Competition: Managing Workouts

This guide covers how to create and configure workouts for competitions hosted on ErgZone.

To learn more about the full competition feature set, see the Competition Overview.

To set up your competition, you can start with the Competition Setup Guide.

Create a workout

1. Visit ErgZone Web Admin
2. On the menu, click to expand the "Comps" section.
3. Select the competition
4. Go to the "Workouts" Tab
5. Click on the New Workout button
6. Fill in the workout details and save.
7. Select workout date

Fields

Date

Select the date the workout will be released. 

This data is ONLY used to order the workouts on the app. 

It will not publish the workout automatically.

Organizers are expected to release the workout manually at the correct time. 

Need it to be automatic? Send an email to support@erg.zone with the correct dates, and we will make it happen. 

Status

Determine whether the workout is visible to non-admins or performed.

Draft: When set as "draft," the workout is not visible to anyone other than competition organizers.

Keep the workout as a draft until the workout is officially released to the public. 

Published: When set to "Published," the workout is listed on the app for every participant to view and perform. 

Athletes can view the details, start the workout, and report scores. 

Locked: When set to "Locked", the workout is listed but cannot be performed. 

Set the workout locked when the deadline to complete the workout has been met. 

Athletes will be able to see the workout details but can't report scores. 

Note: ErgZone will not publish or lock workouts automatically. It needs to be done manually.

If you want to have it done automatically, let us know. 

Controlled Race: This option will enable the race organizer to control when the race starts by syncing everyone's countdown. Learn more about how it works in the Schedule a Live Race article.

Visibility

Leaderboard

This option controls the visibility of the workout’s results leaderboard.

• Enabled (default): The leaderboard and results will be visible to participants as soon as they’re submitted or finish a workout.

• Disabled: The leaderboard will remain hidden until the organizer manually enables it.

  This setting is often used when organizers want to hide results until a specific date or after all participants have completed the workout.

Live

This option controls whether participants can see other athletes’ performances live during the workout.

• Enabled (default): Participants can see live performance updates from others.

• Disabled: Live updates will be hidden, and participants will only see their own data.

  Organizers often use this option together with a hidden leaderboard, but both settings are independent — it’s up to the organizer whether to use one or both.

Time Cap

Use this field to define the maximum time allowed for completing the workout.

Intervals 

ErgZone allows up to 50 intervals per workout. 

Interval Type & Target 

Intervals can be set as: 

• Time
• Distance
• Cals (calories).

SPM/RPM

Provide SPM/RPM if the intervals have a rate cap.

When present, athletes MUST complete the interval at or under the rate provided. Otherwise, the workout will be invalid and won't be used for the leaderboard.

For example, if interval SPM is set to 24 and the athlete finishes it with an average of 25, the score will not be valid, and the workout needs to be redone. 

When no SPM/RPM is present, the athlete may complete the interval at any rate. 

Rest

Provide rest in "minutes: seconds" format, such as 1:30, 2:00, etc. 

If it is up to the athlete to determine the rest, check the option "undefined." 

Note: PM5 will only accept rest under 10 minutes.

Intensity

Enable intensity if you want to specify a target pace, watts, SPI% or FTP%. 

Notes

Notes will be displayed on the app at the beginning of the interval for 15 seconds.

Machine

Organizers can choose which equipment brands and models are valid for the competition.

This allows events to restrict participation to specific ergometers — for example, only Concept2 RowErgs or only Rogue Echo Rowers — ensuring results are comparable across athletes using the same hardware.

If All machines are selected, no restrictions are applied and athletes can use any compatible ergometer.

In this case, the Leaderboard will include a filter by erg type, allowing participants to view and compare performances among users of the same brand and model.

Scores

ErgZone offers more scoring options than just Fastest Time.

Depending on the workout type, organizers can select from several scoring formats, such as maximum watts, best interval, distance, calories, and more.

Multiple Scores with Dynamic Scoring Options 

It’s also possible to combine multiple scores within the same workout — for example, ranking athletes by both time and maximum watts, or total meters and average split.

For more information about available scoring formats and how to configure them, see Organizing a Competition on ErgZone – Scoring Format →.