On the day & after · During the competition

Keep judges moving and the scorer calm

Once judging starts, your job shifts from building to watching. The goal is to keep every station on the correct competition, category, and round, and to catch mistakes while they're still cheap to fix. This page is your comp-day playbook.

Set up the day

Before the first athlete steps up, lock down the operational basics. A smooth comp day starts with three things: working judge devices, a published schedule, and clear roles.

1Open the judge page on every scoring device. Verify each one shows the correct competition, category, and round.
2Run one test save per device. Confirm the score appears on the chief view before doors open.
3Publish the startlist and schedule to the public hub. Spectators should see the correct order before they arrive.
4Assign roles. One person stays on the chief view or live leaderboard. Another runs the floor. Do not let the scorer also manage the stage.

Spare device ready

Keep one fully charged judge device on standby. If a screen cracks or a battery dies, swap it in within thirty seconds.

Monitor scoring live

Once judging starts, keep one person glued to the chief view or the live leaderboard. You are looking for flow, not perfection.

What good looks like

Athletes appear in order. Scores update within two seconds of saving. The round selector matches the stage. No one is stuck on a previous category.

Red flags

An athlete shows zero attempts halfway through their category. A score is impossible (e.g., a top without a zone). A judge device is still on the qualifier round selector.

The chief view and the public leaderboard read the same underlying data — when something looks off on the leaderboard, the chief view is your quickest way to inspect raw attempts. If you see a blank entry, check the judge device first. If you see a duplicated score, verify the station number on the chief view.

Handle dropouts and connectivity

Devices will drop. It is normal. Your job is to keep scoring uninterrupted.

1If a device loses Wi-Fi, tell the judge to keep scoring. Entries queue locally and sync automatically on reconnect.
2Do not refresh the judge page. A refresh wipes the local queue and breaks the sync chain.
3If a device fails completely, switch to paper scorecards. The judge marks attempts manually, and you re-enter them later.
4Keep the chief informed. If a station goes dark, move a floor runner to cover it until the judge returns.

Offline scoring

Judges keep scoring when offline. Entries queue locally and sync on reconnect. See Judges & devices for the full offline workflow.

Between rounds

The transition between rounds is where most comp-day friction happens. Move deliberately.

1Verify the round is complete. Check the chief view for the final athlete and confirm no pending saves.
2Switch every judge device to the next round. Use the round selector on each device — this is the most common failure point.
3Confirm the round selector matches across all devices and the chief view.
4Publish or refresh the public hub. Spectators need the updated standings before the next category starts.

Round selector mismatch

If even one judge device shows the wrong round, that athlete's scores will go to the wrong category. Always verify the selector before the next category starts.