Cross-Country Skiing
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- Guide to Using Zone4 Timing Software for Cross-Country Ski RacesGuide to setting up Zone4 Timing for cross-country ski races, including seeding, start lists, and results.
- Equipment Setup for a Cross Country Ski RaceThere are a variety of different equipment setups for cross-country ski races depending on the type and tier of event.
- Tiers of EventsTo help target information for timing events, it is useful to classify these events into tiers.
- Validating Race LicencesFor races that will be importing points, or exporting results to a system that requires race licences to be included, it is important to check that the correct race licences are entered.
- Applying Time Penalties, Sanctions, or Jury DecisionsOn the main race settings page, at the very bottom, select the Standard Racer Fields option, and turn on the “Time Penalty” field.
- Timing a LoppetPlan the registration, equipment, and Zone4 Timing setup for a cross-country ski loppet.
- XC Race PreparationThe sport of cross country skiing has grown so much in recent year, changes to procedures and culture have been required to ensure expectations are met consistently at ever larger events.
- Using Photocell times with Chip times or Summit dataThis document assumes that you are using a photocell that can be plugged into a Summit Timer, and are already familiar with the operation of Summit Timers and your specific model of photocell.
- Pursuit and Multi-Stage RacesThis process requires that your race have both sprint and distance points fields.
- Volunteer RequirementsVolunteers are the backbone of every event and without them racing simply wouldn’t happen.
- Start List and Results features for Coaches and FansThe Start list and Results views on Zone4 offers several features for coaches doing split timing as well as parents and fans watching both at home and on-site.
- Connecting Summits to a ServerBoxConnect Summit timers to a Serverbox and sync their times; never resync a Summit during a race.
- Summit AppCollect times from Summit timers over the radio modem with the Summit App desktop app and sync them live to your race on Zone4.
- Summit BridgeThe browser-based Summit Bridge is no longer supported; use the Summit App to collect Summit times.
- Cross Country Skiing Individual Start SeedingThe seeding rules communicated to Zone4 by Nordiq Canada are as follows:.
- Alge Start ClockIdentify the main buttons on the Alge ASC2 start clock and learn what each one does.
- Alberta Cup FormattingConfigure confirmation lists and results for Alberta Cup races.
- Seeding High School RacesIn High School racing, it’s common for the registration to have a Seeding field allowing coaches to seed their races to a desired seed.
- How to Synchronize FIS Timing DevicesAt FIS races, it is required that all timing devices be precisely synchronized so they have the exact same running time of day.
- XC Ski Equipment, Setup Timelines, and Staffing RequirementsAll of the following equipment is necessary to time a FIS-level race.
- Cleaning Registration Data for XC Ski RacesFrom the moment an event registration is opened until the final set of results are published, the quality, correctness and cleanliness of the data involved will be a factor on how well the event runs.
- Thermal Receipt PrintersFIS homologation: https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/information/homologated-timing-equipment.html states that the Summit SRT2000 timer must be used ‘with external printer’.
- USSA ValidationZone4 offers a dedicated system to automate the validation of USSA registrations to ensure your race data is as clean as possible.
- FIS/NRL/NC Points List Publication DatesWeekly FIS points list deadlines and publication timing, with the 2025–2026 season dates shown in the schedule image.
- Cross Country Skiing Seed OrderReview cross-country ski seed-order guidance for interval starts, mass starts, sprint qualifiers, and federation rules; the page describes the 2024–25 season.
- Alberta Cup Series PointsImport race results into the Alberta Cup points system, review the points, and remove ineligible racers.