pro class and only counted as such. Even if women and juniors attend the results will just count for the Pro ranking nothing else.
From the Am class the possible classes for masters, juniors and women will be sorted out.
Note! That if a junior or a woman enter the pro class they will not have any points for the Women or junior classes automatically. For this they have to also attend the Am Class.
So even if this sounds complex it is actually done to make it simple (and fair). Don't filter out classes yourself. Just send in the results as they were run. The program will do that work for you. But once again... it's important that you personal data is correct for this to work.
Check out you personal data
here. Click on your name and make sure your ranking age is correct. If not give me a mail. Urgent if you are 45 years old or more. Or 17 years old or less. Hopefully the sex will be correct but it has happened that it has been registered incorrectly so watch out.
Last remark for this time
When sending in the results in the awaited format make sure the file is a clean text file with no formatting. I.e. if you can open the file in "Notepad" and it looks ok then everything is good.