R4WRUN

About R4WRUN

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Built for gravity sports

The all-in-one platform for gravity sports. Run your events and championships, track and analyze every run, and follow the whole scene — built for downhill skateboarding, street luge, inline and trike.

  • Skateboarding
  • Street Luge
  • Inline
  • Trike
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New since you last looked

Recently shipped features, marked New throughout the page.

01

Getting started

Where R4WRUN runs, how it reaches you, and how to make it yours.

Apps

R4WRUN runs in any modern browser, installs to your home screen as an app, and has a native iPhone app on its way to the App Store.

  • Sign in with email, Google or Apple — the same account works in the browser, the installed app and the native app.
  • The iPhone app adds Bluetooth RaceBox import, in-app Premium purchase and links that open straight in the app. Android is planned.
  • Install from your browser's menu or the install prompt that appears automatically.
  • Runs as a standalone app with its own window — no browser toolbar or tabs.
  • Updates automatically in the background so you always have the latest version.

Notifications

New

R4WRUN can reach you by email and by push notification, and you decide which is which for every kind of update.

  • Push works in browsers that support it. On iPhone and iPad it needs R4WRUN installed to the Home Screen first. No third-party push vendor is involved.
  • Eleven categories — messages, results, organizer updates, registration, picks, new followers, runs, activity, feedback, news and system — each with its own Email and Push switch, plus a master switch.
  • When your race result has been final for two days, you get a “your result is up” note (within 10 days of the event).
  • Registration confirmations carry your check-in QR code; you also hear about feedback status changes, likes and comments on your runs, and a birthday recap of your season.
  • Manage it all under Profile → Notifications. If your browser has blocked notifications, the card explains how to allow them again.

Light & dark mode

New

R4WRUN is dark by default. Switch to Light, or let your device decide with System, from the Appearance card on your profile.

  • The choice is remembered per device, so your phone and laptop can differ.
  • Photos, banners, maps and run-analysis screens stay dark in both modes so images read the way they were shot.

Multi-language

R4WRUN is available in six languages for the global downhill community.

  • Currently supported: English, Spanish, German, Italian, French and Portuguese.
  • Switch language at any time using the language selector in the header.
  • Each language has its own localized URLs for easy sharing.
  • Race terms such as heat, Round of 16 and Semifinals stay in English in every language, the way they're called at the start gate.

App updates

We ship updates frequently. When a new version is deployed, the app prompts you to refresh so you get the latest features.

  • An update card appears at the top of the page when a new version is available.
  • Tap Refresh to load the new version — your place in the app is preserved.
  • A service worker handles versioning under the hood, so updates are fast and avoid stale caches.

Try a format in the sandbox

New

Every competition format has a sandbox under Compete: type in some names and run a full competition in your browser — no sign-up, nothing saved.

  • Knockout, league ladder, Progressive RTQ, Traditional RTQ and Time Trials, each with the same screens organizers use on race day.
  • Useful for organizers deciding on a format, and for riders who want to understand how they'll be seeded.
02

Riders & profiles

Your profile, suit, sponsors, badges and home screen.

Rider profiles

Every rider has a personal profile that identifies them across events and championships.

  • Sign in with Google, Apple, or an email and password.
  • Every profile has a unique username — used for sharing your profile link and for finding you in search.
  • Upload a profile photo with built-in image cropping.
  • Select your country — displayed with your flag throughout the platform.
  • Set your riding stance: Regular or Goofy.
  • Choose your preferred discipline to be grouped with riders in the same discipline.
  • Optional birth date — your age is calculated and shown on the public profile.
  • A completed profile is required before registering for any event.
  • Profiles have Overview, Stats, Runs and Achievements tabs.
  • The stats card shows your R4W rating, radar, key numbers (heats, finals, poles, km raced, events), medal shelf, streaks, rivals and a season-by-season history.
  • Browse your full race history with results from every event you've participated in.
  • Compare your performance against another rider with the personal card and progression chart on championship pages.
  • Edit your profile and notification preferences from the profile page — turn email categories on or off independently.
  • Share your profile via the share button (uses your device's native share sheet or copies the URL).

Racing suits

New

Design your leathers and helmet in the Suit Studio so organizers and commentators can pick you out on the track.

  • Colour 6 base zones — helmet, chest, both arms and both legs — then add Kevlar panels and a visor colour.
  • A rendered model shows the suit front, back and in the tuck, in a men's or women's cut. Mirror left/right or front/back in one tap.
  • The suit colour picker provides an interactive HSL adjuster with curated swatches for quick selection.
  • Premium members can remove the chest logo.
  • Your suit appears on your profile, in the rider card, at the top of your runs, and next to your name in qualifying and heat views when organizers turn on Suits.
  • This helps track officials identify riders as they cross the finish line during heats.

Sponsors & partners

Riders and events can show the brands behind them.

  • Add up to 6 sponsor logos to your profile, or to an event's Info tab.
  • Logos appear on rider cards, profiles and event pages, each linking to the sponsor's website if you add one.

Achievement badges

Earn badges as you race and build your profile. Badges are visible on your rider profile and track your progression across the platform.

