SILENCE. NATURE. COMPETITION.

• Make sure you have the latest version of the operating system and OTR installed on your mobile.
• Disable the battery consumption restriction. This is very important so that OTR can record your entire route. Without this, we cannot validate your participation automatically. Location and Bluetooth must always be connected.
• Before leaving, charge the battery to 100%. For safety, we won’t let you participate with less than 50% battery. If the race is long, bring the charging cable and an external battery. Remember that the mobile phone is a safety element in the mountains, so make sure you always have enough battery.

• Once you have registered in the APP with your data, search for the race on the map or in the list of races. You’ll be able to filter the races by sport.
• Open the race in which you want to participate. This will download the race data, and if there is no mobile data connection at the starting point, you won’t have any problem starting the race.

• Race description written by the organizer.
• Altitude profile.
• Google Maps link to the starting point.
• Mandatory and recommended gear.
• You can also download the track to upload it to your GPS watch and thus be able to comfortably follow the route, or visualize the route on the map with your favorite track visualization app. If you don’t know any, we recommend GPX Viewer, where you’ll find everything you need in its free version. You just have to download the track and open it with this APP or if you do it with your PC, drag the track onto the map on this website .
• It’s very important that you download the track from OTR because it’s on this track that we will validate your participation. If you follow another track, you run the risk of not following exactly where the OTR race goes and being disqualified.

• Study the route on a map as we discussed in the previous point and look for different escape routes in case something goes wrong.
• Make sure you have provided everything necessary to complete the race route in total autonomy and safety.
• Your safety depends solely on you, and if you don’t have accident insurance, we recommend you get one.
• Charge your mobile phone battery to 100%. For safety reasons, we won’t allow you to participate with less than 50% battery. If the race is long, bring the charging cable and an external battery. Remember that the mobile phone is a safety element in the mountains, so make sure you always have enough battery.

Let yourself be guided to the starting point from the Google Maps link you’ll find. Position yourself within a maximum radius of 25 meters from the starting point and click on start. If you are at the starting point, the APP will geolocate you, and the stopwatch will start in a few seconds. Don’t start if the stopwatch hasn’t started.

OTR races are GPS-tracked, so it’s possible that the route is not marked in most cases. Therefore, if you don’t know the route by heart, you’ll need a GPS device to comfortably follow the route or follow the route on the map with the APP.

• In any case, if you want to classify, you’ll have to use the APP to record your participation. Make sure to follow the track downloaded from OTR. Record the race simultaneously with your watch or GPS device. That way, if for some reason your phone fails, we’ll have something to validate your participation with. Keep this in mind especially if your phone is getting old. If you don’t have a GPS device to record your participation in parallel, we recommend that you pay close attention to the pre-technical requirements to avoid any disappointments. If you simultaneously use another route tracking APP, keep in mind that this may interfere with OTR and cause your participation to not be recorded correctly. Keep your phone, preferably in an external pocket. Keep in mind that if you put it inside a backpack next to other items, it may not record your participation well and also consume more battery than necessary.
• Don’t deviate from the track if you want to classify. If you get distracted at some point and have to backtrack, don’t worry, that won’t disqualify you, but don’t cut through to fix it.
• The race will finish once you reach the finish line (it’s better if you stop right there) and hear or see “Finisher” on the screen. If the stopwatch doesn’t stop automatically, press the STOP button and leave so that the time doesn’t keep running.
• To shave off a few seconds, we recommend reaching the finish line with your phone in hand and the screen unlocked.
• The STOP button also allows you to abandon the race at any time, although if you do it outside the finish line, you won’t appear in the classification, and we’ll ask you the reason for your abandonment. Additionally, we will send you an email confirming your abandonment.

If while participating in an OTR race you have mobile data active, your activity can be tracked on the website, seeing your current position updated on the map every 2 minutes. This is undoubtedly a safety tool. Anyone who wants to follow you just has to go to the LIVE section of the website. Easy, right?

You can also use it on the day when you intend to beat someone’s record that you know; they can see it live 😝.

Our validation system is hybrid because on one hand we validate participations with our powerful algorithm, but if it detects something suspicious, then we validate manually. Upon reaching the finish line, we’ll need you to leave the APP open and the mobile data connection connected for a while so that all the data of your participation reaches us. Once we receive the data of your participation, it will be examined taking into account:

• that you haven’t deviated from the track, leaving part of the route undone.
• that your speeds are possible according to the sport and the slopes.
• and that the distance covered and the accumulated elevation gain match those of the race.

If all of the above is correct, you’ll already be automatically in the classification and you’ll receive your diploma in your email. Otherwise, we’ll contact you by email within 72 hours of your participation, perhaps requesting your collaboration, or informing you of the reason for your non-classification. If you urgently need to be in the ranking, you can contact us, and we’ll do our best within our current capabilities.

The races have checkpoints. These serve so that during the race you can see your ranking at each checkpoint and the time difference with the best time recorded up to that moment.

• The sum of the times of the different races or stages that make up a championship or a stage race determine your classification.
• You can compete as many times as you want in each race or stage to improve your total time.
• When you have completed all the stages, you will receive an email certificate accrediting your participation with all the times and the classification. This replaces the classic passports that you used to stamp after each stage.

In the profile section, in the activity section of the same APP, you will find the list of all your valid participations. Opening any of them will bring up a screen to easily share your achievements.

Some races are part of ITRA and, therefore, can assign ITRA points based on the classifications obtained any day with OTR. It’s necessary to consult with the race organizer if they offer this possibility.

Some races, in collaboration with local companies, will give you a promotion or discount code when you finish, which you’ll receive in the notifications section of the APP. Similarly, in cases where there are raffles.