Create my first competition

1. Fill in the details

In the Detail tab, set the basics of your competition:

• The name and a rich text description (headings, lists, bold).
• The event dates and times.
• The address with autocomplete, plus the access info your participants need (parking, accessibility, catering).
• The discipline: functional fitness (scoring by WODs) or hybrid race (timing).
• The type: on site or online.
• The private competition toggle if you want to keep it accessible by link only, without listing it in discovery.

2. Connect payments

As soon as you sell anything paid, registrations, the Flex option, shop items or spectator tickets, publishing requires a payment collection method. A fully free competition publishes without one. In most cases, that is Stripe Connect. Payments go directly to your Stripe account, then to your bank account. Complete the onboarding once and it applies to all your future competitions.

If Stripe does not open accounts in the country where you are established, the Payment settings window offers you a collection mandate, signed online. Once the mandate is accepted, Throwdown SAS collects on your behalf and pays you the net every Monday.

Full walkthrough: Connect Stripe Connect.

3. Create your divisions

Each division is a category of participants. For each one, you define:

• The team format: individual, duo, team or mixed.
• The required levels (Scaled, Inter, RX, Master, Teens, Adaptive, Elite).
• The movement standards, in rich text.
• The price, in your competition's currency, and the number of seats (quota), with automatic move to the waiting list once Full. You choose the currency from 20 in the Payment settings.

As you enter the price, the payout breakdown updates live: what the athlete pays, the Throwdown service fee, the estimated Stripe fees and your net.

4. Prepare the sporting content

Depending on the discipline chosen in step 1:

• Functional fitness: add your WODs and their scorings (Time, Reps, Rounds, Points, Load, Distance), with time cap, ranking direction, tie-breaks and coefficient.
• Hybrid race: prepare the planning by days, waves and slots, and the running order of the divisions.

You can adjust this part after publishing, without blocking registrations.

5. Publish

At the top of your space, the selector shows Competition hidden. Choose Competition published. Three things are required. The competition logo, used for shares and emails. The organizer's name, in the Organized by field of the details. And a payment collection method if you sell anything paid. A first publication may be reviewed by the Throwdown team before it goes live. The answer then arrives by email, within one business day.

Your page goes live with its three tabs Registration, Schedule and Leaderboard. Athletes register and pay within the registration period you have set. You stay free to edit divisions, WODs and planning at any time.