  • 88 badges in 12 groups: race milestones, podiums, wins, consistency, qualifying, knockout & heats, events, distance, giant killer, legacy, runs and profile.
  • Most badges come in bronze, silver, gold and platinum tiers.
  • Race milestones reward showing up — from your first race to your 30th.
  • Performance badges track wins, podiums, and consistency stats like win rate and podium rate.
  • Knockout badges reward heat wins, reaching finals, and high advancement rates.
  • Profile badges encourage completing your rider profile — avatar, suit, sponsors, and more.
  • Tap any badge to see its description and whether you've earned it.

Home

New

Your home screen leads with your season: your rider card, your rating and what's coming next.

  • A rating gauge (or how many races until it unlocks), a career replay of your rating and your recent form.
  • In race week, a card counts down to the event with directions and where you stand in the championship going in.
  • Riders you follow who are going to the same event, and a runs card with your spots on a map.
  • A following feed of what the riders you follow have been up to.
  • Suggested riders, each with a reason — they follow you, race with you, are followed by people you follow, or ride near you.
03

Events & registration

How an event is set up, how riders sign up, and what fans can follow.

Events

An event is one race weekend, on its own or as a round of a championship. It moves through registration, optional practice, qualifying, the race stage (knockout, ladder or hybrid) and results.

  • Set name, location, dates and an optional description and banner.
  • Choose disciplines: Skateboarding, Street Luge, Inline, Trike.
  • Choose categories: Open, Women, Master (35+), Junior (U17), or add your own.
  • The event page is a hub of cards — Racing, Results, Who will win?, Chat, Media, News and Info — so every part of the weekend is one tap away.
  • The Info tab holds the website and rulebook links, track details and the sponsor strip.
  • The riders list can be grouped by country, or shown per category ranked by R4W rating.
  • Add event-specific organizers or rely on inherited championship organizers.
  • Upload a banner and poster with built-in image cropping; the poster opens in a fullscreen preview modal.
  • Optionally set a registration price and currency for paid events.
  • Optionally add a website URL and Instagram handle displayed on the event page.

Event registration types

Events support different participation modes to accommodate various event formats.

  • Competition — Traditional competitive races with qualifying, knockouts and standings.
  • Freeride — Non-competitive participation without qualifying or knockout results.
  • Competition + Freeride — Events with both competitive heats and open freeride sessions.
  • Riders can register for multiple categories in the same event (e.g., both Open and Master divisions).

Schedule & venue

New

Organizers can publish a day-by-day programme and pin the venue on a map.

  • Entries are shown in the venue's own time zone, with optional end times.
  • On race day each entry counts down and carries its own weather forecast; finished days read as done.
  • The event countdown targets the first programme entry, not just the date.
  • Drag the venue pin on a map. It powers the weather forecast and places the event on the championship's race map.

Track details

Events can publish technical details about the track so riders know what to expect.

  • Track distance in metres or feet, with the unit shown next to the value.
  • Average track grade (slope) as a percentage.
  • Estimated max speed in km/h or mph.
  • Track details appear on event cards, the event detail page, and in event listings.

Registration & organizers

New

Riders join an event by registering for a discipline and category. Organizers decide who can join and what they're asked.

  • Registration opens as a sheet showing the categories, any fee and the organizer's questions.
  • Three registration modes: Open, Invitation only (organizers add riders; the event shows an Invitational chip) and Closed.
  • Ask custom questions — short or long text, single or multiple choice, yes/no — or start from templates like T-shirt size, dinner, dietary needs, emergency contact, club, shuttle and accommodation.
  • Require waivers riders must accept to register (templates: liability, equipment, medical fitness, rules). The acceptance date shows at check-in.
  • Organizers can include a custom registration message that riders see when signing up.
  • Cancel your registration any time until you've raced — once you have times, heats or results in the event, only an organizer can remove you.
  • Nothing freezes the whole roster any more: a rider is only locked once they're in a generated heat.

Organizer tools

  • Championship organizers automatically have management permissions on all events within that championship.
  • Event-specific organizers can also be added for individual races.
  • Organizers can enter qualifying times, generate knockouts, record heat results and manage riders.
  • Organizers can convert an existing registration between competition and freeride from the riders tab.
  • Organizers can bulk-import riders from a CSV with built-in validation.
  • Organizers can manually invite riders by email; an invitation is sent automatically.
  • Add placeholder riders without an account — useful for in-person events where some riders haven't signed up yet.

Media

New

Each event has a Media card collecting photo galleries and videos from the weekend.

  • Anyone signed in can submit a gallery or video link; the organizer approves it before it's shown.
  • You can withdraw anything you submitted.

Who will win? — picks

New

Call the winner of every race before it's run, and see how the crowd is leaning.

  • Anyone signed in can pick one winner per discipline and category, as long as the race has at least 2 riders. Picks close once the final is up.
  • Individual picks are never shown to anyone. The crowd's percentage split is revealed only after you've made your own pick, with a trend chart of how it moved.
  • Afterwards you'll see whether you called it.
  • Championships have picks too: call the champion of each class. A title closes once every round that offers it has been raced.
  • About a week before a competition with 10 or more riders in your discipline, you get a reminder to make your picks (switchable to All disciplines or off).

Live event indicator

Events currently in progress display a pulsing "LIVE" badge so the community knows when racing is happening right now.

