Frequently asked questions

Until the official race start. Until then you can change your prediction as often as you like, after that it is locked.

The official start list is only final once it is published, and athletes can still drop out shortly before the race, for example due to illness. An athlete who does not finish scores no points. So check your prediction shortly before the start, you can change it any time until then.

For relays and mixed relays you predict the nations in places 1 to 5. In all other races you predict athletes.

Up to 25 points: 5 for every place predicted exactly right, fewer the further the actual finish differs. More than 4 places off or no finish scores 0 points.

You get no points for that race. You can keep predicting the next races at any time, joining later in the season is possible too.

Scoring is based on the official IBU result. As soon as it is final, points are calculated and the leaderboards are updated.

Before the season you predict the top 5 of the men's and women's overall World Cup and answer single questions such as the overall winner or the best German.

Until the start of the first race of the season. After that they are locked.

The overall World Cup top 5 is scored like a race using the scoring table. Every exactly right answer to a single question scores 2 points, a wrong one 0 points.

Create a group and share the group code. Groups are private: only people who know the code can join. You then have your own leaderboard.

There is an overall leaderboard of all players, an experts leaderboard, a groups leaderboard and the leaderboards within your own groups.

A group needs at least 3 active members to appear in the groups leaderboard.

You can see who is predicting as an expert this season on the experts page.

Our partner LaVita provides prizes for the top 10 of the overall ranking, the winners of individual World Cup events and the winner of the season predictions. All details are on the prizes page.

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