# Part 21: Event in Time Trial Qualifying Round Format (World Triathlon Competition Rules)

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A time trial qualifier followed by a mass-start final: bikes and drafting in each round, the start interval and order, qualifying, and numbering the final.

## 21.211 Time Trial Qualifying Round Format

The time trial qualifier, the mass-start final, start order and numbering.

### Test 1: Time trial qualifier and final

- The qualifier is a time trial with a draft-illegal bike segment and the final a mass start with a draft-legal one; in both rounds athletes ride draft-legal bikes and equipment. (Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 21.2 c (Time Trial Qualifying Round Format))
- In both the qualifier and the final athletes must use draft-legal bikes and equipment. (Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 21.2 c (Time Trial Qualifying Round Format))
- The TD sets the interval between individual starts, from 15 seconds to 3 minutes. (Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 21.2 d (Time Trial Qualifying Round Format))
- Athletes start one by one from the highest number, in decreasing order. (Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 21.4 b (Time Trial Qualifying Round Format))
- The start sequence continues as if an athlete used the time allotted to that number. (Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 21.4 c (Time Trial Qualifying Round Format))
- Final numbers follow qualifier times: the lowest time receives number 1, and ties are numbered at random. (Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 21.6 a (Time Trial Qualifying Round Format))
- The Head Referee may declare a tie based on the technology available, so the final may exceed 30. (Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 21.2 e (Time Trial Qualifying Round Format))
- The qualifier starts with the highest number and counts down. (Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 21.4 b (Time Trial Qualifying Round Format))
- A time trial qualifier, the best 30 times to a mass-start final, and the final is the event result. (Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 21.1, 21.3 a (Time Trial Qualifying Round Format))
- Starts run from the highest number down, 30 seconds apart: 102 at 09:00:00, 101 at 09:00:30, 100 at 09:01:00. (Source: World Triathlon Competition Rules (January 2025), 21.4 b, d (Time Trial Qualifying Round Format))

Sources: World Triathlon Competition Rules, January 2025, Part 21 (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the rules, not reproduced)

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