  • The live indicator shows when the event start time has passed and the event has not finished, based on the event date range.
  • The badge appears on event cards in the directory, on the home dashboard hero, and inside event recommendation lists.
04

Qualifying & timing

Every way to build a seed order, and every way to get times in.

Qualifying

Qualifying builds the seed order for the race stage. Pick one method per discipline: Time Trials, Race to Qualify (traditional or progressive) or Custom Seeding.

Time Trials

Time Trials is the classic qualifying format. Riders complete timed runs down the course and the fastest times earn the top seeds.

  • Organizers enter times per discipline and run number.
  • Times are entered as M:SS.mmm (e.g. 1:23.456) or SS.mmm (e.g. 45.230).
  • Multiple runs supported (Run 1, Run 2, Run 3, etc.).
  • The best time across all runs determines each rider's seed.
  • Riders can be marked as DNF (Did Not Finish).
  • Riders who don't show up can be marked as DNS (Did Not Start) — harsher than DNF.
  • Rankings show all riders ordered by best time, with individual run times in columns.

Import timings

Organizers can bulk-import qualifying times from a spreadsheet instead of entering them manually one by one.

  • Upload an Excel (.xlsx) or CSV file with a bib column and run columns (run1, run2, run3, etc.).
  • Times can be entered as M:SS.mmm (e.g. 1:23.456), SS.mmm (e.g. 58.200), or raw milliseconds.
  • Empty cells or "DNF" are imported as Did Not Finish.
  • Riders are matched by bib number against registered riders in the current discipline.
  • Bibs that don't match any registered rider are skipped — shown in the preview before importing.
  • A preview step shows all matched riders with parsed times before confirming the import.
  • Imported times overwrite existing values for the same rider and run number.

Practice runs

Free-practice times published on the event Racing page, completely separate from competition.

  • Practice times are fully isolated — they never affect statistics, seeding, qualifying or race results.
  • Record multiple runs per rider with best time, gap and round-over-round deltas, just like qualifying.
  • Organizers can add or edit practice times at any point during the event — there are no lock gates.
  • Enter times manually or bulk-import them from a timing file.
  • Times appear live for everyone as organizers enter them.
  • Riders and spectators see a read-only practice leaderboard.

Traditional Race to Qualify

Race to Qualify (RTQ) is an alternative to timed qualifying where riders compete in head-to-head races across multiple rounds, with the fastest advancing automatically to knockout seeding.

Setup

  • Heat configuration: Choose riders per heat (2, 4 or 6) and the total number of rounds.
  • Round 1 uses snake seeding: riders are distributed left-to-right, then right-to-left alternating, ensuring balanced heats.

Running

  • After each round, riders are automatically rotated into next-round heats based on their finishing positions. Winners advance to specific heat assignments using a rotation formula.
  • Downstream rounds are auto-populated as each heat completes — no manual heat generation needed.
  • Final rankings are based on total points: 1st place = 1 point, 2nd = 2 points, etc. DNF/DSQ receives penalty points. Lowest total points wins.

Editing

  • Heats can be re-edited if downstream heats have no results yet. Resetting a heat clears all downstream heats, ensuring knockout consistency.

Progressive Race to Qualify

Progressive RTQ is a variant of Race to Qualify where riders compete in small heats across multiple rounds, getting shuffled each round so they face different opponents.

Format

  • Riders are split into small heats (e.g. 4 riders per heat). Each rider races in one heat per round.
  • Scoring per heat: 1st = 3.1 pts, 2nd = 2 pts, 3rd = 1 pt, 4th = 0 pts. DNF/DSQ = 0 pts.
  • Between rounds, riders are re-paired by their accumulated heat points (Swiss style) — riders on similar points race each other, and the system avoids repeat match-ups so you meet new opponents wherever possible.
  • Rounds are generated one at a time. Complete all heats in a round before generating the next one.

Ranking

  • The tiebreaker measures how strong your opponents were (the total heat points of everyone you raced). It's scaled down to a small bonus — at most about one heat win — so beating strong riders breaks ties without overruling your own results.
  • Final Score = Heat Points + Tiebreaker bonus (a bounded extra worth at most about one heat win). This determines the final ranking used for knockout seeding.

Scoring example (heat of 4)

P1 3.1
P2 2
P3 1
P4 0

Example: With 12 riders, heat size 4, and 3 rounds — each rider races 3 times against 3 different groups of opponents. The rider with the best combination of results and opponent strength ranks highest.

Custom Seeding

Custom Seeding lets organizers set the knockout seed order directly, without running any qualifying heats or timed runs.

  • Bib Number Order — seeds riders by their assigned bib numbers (1, 2, 3...). All riders must have bibs first.
  • Random Draw — shuffles riders using a numeric seed for reproducibility. Same seed always produces the same order.
  • Manual Order — arrange riders in any order using drag-and-drop. Defaults to bib order on first setup.
  • Seeds can be changed until the knockout is generated.

Bib numbers

Each rider receives a unique bib number for identification during the event.

