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Iron Comp Software

User Guide

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USPA Confidential & Proprietary‐version 3.0 ©Iron Comp 2020

Contents

System Recommendations ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2

Before the Meet Starts .............................................................................................................................................................................. 2

Initial Startup of Iron Comp ................................................................................................................................................................. 2

Setting Up Your Printer ......................................................................................................................................................................... 2

Formatting your Data for Upload ......................................................................................................................................................... 3

Importing Data for Weigh‐in and Scorecards ....................................................................................................................................... 4

Medal Count and Best Lifter Categories ............................................................................................................................................ 13

Preview Scorecards ............................................................................................................................................................................. 14

Printing Scorecards ............................................................................................................................................................................. 15

Entering Weigh‐in Data ....................................................................................................................................................................... 18

Separating Lifter Data for Multiple Platforms ................................................................................................................................... 21

Separating Lifter Data for Multiple Day Meets .................................................................................................................................. 22

Loading Meet Data .............................................................................................................................................................................. 24

Run the Meet ‐ Display View .............................................................................................................................................................. 27

Printing Expeditor Sheets ................................................................................................................................................................... 28

Managing Displayed Logos ................................................................................................................................................................. 29

Managing Available Plates ................................................................................................................................................................. 31

Confirming Bar/Collar Weight ............................................................................................................................................................ 32

Incorrect Plate Load ............................................................................................................................................................................ 32

Running the Meet ................................................................................................................................................................................... 33

Entering Attempt Results ................................................................................................................................................................... 33

Changing Bench Press or Deadlift Openers, Rack Heights, or Record Flags ...................................................................................... 35

Correcting a Changed Call ................................................................................................................................................................... 36

Repeating a Lift and Awarding an Attempt at the End of the Flight ................................................................................................. 37

Passing an Attempt ............................................................................................................................................................................. 38

Removing a Lifter from the Meet ....................................................................................................................................................... 39

Awarding a 4th Attempt ...................................................................................................................................................................... 39

Correcting When Wrong Lifter Took Lift ............................................................................................................................................ 40

Adding a Lifter ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 42

Deleting a Lifter ................................................................................................................................................................................... 43

Two Day Meet – Importing Results from Previous Day ..................................................................................................................... 44

Calculating and Printing Results ......................................................................................................................................................... 48

Best Lifters........................................................................................................................................................................................... 50

Team Placing ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 51

Drug Testing ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 52

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System Recommendations

The Iron Comp software is not platform specific. It is designed to run on all operating systems that support FileMaker.

From a hardware perspective, it is recommended that you have a laptop or computer with the following features;

Processor: I7 or I5, at typical speeds are sufficient to run the system

Graphics: Important, Full HD (1920 X 1080) or better

Screen: laptop – 15 or 17 inch recommended

Operating System: Windows 10 or OS X

This will ensure optimum performance of the software and the best screen resolution when projecting on a screen

during the meet.

Before the Meet Starts

Initial Startup of Iron Comp If you get any error message when opening Iron Comp, do not just ignore it. Connect the computer to the internet.

Close Iron Comp and reopen. It should then download any additional required components. Failure to resolve this issue

will disable the ability to export meet results to Excel or Word at the end of the meet.

Setting Up Your Printer Go to ‘Print Options’ and select ‘Print Setup’.

This will open the ‘Print Setup’ window. Select the page orientation

(either Portrait or Landscape) and then ‘OK’.

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Formatting your Data for Upload You will need to prepare a spreadsheet with your data in a certain format. The columns on the spreadsheet should be

titles to match ‘Field Name’. The only values that will be accepted for upload are listed in ‘Accepted Values’.

Field Name Definition Accepted Values

LOT This is number to identify each entry as a unique entry.

Number

DATE This is the day or date of the meet. Date or Day

FIRSTNAME Meet participant’s first name Text

NAME Meet participant’s last name Text

AGE Age of meet participant on the day of the meet

Number

City Meet participant’s City Text

STATE Meet participant’s State 2 letter abbreviation

SEX Meet participant’s gender Accepted values are ‘Women’ or ‘Men’.

TRYCLASS This is the weight class that the meet participant is trying to make at weigh‐in.

