A blind leaderboard is one of the most impactful tools you can use to maintain the integrity of your competition. When scores are visible in real time, athletes who go later in the day have an unfair advantage — they can use the leaderboard as a benchmark and calibrate their effort accordingly. By hiding scores until all athletes have competed, you ensure everyone submits their best performance without the influence of knowing what score they need to beat.
Competition Corner gives you two approaches depending on what you want to hide.
Option 1: Hide the Entire Leaderboard
Use this when you want to prevent the public from seeing any results until the competition is complete.
Go to Scoring Setup and set the Release Leaderboard On date to when you want the leaderboard to become publicly visible.
As the organizer, you'll always be able to see the leaderboard while logged in. From the public side, athletes and spectators will see:
"The leaderboard for this event has not been released, check back soon or contact the Event Organizer for details."
Option 2: Show the Leaderboard, But Hide the Scores
Use this when you want the leaderboard to be visible but scores to remain hidden until a set time — ideal for online competitions where athletes are submitting throughout a window.
For online/virtual events: When creating your workouts, set the option to Hide All Scores Until Deadline. Scores are collected but not displayed until the deadline passes.
For onsite events: Enter scores as athletes complete workouts but keep them unpublished until you're ready to release them. Alternatively, hide individual workouts from the leaderboard view directly from the workout list.
