Triathlon event management software

Triathlon combines a swim, a bike leg and a run, completed one after another with the clock running through both transitions. The sprint distance is commonly a 750 metre swim, a 20 kilometre ride and a 5 kilometre run, and the standard distance doubles that to 1.5 kilometres, 40 kilometres and 10 kilometres. Middle and long distance races go much further.

Most triathlon events offer more than one race. A single weekend may include a standard distance race, a sprint for newer athletes, junior and youth races over shorter courses and a team relay. Zeetius Tournaments lets an organiser build each race with its own distances, categories, entry limit and fee, under one event listing.

Related multisport formats follow the same pattern. Duathlons replace the swim with a first run, and aquathlons combine a swim and a run, and many triathlon clubs and federations run them alongside their triathlons. Each format is set up as its own race, so athletes can enter whichever combination the event offers.

• Sprint. Commonly 750 metres swimming, 20 kilometres cycling and 5 kilometres running.
• Standard. Commonly 1.5 kilometres swimming, 40 kilometres cycling and 10 kilometres running.
• Relays and multisport. Team relays, duathlons and aquathlons set up as separate races in the same event.

Large triathlons rarely start everyone at once. Athletes are grouped into waves by category, gender or expected swim time, and each wave starts at a set interval so the swim course does not become crowded. On Zeetius, the waves, their order and their start times are set by the organiser, and athletes can see their wave as soon as it is published.

Transitions are part of the race. In the first transition athletes change from the swim to the bike, and in the second from the bike to the run, so the transition area needs racking for every bike, clear check-in times and enough officials to watch it. Start lists and wave allocations give the race team a single list to plan check-in and racking from.

Technical officials in triathlon watch the swim, the transitions, the bike course and the run, and apply the rules on drafting, equipment and conduct. Zeetius Tournaments and Zeetius Federation accredit, nominate and allocate officials to each race, and the federation keeps a record of every official's appointments across the season.

• Wave starts. Athletes grouped by category or gender, with each wave's order and start time set by the organiser.
• Transition planning. One start list for check-in, racking and the officials stationed in transition.
• Officials. Swim, bike, run and transition officials allocated to every race from the same record.

Triathletes want to know two things after a race: where they finished overall and where they finished in their category. Results on Zeetius are published by race, gender and age group as soon as the officials confirm them, and every finisher can receive a certificate generated in bulk from the results. Live scoring for your race format can be discussed with our team.

Across a season, results become rankings. Zeetius Federation prepares rank lists from real results by category, which is how a federation runs a national series, an age-group ranking or a selection list for junior development squads and international age-group teams. Each ranking can be traced back to the races that produced it.

Zet AI answers questions about a federation's own data in plain language, such as which juniors have improved most across a series or how participation in each age group has changed. It can also estimate entries per race, so organisers plan the right number of waves, officials and volunteers.