Routster

Sorting and filtering

Three sort modes, one entry per radio control, and three filters.

The sort menu sits above the results table. In every mode, runners who can no longer place — DNS, DNF, MP, DSQ, OT — sit at the bottom of the list.

Live placing

The default. Any two runners are compared at the deepest control they have both reached, and the faster one ranks higher. Finishing does not itself earn a position, so a runner a minute up at control 9 ranks above someone who has already crossed the line more slowly.

This is the mode that answers who is winning. Use it while a race is running.

SituationOrder
Two runners at the same controlFaster time at that control first
Two runners at different controlsCompared at the deeper of the two controls that both have reached
A finisher against a runner still outCompared at the last control the runner still out has reached
Runners with no splits yetBy start time

Ranking, not a chain of comparisons

Three runners measured at three different controls can beat each other in a cycle, so the pairwise comparison alone does not define an order. Each runner is scored by how many others they beat, and the list is ordered by that score. The ordering is stable and does not depend on the order rows arrive in.

Official placing

Ranks by how far round the course a runner is first, and their time at that point second. A runner who has punched control 5 sits above one at control 4 whatever their times.

This answers who is in front rather than who is winning. Once every runner has finished, it is the official result order.

1. Finished                → by finish time
2. Reached the last radio  → by time at it
3. Reached the one before  → by time at it
   …
4. Started, no splits yet  → by start time
5. Not started             → last

The difference between the two

Take two runners. A is at control 5 having run 16:00 to get there. B is at control 3 in 9:00, and A reached control 3 in 11:00.

  • Live placing compares them at control 3, the deepest control both have reached, and puts B first.
  • Official placing puts A first, because A is further round the course.

Start time

Earliest first. Use it to see who is due in next, or to check whether a runner who looks slow simply started late.

By a radio control

Every radio control in the class appears in the sort menu below the three named modes. Picking one orders the class by the time at that control — the standings as they stood there.

Runners who have not reached it yet are ordered by their time at the most recent control they have reached, and then the one before that.

Reading a long leg

Sort by the control at the start of a long leg, then by the one at the end. The runners who move between the two orderings are the ones whose route choice gained or lost time.

Filtering

FilterWhat it showsScope
Search boxRunners whose name or club matches what you type, case-insensitivelyThe class you are looking at
Favourites onlyRunners you have starredYour account, everywhere
Marked onlyRunners you ticked on this pageThis class, this sitting

The filters combine: favourites-only plus a search term shows favourites matching the term. A Clear filters control appears whenever any of them is active.

Marking and favouriting

Marking (checkbox)Favouriting (heart)
PurposeCompare a few runners in this classFollow a person across competitions
ScopeOne competition, one classEvery competition
StorageThe browser sessionYour account, synced across devices
Needs an accountNoWorks on one device signed out; signing in syncs it
Where it appearsThe marked-only filter and the marked countThe favourites strip, the favourites page, the favourites filter

Marking is for a comparison you are making now: tick four runners, switch on marked-only, and read their splits side by side. Favouriting is for the people you follow all season — see Favourites.

Relay teams

Within one class listing a runner is identified by name plus club exactly as printed, so "Täby OK 2" and "Täby OK 3" are distinct.

Across competitions — for favourites and club pages — the trailing team number is stripped, so both resolve to "Täby OK".