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How to Create Multi-Workout Events

Group several sub-events under one parent event. Athletes complete all sub-events within the same heat, and points from each sub-event contribute to the overall leaderboard.

Common examples:

  • Rowing Triathlon — 2K Row, 500m Sprint, Max Cal Row
  • Snatch Ladder + Lifting — Timed snatch ladder, then a three-lift total
  • Sprint Series — A fast couplet followed by a max effort deadlift

Prerequisites​

  • Competition created with at least one division
  • Familiarity with adding standalone events

Create the parent event​

  1. Open your competition from ORGANIZE
  2. Click Events in the sidebar
  3. Click Add Event and select Create New
  4. Give the parent event a name that describes the overall challenge (e.g., "Rowing Triathlon")
  5. Add a description explaining what athletes will face across all sub-events
  6. Save the event

The scoring scheme on the parent doesn't matter — scoring is configured per sub-event.

Add sub-events​

  1. On the events list, find your parent event and click the + Sub-Event button
  2. Create or select the workout for the first sub-event
  3. Configure its scoring scheme, score type, and tiebreaker independently
  4. Repeat for each sub-event under this parent

Sub-events appear indented beneath their parent in the events list. Each sub-event has its own:

  • Scoring scheme (for time, max reps, max load, etc.)
  • Score type (min, max, sum, average)
  • Tiebreaker rules
  • Points multiplier
  • Division-specific scaling descriptions

Configure points multipliers​

By default, every sub-event is worth 1x points (multiplier = 100). To weight a sub-event differently:

  1. Click the edit icon on the sub-event row
  2. Set the Points Multiplier — e.g., 200 for 2x points on a finals-style lift
  3. Save

Athletes earn separate placement points for each sub-event. The leaderboard aggregates points across all sub-events of a parent.

Schedule heats​

Heats are scheduled on the parent event, not on individual sub-events. Athletes complete all sub-events within their assigned heat.

  1. Go to the Schedule tab
  2. Find the parent event in the event list (sub-events are not shown here)
  3. Create heats and assign athletes to lanes as you would for a standalone event
  4. Each heat covers the full parent event — athletes move through all sub-events in sequence

For detailed heat scheduling steps, see How to Schedule Heats.

Enter results​

Results are entered per sub-event, but athletes are grouped by the parent event's heats.

  1. Go to the Results tab
  2. Select the parent event from the dropdown
  3. You'll see tabs for each sub-event
  4. Switch between sub-event tabs to enter scores — each tab shows the same athletes (from the parent's heats) with the sub-event's scoring scheme
  5. The leaderboard automatically aggregates points across all sub-events

For detailed score entry steps, see How to Run Event Day.

Edit a parent event​

  1. Click the edit icon on the parent event row in the events list
  2. The edit page shows the Parent Event Settings card at the top and tabbed sub-events below
  3. Switch between sub-event tabs to edit each one — the Save Changes button saves whichever tab is active
  4. To edit the parent name or description, scroll to the Parent Event Settings card

Reorder sub-events​

Drag sub-events within their parent group to reorder them. The order determines how they appear in the results tabs and on the athlete-facing leaderboard.

Sub-events cannot be dragged outside their parent group or reordered across parent boundaries.

Remove a sub-event or parent​

  • Removing a sub-event deletes it and reorders the remaining siblings automatically
  • Removing a parent event deletes the parent and all its sub-events

Limitations​

  • Sub-events can only be one level deep — you cannot nest a sub-event under another sub-event
  • A sub-event must belong to a parent within the same competition
  • Parent events do not have scores of their own — only sub-events are scored

See also: How to Schedule Heats · How to Run Event Day