  • Bib numbers are automatically assigned when a rider registers.
  • Numbers are unique per event — no two riders can have the same bib.
  • Organizers can edit bib numbers by clicking on them in the Riders tab.
  • Bib numbers are displayed throughout the event: riders list, qualifying, knockouts, and results.
05

Heats & knockouts

Brackets, seeding and the formats that keep big fields racing.

Knockouts & heats

Single elimination: riders are seeded from qualifying and race in heats until the final decides the winner.

Knockout Generation

  • Select discipline, category and riders per heat (2, 4 or 6).
  • Choose knockout size based on how many riders enter (8, 16, 32, 64, 128).
  • The generator shows its work before anything is saved: the bracket shape, the cut (last rider in, first rider out) and byes for the top seeds.
  • Pick a seeding pattern — Classic or Showdown (see Seeding).

Running Heats

  • Enter finishing positions for each rider in a heat.
  • Mark riders as DNF, DSQ (Disqualified), or DNS (Did Not Start).
  • The top half of each heat advances (e.g. top 2 out of 4).
  • Next-round heats are generated automatically when the current round is complete.
  • Run status indicator shows whether a heat is idle, in start position, or currently running.
  • While a heat runs, a countdown estimates when it will finish, based on the riders' best qualifying times.

Editing & Resetting

  • Re-edit a completed heat: later-round heats are cleared and regenerated.
  • Reset a heat: clears all positions and returns it to pending.
  • The knockout stays consistent when corrections are made.

Seeding algorithm

Seeding decides who meets whom. Top-ranked riders are spread across the draw so the fastest meet as late as possible, and every heat gets a balanced mix.

  • Riders are ranked by their best qualifying time — seed 1 is the fastest.
  • Seed 1 and seed 2 are placed in opposite halves of the knockout.
  • Remaining seeds are distributed so that each heat has a balanced mix of fast and slower riders.
  • Two patterns: Classic — seed 1 can't meet seed 5 before the semifinal — and Showdown — seed 1 races seed 5 in round 1, with heats still balanced.

Classic, 16 riders, 4 per heat:

Heat 1

#1 · #8 · #9 · #16

Heat 2

#4 · #5 · #12 · #13

Heat 3

#3 · #6 · #11 · #14

Heat 4

#2 · #7 · #10 · #15

H1 + H2 → Semi 1 · H3 + H4 → Semi 2 · Semi 1 + Semi 2 → Final

This ensures a seed 1 vs seed 2 final if both riders advance.

Consolation final

New

Each bracket chooses whether the semifinal losers race again.

  • On: semifinal losers race a consolation final for P5–P8 (P3–P4 with heats of 2).
  • Off: P5–P8 go by semifinal finishing position, with the better qualifying time breaking ties.

Heat Insights

New

Open any heat for a preview before it runs and a recap after.

  • Prediction: each rider's chances from qualifying time, heat-win rate, head-to-head record and stage record.
  • Recap: predicted finish against what actually happened.
  • Forecast: for heats whose riders aren't known yet, who's likely to get there.
  • The headline and the Prediction/Recap/Forecast list are free. The model breakdown, Path, Qualifying and Rating tabs, head-to-head and category scope are Premium.

Merged-category knockouts

A single knockout bracket can combine multiple categories of the same discipline into one combined field — for example, one race serving both an open tour class and a national championship category.

  • Pick the categories to merge when generating the knockout; riders registered in several merged categories race only once.
  • The combined finishing order is re-ranked within each category, so every category gets its own podium and points.
  • Merged brackets appear under each category they cover, marked with a "Combined" badge.
  • Works with every seeding source — time trials, RTQ, custom seeding and the league ladder.

Hybrid knockout / round-robin

A per-discipline alternative to the regular knockout that blends a knockout bracket with a round-robin ladder. Built for large fields of 19 to 84 riders racing in heats of 4, it keeps everyone racing every round.

  • The field is split by qualifying seed: the top seeds start in the knockout bracket while the rest race a round-robin ladder.
  • The ladder is reseeded from each round's results, so positions are earned fresh every round.
  • Knockout heats advance the top two; losers drop into the ladder, and the best ladder riders climb into the next knockout round.
  • When every heat of a round is complete, the next round is generated and populated automatically.
  • An interactive tree view shows each rider's path through every round — advance, drop, climb or stay.
  • Organizers choose Regular knockout or Hybrid per discipline; the two are mutually exclusive.

League format & ladder stage

Championships can use a League format where riders progress through a multi-stage ladder. This complements the Standard event-by-event format.

  • Choose between Standard (one points list per event) and League (a ladder across all events) when creating the championship.
  • The ladder stage groups riders into rounds, with results carried forward across events.
  • Ladder progression is visualised with an interactive tree view, using smooth Bézier connectors between rounds.
  • A progression chart shows each rider's ladder position round by round.
  • Your own path through the ladder is highlighted so it's easy to find yourself at a glance.
  • Points can be edited on a running ladder — rounds already raced are rescored.
  • Ladder stages lock once downstream stages exist, preventing edits that would invalidate later rounds.
06

Results & live views

How finishing positions are worked out, and how the day is shown live.

Race results

Results are computed progressively as the knockout plays out.

