How scoring works · Part 1 of 3

The main game

Your overall picks: put the pro athletes in the order you think they will finish, and guess the winning time. The closer your picks are to the real result, the more points you get.

  1. 1Order the athletes

    • 1F1Ana Reyes
    • 2F2Bea Lund
    • 3F3Cleo Marsh

    Drag them into the order you think they finish.

  2. 2Guess the winning time

    7:38:10

    Required. It scores points and breaks ties.

  3. 3Save

    Once for the pro men, once for the pro women.

Once for the pro men, once for the pro women. Every athlete on the start list is already there, in IRONMAN's order, so you can save right away and only change what you want. Only your first 10 earn points; the rest is just where everyone else sits. Change anything until the first pro race starts.

Your overall picks and your winning time make the main ranking, pro men and pro women together, and that ranking decides the game. Nothing else adds to it: each leg is a sub-ranking of its own, and the dark horse is a separate game.

How the points work

Each athlete in your first 10 earns points for where they really finish. The better their real result, the more points. “Place 1” below means the first line of your list, “place 2” the second, and so on.

The podium is where the big points are

+20
Bea
2
Ana
1
Cleo
3
All three podium athletes in your top 3, any order: +20.
+50
Ana
2
Bea
1
Cleo
3
All three in the exact order: +50 instead.

Bonuses for placing them right

Right place in your list +10One place off +4The winner in place 1 of your list: +15 more

Right place and one place off never both count for the same pick.

Points for where each pick finishes

  • 1st25
  • 2nd18
  • 3rd15
  • 4th12
  • 5th10
  • 6th8
  • 7th7
  • 8th6
  • 9th5
  • 10th4
  • 11th or further back, did not finish0

Did not start, did not finish, or disqualified: 0. No penalty. The rest of your list is unaffected.

The winning time

Winning time (required)
  1. Exact second+50 extra
  2. Within 1 minute30
  3. Within 3 minutes15
  4. Within 5 minutes5
  5. Further off0

Your guess for the winner's finish time. It scores in the main ranking next to your overall picks, and when two players tie on points the closer guess goes first.

A worked example

Pro women, made-up names, made-up results. Your list started Ana, Bea and Cleo. The real podium was Bea, Ana and Cleo. Watch what the order of the top three does to the total.

Place 1 in your list: Ana Reyes. She finished 2nd.

  • Finished 2nd18
  • One place off+4
  • Ana earns22

Place 2 in your list: Bea Lund. She won.

  • Finished 1st25
  • One place off+4
  • Winner bonus? No. That only counts when the winner is in place 1 of your list.
  • Bea earns29

Place 3 in your list: Cleo Marsh. She finished 3rd.

  • Finished 3rd15
  • Right place in your list+10
  • Cleo earns25

The rest of your list, and the bonuses on top

  • Places 4 to 10 in your list, added up48
  • Your top 3 were the real podium, in the wrong order+20
  • Winner in place 1 of your list: no0
  • Points from your women's overall picks144

What if you had put Bea first and Ana second?

Same list otherwise. 201 points. One swap, 57 points more. That is why the order of the podium matters most.

Winning time.

  • You guessed 8:30:00. The winner clocked 8:31:40.
  • That is 1 minute 40 seconds off+15

Your women's points in the main ranking so far: 159

Do the same for the pro men, add the two together, and that is your score in the main ranking. The five legs are sub-rankings of their own and never add to it. Your dark horse is scored in its own game.

Next: Leg sub-rankings

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