(Please be patient - this page will be revised over the next few days!)
What is the Nonathlon?
Thanks for taking the time to visit the Nonathlon site. This is a competition based around the Concept2 indoor rower (an excellent piece of fitness equipment, though we're a little biased!). If you use a Concept2 and are interested in a way of comparing yourself to other rowers please enter the competition (it's free, see the small print below for details).
Concept2 divides people's performances up by the age, weight class and gender of the participants. If you're a 54 year old lightweight woman you can compete against other women like you in the Concept2 ranking, but it's hard to know how you compare against a 35 year old heavyweight man. That's where the Nonathlon comes in! It lets you compare yourself against other rowers, covering a range of distances (not just the popular 2,000m event).
How does the scoring work?
Each time or distance you record is compared against a theoretical 'expected' standard. If you match that standard you get 1,000 points. If you are slower you'll get proportionally less, and if you're faster (not easy!) you'll get more. There are more details available on how the standards are set here.
How do I enter?
Click on the Register link to the left, enter a few personal details (don't worry, we don't use the information for anything except the Nonathlon) and start logging times!
How does the site work?
The Ranking page is the heart of the site. This shows the scores for everyone competing in the Nonathlon. If a score is highlighted in green it means it has been updated in the last two days. If someone has 100 points in the '+' column it means they have completed all 10 events - only the top 9 scores are counted to your total, but you get a bonus for doing all 10. You can click on any entrant's name to see a little about them (try clicking on PaulH to see a cute picture of my daughter!)
The Scores page is where you can update your times and distances. Feel free to experiment with times here to see what you need to do to get the points you want - just remember to set it back to your personal best when you're done.
The News page will provide news about any changes we're making to the site, the scoring, or anything else.
What are the rules?
Only scores logged between May 1st 2002 and April 30th 2003 count towards this year's Nonathlon
The small print!
Cran and I run the Nonathlon as a volunteer effort - I do the data, Cran does the website. It takes a surprising amount of time to do both of these jobs, but we're happy to give back to the community. Concept2 have been very supportive of our efforts, but they don't pay for anything, and we're not an 'official' part of the Concept2 website or company. The CBreeze offer on this page doesn't pay us anything (again, just helping a member of the community), and we don't take any paid advertising. We don't sell your information. We won't charge for the Nonathlon, and we make all the data available in case we mysteriously disappear one day!
As always if you have questions you can contact me via paulharris@bigfoot.com