  • Final round: positions assigned by finishing order.
  • Earlier rounds: eliminated riders receive positions based on when they were knocked out.
  • Within each elimination group, riders are sorted by qualifying time.
  • Without a consolation final, semifinal losers are placed by their semifinal position, then by qualifying time.
  • DNF/DSQ riders are placed last within their group; DNS riders are placed after DNF/DSQ.
  • Riders who qualified but didn't make the knockout appear below all knockout participants.

Podium & results display

Race and championship results feature a visual podium for the top 3 finishers.

  • Gold, silver and bronze pedestals with rider avatars, country flags and stats.
  • Click any rider on the podium or results table to view their profile.
  • Points are displayed per rider based on position and the championship's points system.
  • Riders beyond the podium are shown in a ranked table below.

Live event display

New

Live pages update the moment an organizer enters a result, for everyone watching.

  • Live Qualifying shows real-time qualifying results with an RTQ tree view or timed run times. Viewers can click riders for detailed profiles.
  • Live Results displays knockout progression as heats complete, with interactive knockout visualization and rider details.
  • Broadcast mode is made for a big screen or stream: when a heat is called, a full-screen card introduces each rider (qualifying time or RTQ standing, stats, head-to-head, win chance); while it runs a slim band stays up; when it's done, the finishing order is revealed with the winner last.
  • An On deck list shows what's next, and auto-rotate cycles the view every 5 s, 10 s, 30 s or 1 min.
  • Live pages are public and shareable — broadcast qualifying or knockout results to spectators, judges, or online viewers.

Distance gaps

Turns a time gap into metres: how far behind one rider would have been when the other crossed the line.

  • Pick two riders and see the gap drawn on a metre ruler, with finish-line speed.
  • The drawing is free for everyone. The run-against-the-field analysis, run tables and Raced together history are Premium.

Data export

Organizers can export event data to Excel spreadsheets with flexible field selection for custom analysis and record-keeping.

Fields

  • All exports include fixed core data (position, bib, rider name, country).
  • Select additional optional fields (DNF/DSQ status, points, times, etc.) based on export type.

What you can export

  • Export race results with customizable fields — include points, DNF/DSQ status, or other relevant data.
  • Export knockout outcomes with optional DNF/DSQ status and country information.
  • Export qualifying data (timed qualifying with times, or RTQ with points) with optional additional fields.
  • Riders and results can also be downloaded as CSV.
07

Championships

Series, points systems, standings and embedding them on your own site.

Championships

A championship groups multiple race events and tracks overall standings across the season.

  • Create a championship with a name, season and optional description and banner image.
  • The Info tab opens first: what the series is about, a race map with numbered venues (raced, next, to come), the calendar and the season's format, points, counting rounds and organizer.
  • Add multiple organizers who inherit permissions on all events within the championship.
  • Events are ordered within the championship (Race 1, Race 2, etc.).
  • Optionally add a website URL, rulebook URL and Instagram handle to share with participants.

Points systems

Each championship has a configurable points system that determines how finishing positions translate into standings points.

SystemDistributionMin
Standard100, 80, 60, 55, 50, 45, 40 ...1
F125, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 10
Linear50, 49, 48, 47 ...1
CND1000, 940, 885, 835, 790, 750 ...0
CustomDefine your own values per position—

Standings recalculate automatically when the system changes. The points system can be edited from the Standings tab.

Championship standings

Standings aggregate results from all events in the championship.

  • Points are awarded per event based on finishing position and the selected points system.
  • Championships can count only a rider's best N of M rounds. Dropped results stay visible, marked “Points dropped”.
  • Filter by discipline and category.
  • Each rider shows total points and number of races.
  • Riders ranked by total points, highest first.
  • Standings show a position delta after each event so riders can see who's moving up.
  • Your row is highlighted in the standings table when viewing while logged in.
  • A Stats tab breaks the season down three ways.

Embed standings

Championship organizers can embed live standings on their own website using a simple code snippet.

  • Find the embed button next to the share button on any championship page.
  • Pre-filter by discipline and category using URL parameters.
  • The embed auto-resizes to fit its content.
  • It stays in the R4WRUN dark look, with a “Powered by R4WRUN” footer linking back.
Embed code
<iframe
  src="https://r4wrun.com/championships/your-championship/embed"
  width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0"
  style="border:none;border-radius:12px;overflow:hidden;">
</iframe>
08

Race-day tools

Check-in, roster changes and running the whole event with no signal.

Organizer tools

Everything an organizer needs from the week before to the podium.

  • Manage riders: bibs, notes, payment status, transponder IDs, CSV import (bibs can come from the file) and CSV export.
  • Control qualifying: enter run times (for timed qualifying) or manage RTQ heats with position editing and automatic advancement.
  • Generate and manage knockouts: customize heat size, preview seeding, edit heat results, reset heats with cascade protection.
  • Add heat comments during competition (e.g. “Re-run Heat 3”).
  • Export final results to Excel for records, sharing with riders, or championship aggregation.

Check-in

Organizers have a dedicated check-in page to manage rider arrivals on race day.

  • Toggle rider check-in and check-out status with timestamps.
  • Track payment status for each rider with payment timestamps.
  • See each rider's waiver acceptance and transponder ID at a glance.
  • Add or edit organizer notes on individual riders.
  • Edit bib numbers directly from the check-in view.
  • View rider profile with avatar, name, country, and registered categories and disciplines.
  • Check-in keeps working with no signal when the event is set up for offline race day.

