Event Management

To understand how to fix problem Efforts, it helps to understand how OpenSplitTime evaluates Split Times. When a Split Time is added or changed, OpenSplitTime reviews each Split Time for the Effort sequentially, following this procedure:

1. Assume the starting Split Time is good and mark it as such
2. Locate the next recorded Split Time
3. Measure the elapsed time for the segment looking back to the previous valid Split Time, ignoring questionable and bad Split Times that may exist in between
4. Mark the Split Time as good, questionable, or bad, depending on how the elapsed segment time compares to statistical tolerances for the segment
5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 for each Split Time

If there is no starting Split Time for an Effort, OpenSplitTime has no way of calculating elapsed segment times, so it does not attempt to evaluate the validity of Split Times for that Effort.

Problems fall into one of a few categories:

• The Entrant's time out of a station is earlier than the Entrant's time into the same station
• The Entrant's time into one station is earlier than the Entrant's time into the previous station
• The Entrant's time into one station is too soon after the Entrant's time into the previous station
• The Entrant's time into one station is too long after the Entrant's time into the previous station
• The Entrant is recorded as having stopped at one station but is recorded into a later station

From many points within OpenSplitTime, you can reach the Effort screen for an Entrant by clicking on the Entrant's name. Split Times that OpenSplitTime evaluates as questionable will be yellow and flagged with brackets. Times that OpenSplitTime evaluates as bad will be red and flagged with brackets and asterisks.

So long as you are logged in as an Owner or Steward, the Effort screen shows a set of Confirm (thumbs up) buttons and a set of Delete (trash can) buttons, each corresponding with the listed Split Times.

If OpenSplitTime has flagged a Split Time as questionable or bad, but you know that the Split Time is correct, you can confirm the Split Time by clicking the corresponding Confirm (thumbs up) button. When a Split Time has been confirmed, the corresponding button changes from white to green. Confirming a Split Time overrides OpenSplitTime's analysis such that the Split Time is treated as valid for all purposes. You can un-confirm a Split Time by clicking the corresponding Confirm button again, changing it from green to white.

If you determine that a Split Time is faulty, you can quickly delete the Split Time by clicking the red trash can icon corresponding with the bad Split Time. Deleting a Split Time cannot be undone.