Cross-Country Skiing

Guide to setting up Zone4 Timing for cross-country ski races, including seeding, start lists, and results.

There are a variety of different equipment setups for cross-country ski races depending on the type and tier of event.

To help target information for timing events, it is useful to classify these events into tiers.

For 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.

On the main race settings page, at the very bottom, select the Standard Racer Fields option, and turn on the “Time Penalty” field.

Plan the registration, equipment, and Zone4 Timing setup for a cross-country ski loppet.

The 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.

This 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.

This process requires that your race have both sprint and distance points fields.

Volunteers are the backbone of every event and without them racing simply wouldn’t happen.

The 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.

Connect Summit timers to a Serverbox and sync their times; never resync a Summit during a race.

To use Summits Timers, we recommend using a Zone4 Serverbox which provides a stable connection to collect and process times even if the internet is intermittent or non-existent.

The seeding rules communicated to Zone4 by Nordiq Canada are as follows:.

Identify the main buttons on the Alge ASC2 start clock and learn what each one does.

Historical overview of FIS timing equipment requirements and changes announced for the 2022–25 period.

Configure confirmation lists and results for Alberta Cup races.

In High School racing, it’s common for the registration to have a Seeding field allowing coaches to seed their races to a desired seed.

At FIS races, it is required that all timing devices be precisely synchronized so they have the exact same running time of day.

Historical reference to U20 sprint heat changes for the 2022–23 season; the article marks this guidance as no longer valid.

All of the following equipment is necessary to time a FIS-level race.

From 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.

FIS homologation: https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/information/homologated-timing-equipment.html states that the Summit SRT2000 timer must be used ‘with external printer’.

Zone4 offers a dedicated system to automate the validation of USSA registrations to ensure your race data is as clean as possible.

Weekly FIS points list deadlines and publication timing, with the 2025–2026 season dates shown in the schedule image.

Review cross-country ski seed-order guidance for interval starts, mass starts, sprint qualifiers, and federation rules; the page describes the 2024–25 season.

Import race results into the Alberta Cup points system, review the points, and remove ineligible racers.