QR code

Each registered rider gets a personal QR code for quick identification at events.

  • QR codes are generated automatically for each rider showing their name, bib number and registered categories.
  • Organizers can scan QR codes to quickly identify and check in riders on race day.
  • Riders can share their QR code from the event page for easy check-in.
  • Event and championship pages auto-generate Open Graph metadata so links shared on social media show the title, date, and a preview image.

Roster changes on the day

New

Registrations stay editable while the event runs. A rider only becomes fixed once they're in a generated heat.

  • Remove a rider, or switch them to freeride, as long as they aren't in a generated heat yet.
  • Move a rider to another category or discipline — bib, check-in and qualifying times come with them. It's refused once they're in a knockout heat or have final results.
  • Already in a heat? Use Substitute to swap in another rider, or to replace a placeholder with the rider's real account (they get an email).
  • Placeholder riders let you register people who haven't signed up; they can claim their results later.

Offline race day

New

No signal at the track? Download the event while you still have one and run the entire competition on the device — then upload it all when you're back online.

  • Works in the browser, the installed app and the native app. Set it up from the Racing page (“No signal where you're racing?”).
  • Every format runs offline: practice, qualifying, time trials, RTQ, ladder, hybrid and knockouts — plus check-in, bibs, payment status, notes, transponders, removals and category changes.
  • A status bar on every event tab shows you're offline. “Upload N changes” replays everything onto the server in order.
  • Download a backup file with standings and qualifying at any time, refresh the roster while you have signal, and only one tab can run the event at once.
  • Not available offline: creating new rider accounts, sending invitations, payments and renaming placeholders.

Spare riders for walk-ups

New

Riders who turn up without registering can still race offline, if you prepare spares first.

  • While you have signal, create up to 100 blank spare riders. They never appear on any start list.
  • At the venue, claim a spare with the walk-up's real name and they can race immediately. The name is applied when you upload, and their results stay attached.
  • Out of spares? Walk-ups are captured and created on upload, but can't race until then.
  • In League format, claim spares and finish roster changes before the ladder is set up.
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Runs & training

GPS runs, timed sections, telemetry and run-vs-run comparison.

Activities & run tracking

Upload your descents and review, compare and share them — a training log built for gravity sports.

  • Upload a GPX or RaceBox CSV file, or import straight from a RaceBox over Bluetooth.
  • GPX and RaceBox CSV files are supported. CSV is the most accurate; GPX also works, with lower accuracy.
  • Each run shows its data source and an accuracy tier — High, Medium or Estimated — so you know how the numbers were measured.
  • Set each run to Public, Followers or Private, and rename or delete it whenever you like.
  • Recorded a whole session with several descents and shuttle rides back up? R4WRUN detects the separate runs and can split them into individual activities.
  • Your runs page is a world map of your spots, one stack per spot, grouped by day, with lifetime totals. You can follow a spot to hear about new runs there.
  • Runs can be liked, commented on and shared. New runs notify your followers and the spot's followers.

Timed sections & spot boards

New

Time any stretch of road like a real timing system: a start line, a finish line and up to 5 splits.

  • Lines are 30 m wide and know which way you're riding, so a run only counts when it crosses them downhill.
  • Each run uses your own marks first, then the spot's approved section, then an automatic section along the longest descent.
  • Found a good section? Suggest it for the spot and it goes to review.
  • Each spot has a Fastest runs board with Compare with any rider on it. Personal sections never rank, and runs recorded below 5 Hz are kept off the board.

Run analysis

New

Open a run for a full breakdown of how it was ridden, on one synchronized screen.

  • An interactive route map colored by speed or slope, with a crosshair that links the map to every chart.
  • Headline vitals — max speed, distance, duration, average speed and elevation loss.
  • Open Full telemetry for synchronized speed, lateral G and elevation, a G-force diagram and speed-zone bars.
  • Key-moment tiles: 0–100 km/h times, fastest 100 m / 200 m / 1 km, peak braking and cornering G, steepest grade and more — tap one to find it on the map.
  • Automatically detected corners with entry, apex and exit speeds, peak G, and the corner's G-G trace drawn as a speed-coloured path.
  • For board runs recorded with a RaceBox, slides are detected inside each corner with slip angle, speed scrubbed and heelside/toeside — and if none were found, it tells you why.
  • Brush any part of the run to re-scope every readout to just that section, then reset to the full run.
  • Replay the run on the map with a follow camera, or in 3D terrain with a chase camera. Each run also shows the weather you rode in.
  • Export clip: a video overlay of board, speed and clock on a transparent background, ready for your edit (Chrome).

Compare runs

Put one of your runs next to anyone's run at the same spot and see exactly where time is won and lost.

  • Run A and Run B are aligned by distance over the shared stretch of road, with both routes drawn on the map.
  • A live time gap shows who is ahead, and by how much, at every point of the run.
  • Ghost race plays both runs together; Why points to where the gap was made and what caused it.
  • Side-by-side vitals and a full key-moments table with A, difference and B columns.
  • Corner-by-corner and slide-by-slide comparison with a racing-line overlay.
  • Choose which telemetry lanes to overlay — gap, speed, elevation, grade or G-force.
  • Ask the coach (Premium, up to 20 a day) explains the difference in plain words.

