Individual time trial

A time trial is a race in which each participant starts individually. In this case, the race start time - if any - is ignored.

The choice of the Time trial race type can be made from the event creation stage. In all cases, the settings can be found here, in the Timekeeping tab of the event settings:

In a stage event, each stage can be managed as a time trial, independently of the others.

Check the No TT mention option if you do not want the Time trial text to appear on the event printout titles.

Assigning the start times

Individual start times can be pre-assigned. Either to create a starting list that informs the participants, or because these times will be considered official and there will be no detection on the starting line.

The Start list group of the ribbon provides access to the assignment tools:

When operating, you're free to manage the race with any of these 3 possibilities:

• with scheduled start times only

• with both scheduled start times and measured start times

• with measured start times only

More information about individual start times assignment

Start session screen

Wiclax offers a remote web page as a display for a time trial start.

Opening the TT remote screen from the ribbon

On a PC or smart TV connected to the local network, enter for example http://192.168.8.27:5050/starts in a browser. The PC name can replace its IP address. Ideally, you will place the browser in full screen mode, and you can play with its zoom to perfectly adapt the content to the dimensions of the screen.

The page displays the list of the next competitors to be called, then plays visual and audible countdowns for each start.

Acces from the web

If you have the Web Services option attached to your license, the module is also accessible via the web.

The communication channel is activated here:

And the address to browse becomes https://wiclax.com/starts. You will be asked to log in to your usual wiclax.com account.

In local access as in web access, the module requires the Wiclax master to be open and connected, with the event file loaded. After initialization, the initial session can continue even if the connection is broken, but if so, it will not respond to any data changes.

Entering results

Good to know in the context of a time trial:

• it is possible to manually modify the start time of a competitor from the results entry form

• If you are working with manual timing or with a simple photocell, consider using the End key on the bib number field of the results entry form. It allows you to pre-validate the expected competitor and get the next signal from the cell or from the keyboard automatically assigned. The form also displays the next expected bibs according to the starting order.

• to work on a results grid ordered according to the order of passage of the competitors at the finish, display the Time of day column (aka Brute time) and sort the grid on this data.

Race monitoring

The Live screen of the G-Live app allows an ideal follow-up of a TT race. It presents the next competitors to start, those in the race with their time scrolling and their virtual rank, and of course the ranking of the best performances updated live.