When running a team event, you can control how you want teams to submit their scores depending on how you've programmed your workouts. The right option depends on whether your team works together as a unit or whether teammates compete independently.
You can set this per workout in your scoring setup — there are three submission modes to choose from.
Submission Modes
Single Score
The team captain enters one combined score for the entire team. Use this when your workout is a true team effort where everyone works together and the result is a single shared output.
Score Per Team Member
The team captain enters an individual score for each teammate. The platform then aggregates those individual scores into a team total based on the aggregation method you've chosen (see below). Use this when teammates perform the workout independently.
⚠️ Timed workouts with a time cap: When using Score Per Team Member for timed workouts, avoid setting an explicit time cap in the system. Instead, instruct athletes to convert incomplete reps into penalty seconds. For example, if the individual time cap is 10 minutes and an athlete has 5 reps remaining, they would submit a score of 10:05. This ensures all individual scores are in the same unit and can be accurately combined into a team total.
Single Score / Multi Video
The team captain enters one combined team score, but a separate video link is required from each individual teammate. Use this when teammates perform the workout independently for judging purposes, but you only need one combined score rather than individual scores.
Score Aggregation Methods
When using Score Per Team Member, you also need to decide how those individual scores are combined into the team's final score. Competition Corner supports several aggregation methods:
Aggregation Method | How it works | Best used when |
Total (Sum) | All individual scores are added together | Every teammate's performance contributes equally to the team result |
Lowest Score | The team's score is the lowest individual score on the team | You want teams to move at the pace of their slowest member — no one gets left behind |
Highest Score | The team's score is the highest individual score on the team | You want to reward the team's best performer |
Average | All individual scores are added and divided by the number of team members | You want a representative score that balances out outliers across the team |
Top X per Gender | Only the top X scores from each gender on the team are counted | Mixed-gender teams where you want to count a set number of scores from males and females separately — for example, top 2 female scores + top 2 male scores |
Choosing the Right Combination
Submission Mode | Best used when | Who enters the score |
Single Score | Team works together — one combined result | Team captain enters 1 score |
Score Per Team Member | Teammates work independently — individual results aggregated | Team captain enters a score per member |
Single Score / Multi Video | Teammates work independently — one team score, individual video proof | Team captain enters 1 score + video per member |
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