RaceBox import

Import runs straight from a RaceBox GPS device over Bluetooth — no laptop or file export needed. It works in the mobile app and in Chrome or Edge on desktop and Android.

  • Scan for your RaceBox, connect, unlock it with its security code if needed, and download recorded runs with live progress.
  • Runs you already have are skipped automatically, so re-importing never creates duplicates.
  • Safari has no Bluetooth support, so on iPhone the app handles it and everywhere else the CSV upload still works.
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Stats & the R4W rating

How the rating is built, how to read the radar, and the leaderboards.

The R4W rating

New

One number from 40 to 100 that sums up a rider's racing, built from every result on R4WRUN.

  • It's a weighted mean of five axes — Results 35%, Qualifying 25%, Heats 20%, Racecraft 10%, Consistency 10% — over the axes you have data for.
  • Every result is weighted by recency (full weight for 12 months, then halving each year, never below 0.3) and by field strength: beating a deep international field counts for more than a local race.
  • New riders start near the middle: the mean is pulled toward 50 by n/(n+2), where n is your races, so one great weekend can't make you a 95.
  • The result is mapped to 40 + 0.6 × mean. Tiers: gold 85+, silver 72+, bronze 60+.
  • To appear on the boards you need 4 races and one in the last 24 months. Time off never lowers your number — inactive riders are simply parked until they race again.
  • A Reliability chip — Provisional, Emerging, Established or Proven — tells you how much history stands behind the number.

Performance radar

The radar on every stats card draws the five rating axes as a shape. Each axis runs 0–100, higher is better. A near-regular pentagon is an all-rounder; a spiky shape shows clear strengths and gaps. Axes you've never had the chance to score on are left out rather than counted against you.

Each vertex sits on one of the five axes. The closer the point is to the outer edge, the stronger you are on that dimension; the closer to the centre, the more room to grow. The five axes cover: field-weighted race results (Results), head-to-head heat strength (Heats), single-lap pace (Qualifying), race-day execution (Racecraft), and how steady your results are (Consistency).

The five axes

Results — field-weighted finishes

How well you place in your finals, weighted by how big the field was. Beating a stacked 60-rider field counts for more than winning a heat of 4.

For each final you score by where you finished relative to the field (winner = 100, last = 0), then those are averaged with bigger fields weighted more heavily. Winning is the top of that scale, so wins and podiums are already rewarded here.

Example: 1st of 40 riders weighs far more than 1st of 4 — the big-field result pulls this axis up.

Qualifying — single-lap pace

How fast your best timed lap is compared to everyone else who set a run in the same event, discipline and category. Pure speed on a single attempt.

For each event-discipline-category you raced, you earn a percentile: fastest in the field = 100, slowest = 0, mid-field around 55 in a 10-rider group. The axis is the average of those percentiles.

Example: you set the 3rd-best time in a 9-rider qualifying. Percentile = (1 − 2 / 8) × 100 = 75.

Heats — head-to-head strength

How you do head-to-head in heats of every format — knockout, RTQ, ladder and hybrid.

Each heat scores your place within it (1st = 100, last = 0), blended 50/50 with how often you convert heats into the next round.

Example: mostly 1st and 2nd in heats of 4, advancing from most of them, lands in the 70s.

Racecraft — making the most of race day

How well you turn your grid slot into a finish. Rewards riders who hold or improve their position on race day — winning from the front and charging through the field both count.

Centred at 50 — you finished roughly where you qualified, mid-pack. Winning or holding the front, and climbing through the field, push you toward 100; only losing places on race day drops you below 50. It's normalised by the room you had to move, so a front-runner who wins isn't capped — they score full marks. If you have no qualifying-to-final data yet, this axis defaults to 50.

Example: qualified P8 and won a 10-rider final — you climbed all 7 places available to you, so racecraft = 100.

Consistency — how steady your results are

How much your finishing results swing from race to race. Riders who land in a similar spot every time score high; boom-or-bust riders score lower.

Measured from the spread (standard deviation) of your field-relative finishing percentiles — the tighter the spread, the higher the score. Needs at least 2 races — with a single result there is no spread to measure, so the axis shows "—" until your second race.

Example: finishing around the same percentile every race scores high; alternating between wins and last places scores low.

Rider archetypes

The chip above the chart distils all 5 axes into one of 8 archetypes. The first rule that matches wins, so a rider could fit several — only the strongest signal is shown.

Newcomer
fewer than 3 races on record. The shape is not reliable yet, so we hold off labelling.
Champion
wins finals often (25% or more) and dominates head-to-head heats (45% or more).
Podium hunter
finishes top 3 in at least a fifth of their finals without quite locking in the win.
Pole specialist
claims pole at 40% or more of their events, but rarely converts that pace into knockout advancement.
Heat bully
wins 45% or more of their heats but rarely closes out a final. Strong in the early rounds, fades at the top.
Comeback kid
qualifies further back yet still advances from 40% or more of their knockout heats. A grinder who races up the order.
Veteran
30 or more finals on record without high win rates. Long history, steady presence in the scene.
All-rounder
solid across the board without one stand-out trait. The default when no other archetype matches.

