{"id":578,"date":"2022-12-29T15:04:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T15:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pom.pt\/2025\/?page_id=578"},"modified":"2025-02-16T14:36:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T14:36:28","slug":"stage-5-night-sprint","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pom.pt\/2025\/stage-6-pre-o\/","title":{"rendered":"Stage 6 \u2013 PreO, Quarteira"},"content":{"rendered":"

Map:<\/strong> Quarteira<\/p>\n

Terrain:<\/strong> Dune terrain with some detail. Mostly open area with bushes and
\nsome trees. The challenges posed to participants mainly require reading the
\nmap and interpreting the terrain.<\/p>\n

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Map maker:<\/strong> Alexandre Reis
\nCourse setter<\/strong>: Jorge Baltazar<\/p>\n

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Additional information:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 This stage is a PRE-O SPRINT, a timing system will be used. The use of SPORTident is mandatory.
\n\u2022 The PreO Sprint is limited to 150 participants.
\n\u2022 Control observation points are numbered sequentially along the route.
\n\u2022 To define the route to be taken, traffic cones will be placed in the areas marked on the map as closed crossings.
\n\u2022 100% paved route.
\n\u2022 The organization does not provide helpers for participants using manual wheelchairs.
\n\u2022 There will be supply (water) at the end of the route.
\n\u2022 Complaints
\n–\u00a0 Location \u2013 Secretariat
\n–\u00a0 Timeout
\n\u25aa Technical problems \u2013 15 minutes after finishing the route
\n\u25aa Classification errors \u2013 15 minutes after fixing the provisional results<\/p>\n

\u2022 A challenge A is resolved by answering \u201cA\u201d (Alpha), if the beacon is correctly positioned on the ground, in the center of the control circle on the map) or \u201cZ\u201d (zero), if the beacon is poorly positioned.
\n\u2022 The competition is governed by the IOF specifications and guidelines for elite TrailO PreO Sprint competitions and the FPO Trail-O competition regulations.
\n\u2022 In the Map Example:
\n–\u00a0 The low fences represented are dune palisades, which are
\nsometimes a slightly lower than the norm. In some places, for
\nreadability reasons, the the oblique line was omitted.
\n–\u00a0 Special objects \u201cO\u201d are street lamps<\/p>\n

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1. The profile<\/strong>
\nPreO Sprint combines precision with high-speed decision making. It tests the athletes\u2019 ability to read and interpret the map in complex terrain and make accurate decisions quickly. The total distance of the PreO Sprint course is to be kept as short as possible and it should only be possible for the best competitors to solve all problems correctly within the maximal allowed time.
\nA terrain that cannot provide this challenge is not appropriate for the PreO Sprint. Therefore, urban areas and parks that are suitable for TempOcompetitions might not be appropriate to use for a PreO Sprint.
\n2. The course<\/strong>
\nCourses shall have a minimum of 20 controls. There should be only A\/Z tasks that can be solved in free order. Exactly one flag is placed in the terrain for each task, either at the position at the centre of the control circle (answer A) or at least 4 m (8 m for controls on large area and long line features or more than 50 m from the viewing point) away from the correct location (answer Z)
\nin line with IOF Guidelines for Zero tasks.
\nThe maximal allowed time shall be 30 minutes or less (for the Open class); it is calculated as 1 minute per 30 m plus 1 minute per control. The total course distance (i.e. from start to finish and passing all decision points) must not exceed 15 m per control. Therefore, a typical PreO Sprint course would have 25 controls along a trail of 150 m length. However, if required, the course can
\nbe split into two or three sections with a timed-out section in-between.
\nSeparate maps to be handed out at the beginning of each section. The total distance including timed-out sections should be kept below 1 km.
\nThe course should be on a flat track or area, ideally with a hard smooth surface, with a minimal width of 2.5m to permit wheelchairs passing. Timed out sections should be used to allow wheelchair users to navi-gate through non-flat sections of the course and to connect different parts of the area with interesting fea-tures with minimal competition distance.<\/p>\n

Visibility of the area should be good to limit clustering of competitors at viewing points. While flags should be positioned so that they can be viewed from different positions along the track, viewing points should be marked in the terrain in numerical order along the path to indicate a position from where the competitor has very clear visibility of a particular control flag \u2013additional flags can be visible from these points. Viewing points should clearly indicate the control number(s). To avoid congestion, each control should have its own viewing point and the minimum distance between viewing points should be 3 m. For fairness to competitors with limited mobility, it is recommended to place the viewing point so that the task can be solved from this position and no significant advantage can be gained by moving beyond the next decision point on the track.
\n3. Classification<\/strong>
\nClassification by total points (one point for each correctly solved control) minus a penalty of 1 point for each 1 min or fraction used past the maximum allowed time. Total time used on the course (minus timed-out sections) will be used as a tiebreaker.
\nA handicap system to adjust time used based on ground conditions and for manual wheelchair users who cannot use the map while moving will improve direct comparison between all competitors. As a guideline, for wheelchair users multiply total time by 0.8, and other competitors with P class eligibility, multiply total time by 0.9. If handicaps are used, the maximum allowed
\ncourse time for P class competitors should be adjusted accordingly, so that the maximum time after adjustment is the same for all competitors. For example, if the multiplier is 0.8 and the maximum time for the Open class is 28 minutes, the maximum time for the P class should be 35 minutes. The penalty of 1 point per minute (or part of a minute) over maximum time
\napplies for all classes and is not adjusted by any handicap factors used.<\/p>\n

More info at: IOF website<\/a><\/p>\n

Programme<\/strong>
\n13:00 Pre-O Event Center opens
\n13:30 Pre-O starts
\n17:30 Pre-O Prize-giving Ceremony<\/p>\n

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Map: Quarteira Terrain: Dune terrain with some detail. Mostly open area with bushes and some trees. The challenges posed to participants mainly require reading the map and interpreting the terrain.   Map maker: Alexandre Reis Course setter: Jorge Baltazar   Additional information: \u2022 This stage is a PRE-O SPRINT, a timing system will be used. The use of SPORTident is mandatory. \u2022 The PreO Sprint is limited to 150 participants. \u2022 Control observation points are numbered sequentially along the route. \u2022 To define the route to be taken, traffic cones will be placed in the areas marked on the map as closed crossings. \u2022 100% paved route. \u2022 The organization […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-578","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pom.pt\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pom.pt\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pom.pt\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pom.pt\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pom.pt\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/pom.pt\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1451,"href":"https:\/\/pom.pt\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/578\/revisions\/1451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pom.pt\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}