This recorded session is intended for industry timers and covers how to set up challenge events on RunSignup's Challenge Platform.

1. Timer Tip Tuesday - Challenge Events

2. RunSignup Challenge Overview
What are they, how do they differ from Virtual Races,
and what are the main types?

3. “A Virtual Challenge is a special
type of Virtual Event that gives
Participants the ability to log
multiple Activities over time.
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4. Challenge Types

5. Two main types of Challenges
Before you decide to get started setting up
your Challenge, it’s important to spend some
time to think about how you want it to work.
We find that there are two main types of
Challenges being set up now, Fixed Distance
Challenges and Open-Ended Challenges.
Each of these options has unique setup
requirements, so it’s good to know what you
want to accomplish before you start setting
things up!
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6. Two main types of Challenges
OPEN ENDED
These are Events where there is
no defined end goal for all
Participants.
A good example of this is an
event where the goal is to simply
log as many runs as you can,
and participants are ranked
based on who accumulates the
most mileage.
FIXED DISTANCE
These are Events where there is a
defined end goal for all
Participants.
A good example of this is an event
where the goal is to run the length
of a state by adding up the total
distance of many runs, and
participants are ranked based on
who reaches the end goal first.
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7. Two main types of Challenges
In either case, Open Ended or Fixed Distance, you can always use
different parameters for the Challenge.
For instance, instead of trying to achieve an end goal of running
the length of New Jersey, it may be to accumulate the height of
Mt. Everest in total elevation gain.
Or instead of running as many miles as you can, it could just be try
to accumulate the most amount of time.
In addition, you can also set up multiple Activity Types which allow
participants to log things like bike rides, walks, and more.
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8. Challenge Result Sorting

9. What are your options?
Challenges can be sorted in many ways, and
the best recommendation depends on the type
of Challenge that you’re setting up.
❖ Greatest distance?
❖ Most elevation gain?
❖ Lowest time?
❖ Fastest pace?
❖ First to reach a milestone?
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10. Our Recommendations
OPEN ENDED
For Events that do not have a defined
end goal, we recommend one of the
options that sort results based on the
greatest amount of something.
For instance these are great options for
an Open-Ended Challenge:
● Greatest distance
● Most elevation gain
● Greatest time
● Fastest pace
FIXED DISTANCE
For Events where you want to award
those who reach the end goal first, we
always recommend using the Earliest
Milestone Completion Date option.
What this will do is always sort results
with the first person to reach some
defined distance you have for this Event,
even if someone else ends up logging
more mileage they will not jump ahead
because they have a greater total
distance.
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11. Critical Setup Items
Today we’ll walk through the most critical
steps of setting up and operating a Challenge.
❖ Creating a Challenge from Scratch
❖ Setting up Activity Types
❖ Setting up Milestones
❖ Results Sorting Options
❖ Testing and Troubleshooting
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12. Race Creation
❖ Selecting Virtual Challenge as the Event Type
❖ Understanding the Submission Period
❖ Setting up as a Draft Race so you can test it out yourself
❖ Verifying basic setup under Virtual Results Settings
❖ Edit Results to view/update result set info
○ Set contact email address appropriately
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13. Activity Types
❖ Are they necessary? What are the benefits? What if it’s a
single activity type challenge, like running only?
○ Additional Pace Checking
■ This reduces errors on the user end and therefore
reduces time you need to spend manually cleaning
things up.
○ Required for RaceJoy Challenge Integration
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14. Milestones
❖ If you are setting up a fixed distance challenge, we always
recommend setting up an Overall Milestone that
represents the finish distance.
○ This allows you to sort based on who has completed the
challenge first based on the date that they have unlocked
that Milestone.
❖ If you are setting up an open ended challenge, Milestones
are not required, but can be a great way to motivate
participants to keep logging activities.
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15. Results Sorting
❖ Best options
○ By Milestone Unlocked for Fixed Distance
○ By Total Distance/Tally/Elevation Gain/Time for open
ended.
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16. Testing and Troubleshooting
❖ Register yourself for the Race
❖ See if you want to skip any steps or fields that are not
necessary
○ Look into Fast Registration Options
❖ Learn how to submit results for yourself
❖ Learn how to view and delete Milestones that were
unlocked on accident.
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