With fewer than 4 races on record a rider's rating stays provisional and a "limited data" notice appears under the chart — the shape is not yet reliable, and a single great or bad weekend can swing it dramatically.

Rating journey

New

A career replay of your R4W rating after every completed event.

  • Shows your peak, your season high and how far you are off your peak.
  • Appears on Home once you have 3 rated events. In Head-to-Head, two riders' journeys can be overlaid (Premium).

Rider stats & rankings

The riders hub ranks the whole scene across a set of leaderboards you can filter by discipline.

  • The R4W ranking sorts riders by rating, in gold, silver and bronze tiers.
  • A rating distribution chart shows how the whole field spreads across the tiers, with the average and median rating.
  • A Strongest Nations board ranks countries by the strength and depth of their riders.
  • 39 stat boards cover speed, podiums, wins, conversion, consistency and more, with ▲/▼ chips showing who moved.
  • The top 10 of every board and each board's summary curve are free; the full boards are Premium.

Head-to-head

Put two riders side by side and see how they stack up.

  • You against anyone is free: overall record, per-discipline split and your last 3 meetings.
  • Every shared race, heat by heat.
  • Comparing two other riders, the category filter, the full meeting list and rating over time are Premium.
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Community

News, chat, direct messages, following and feedback.

News

Events and championships have a news feed for posting updates, results announcements, and community discussion.

  • Organizers post text updates with optional images directly from the event or championship page.
  • When posting, the organizer can notify everyone taking part once, by email and push. The post is also announced in the event chat.
  • Authors can edit and update their own posts; the feed updates in place without a page reload.
  • Riders can like posts; the like count is shown in the feed.
  • Each post supports comments — followers and other riders can join the conversation.
  • R4WRUN's own announcements live in the News feed, where you can like them.

Event chat

Each event has a private real-time chat for everyone involved in the race.

  • Open to registered riders, event organizers and championship managers for that event.
  • Messages appear instantly in real time.
  • React to messages with 👍 ❤️ 😂 🔥 🙌 😮, and see who's typing and who's online.
  • An unread badge shows when there are new messages waiting.
  • Links shared in chat are detected and made clickable automatically.
  • Event chats sit in your Messages inbox alongside your direct messages.

Direct messages

New

Message any rider privately, one to one.

  • The Messages inbox holds your conversations and event chats, with All, Unread, Riders and Events filters and search.
  • “Message the organizer” on an event page starts a conversation about that event.
  • The same six reactions as event chat.
  • Blocking works both ways, and threads with a deleted account stay readable but closed.

Follow & followers

Build your network by following other riders. Followers help surface relevant content and recommendations.

  • Tap Follow on any rider card or profile to start following — unfollow at any time from the same button.
  • Follower count is shown on each profile.
  • Home suggests riders to follow, each with the reason why.
  • You can also follow a spot to hear about new runs there.
  • Get notified by email or push when someone follows you.

Feedback & community

Users can submit feature requests, bug reports, and suggestions. The community votes on ideas and organizers track implementation status.

  • Post types: Feature requests, bug reports, and improvement suggestions.
  • Organizers track feedback status: under review, planned, in progress, on testing, or completed.
  • Vote on posts to show support for features you'd like to see.

Reporting & blocking

New

You're in control of who can reach you.

  • Report a rider, message or comment and it goes to the moderation team.
  • Block a rider to stop them messaging you. Manage your blocked list in your profile settings.
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Premium

What stays free, and what a subscription adds.

Premium & subscriptions

Browsing, registering, racing and organizing are free. Premium adds deeper analytics and a few extras.

  • Free: events, registration, results, championships, profiles, the rating and radar, your runs and their analysis, and You-vs-anyone head-to-head.
  • Premium: full stat boards past the top 10, distance-gap analysis against the field, comparing any two riders, category filters on other riders' stats, Heat Insights in depth, the run-comparison coach, removing the suit chest logo and the R4W badge on your profile.
  • Organizers see Premium views on the events they run, at no cost.
  • Monthly or yearly (the yearly plan saves 16%). The 7-day free trial is available once.
  • Subscribe on the web or through the iPhone app, and manage, cancel or reactivate any time.
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Reference

Terms and abbreviations, and how to reach us.

Terminology & abbreviations

  • Disciplines: Skateboarding, Street Luge, Inline, Trike.
  • Categories: Open, Women, Master (35+), Junior (U17) — plus any custom categories an event adds.
  • DNF (Did Not Finish) — A rider failed to complete a run or heat.
  • DNS (Did Not Start) — A rider did not start the heat. Counts worse than DNF in points.
  • DSQ (Disqualified) — A rider violated rules and was removed from competition.
  • Seed — A rider's ranking position in a knockout based on qualifying times. Seed 1 is fastest.
  • Heat — A race or qualifying round with a small group of riders (2, 4, or 6).
  • Knockout — Single-elimination tournament structure where losers are eliminated each round.
  • Round — A stage in a knockout (Round 1, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Finals, etc.).
  • RTQ (Race to Qualify) — Qualifying by racing heats instead of timed runs.

Contact

For more information, integrations, partnerships or any questions about the platform, please get in touch.