Activate time prediction

By activating this option, Copérnico will use the predictive algorithm. Its operation is simple, although you should note the following:

1. It does not make sense to activate it for an event with only “start” and “finish” points because the accuracy is very low with only two splits. It is more accurate from three intermediate locations onwards, and the more intermediate points the better for accuracy.
2. The slopes of the course affect it quite a lot, so in trail events it is difficult to be accurate
3. It is very important to complete the data properly and to be as accurate as possible, as this will be used for the calculations.
4. Data from previous editions of the same event and same course can help you a lot to complete the correct data.

To activate the time prediction:

1. Go to the ‘Live’ section from the left-hand side menu.
2. Click on the event for which you want to activate predictive localisation.
3. Click on the checkbox ‘Will the time prediction be displayed’. When you do so, new fields will appear that need to be filled in.

Estimated starting time of the last runner: if you have no idea how long it will take, you can use this rule of thumb as a guide; in an 8-metre arc about 1000 runners per minute.

Predictive: You must complete all the steps between legs. Note that you complete the minimum time of the leg, i.e. how long it will take the fastest person to complete that particular leg. In the example you see there are 2 legs: one from the “Start” split to the “5K” spit, and one from the “5K” to the “Finish” split:

For these four sections we have set the same times because the distance between them is the same: 1 km. Thus, we have set the time of the fastest athlete (2 min 50 sec) and the time of the slowest athlete (8 min). Paces of 2:50 min/km for the fastest athlete and 8 min/km for the slowest athlete have been taken into account.

This example was easy because we only had two sections and they were both the same distance.

Standard running paces are usually between 3 min/km and 9 min/km.These paces can change in trail events. Hence the importance of data from previous years.