Setting it up
Run your qualifying first, then click Setup bracket. For the whole-day picture — mixed-category qualifying through to publishing — see Running a dual slalom event.Bracket format
Match format
How many advance
Say how many riders make the bracket — 31 qualified, 16 advance. The bracket itself is the next power of two above that, and the top seeds take byes for the difference, resolved automatically. Seeds fill in fastest-first from qualifying. You can drag to reorder, or seed manually or at random.Maximum differential
Defaults to 1.5 seconds, per USAC 5E2(c). A rider who wins the first run by more than this only carries the maximum into the second — so a blown corner costs the run, not the match. A rider who doesn’t finish a run is charged the maximum rather than an infinite gap.!!-IMAGE-NEEDED-!! — The bracket setup dialog with format, match format, size, and the seed list.
Running it
The bracket diagram shows every match. Click one to point the operator panel at it, then stage and run it like any other dual-slalom pair. Winners cascade into the next round on their own. A match is decided when both riders have all their legs recorded, or one forfeits. Resolve byes re-walks the bracket and advances anyone with no opponent. Run it after setup, and after any reseed or substitution.Fixing a bracket
Things go wrong at a slalom more than anywhere else. All of this is available:Wrong rider in a match
Wrong rider in a match
Edit match in the operator panel — substitute either rider by plate or
name. Substituted riders are badged so you can see it was a manual change.
Riders on the wrong sides
Riders on the wrong sides
Edit match → swap A and B.
A leg time is wrong
A leg time is wrong
Fix it inline in the match panel, or open Edit all times for a table of
every match and every leg with editable cells. That’s the fastest route
when an import double-fired or a tag was missed.
A rider can't take their run
A rider can't take their run
Forfeit / DNF at the bottom of the match panel. Their opponent advances.
The seeding was wrong
The seeding was wrong
Edit seeds re-runs seeding for the whole bracket. Only available before
any match has been decided — after that, substitute riders instead.
The bracket is in a state you don't understand
The bracket is in a state you don't understand
Press Resolve byes first — it fixes most of it. If it’s still wrong, open
Edit all times to see every leg at once and work out what’s missing.
Seeding runs
Qualifying happens on this same race, not a separate one. Turn on seeding mode and you can time riders from every dual slalom category through both lanes at once — each rider’s time records against their own category, and From quali times then seeds each bracket from it. → Running a dual slalom eventNext
Corrections
Fixing results outside the bracket.