Number in kilo weight class or SHW for super heavy weight class.

EVENTS Events the meet participant has registered to compete

Accepted values are PL for full power, BPO for bench press only, DLO for deadlift only, PP for push pull. If a participant is entered in multiple events, they must be listed on different lines within the cell. See note below on how to do this in Excel.*

EQPCLASS Equipment class that meet participant will compete in

Accepted values are Raw, Clraw for Classic Raw, Sply for Single Ply, Mply for Multi Ply

COMPCLASS Age group the person will compete in Accepted values are Open, JR, Submaster, and Master. If someone is competing in multiple classes, you must list on different lines within the same Excel cell. See note below on how to do this in Excel.*

FLIGHT Assigned flight for competition Letters A through F

Platform Competition platform Text

BIODATA Information about the competitor that the announcer can share

Text

TEAM Team or Gym Name Text

T_shirt_size To add T‐Shirt size to the card Text

Member_exp For membership expiration date to be printed on the card

Date

If other information is available, such as rack heights, these fields may be imported in a similar fashion. It is not

recommended to import 1st attempts as these should be written in pencil on the cards due to frequent changes.

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Here is an example of a spreadsheet formatted for upload. Please note if someone is entering multiple events or doing

crossover for comp class, you will need to include both values in the cell. The values will need to entered as multiple

rows in the cell. To enter multiple rows within an Excel cell: After entering the first event, hit the alt key and the enter

key to create a new row.

Save the file when you are done formatting. We recommend you save the file to indicate the data is before weigh‐in.

Example – File name “TestMeetFile_BeforeWeighIn”.

Importing Data for Weigh‐in and Scorecards Once you have a spreadsheet prepared, you are ready to import the data. You will need to import the pre‐weigh‐in data

to create scorecards. Open the Iron Comp folder and go to Iron Comp. Double click to open the program.

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This will open the application. You will open in run meet mode and see data from the previous meet.

To load your weigh‐in data, you will need to go to the ‘Before

Session Start’ tab. Select ‘Enter weigh‐in data’.

This will bring you

to the screen

where you enter

weigh‐in data. You

will need to clear

the data from the

previous meet

before importing

new data.

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To clear previous meet data, go to ‘Weigh‐in Files’ and select ‘Save this weigh‐in and empty file’. The system will always

prompt you to save a file before emptying data.

You will be asked to create a

name for your saved file and

then ‘Save’. If you are deleting

old data and do not wish to

save a copy, select ‘Cancel’

rather than ‘Save’.

If you have selected ‘Cancel’, you will receive the following message.

Select ‘Continue’.

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This will remove the old

data from the system. You

will now be ready to

import new data to create

your scorecards and enter

weigh‐in data.

To import the new data, go to ‘Weigh‐in Files’

and select ‘Import Weigh‐in Data’.

This will open a window asking you to

find a file to upload. Make sure the file

type that you want to select is showing

in ‘Files of Type’. Your import file

should be saved in Excel. Select ‘Excel

Workbooks’ or ‘All Files’ to find your

file. Select the file with your

scorecard/weigh‐in information and

then ‘Open’. Note: Your file will need

to be formatted for import. See

‘Formatting your Data for Weigh‐

in/Scorecards’ for additional

information preparing your data.

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This will open a window for you to match the fields on your spreadsheet to the files in the system. You will see below

that not all fields are a match. You will need to match the fields before importing the data. To start the process, select

‘matching names’ from the drop down.

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You can see in the example below, ‘T‐Shirt Size’ is not correctly matched. To fix this you will need to place your mouse

over the double triangles and drag the ‘T_shirt_size’ field on the right to match the one on the left.

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Once you have matched the fields, you will need to click the line between the fields to change it to an arrow. The arrow

indicates that the field will be imported into the system.

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Once all the fields are correctly matched, select ‘Add new

records’. Make sure ‘Don’t import first record (contains

field names)’ is selected so the system does not import

the titles of your columns on the spreadsheet. Select

‘Import’.

This will import your data into the system and let you

know if any fields were skipped due to data formatting

errors in the Excel file. If errors are indicated, the

offending data must be found and corrected before

proceeding.

Go to ‘View Layout #1’ to review the data and look for

missing fields.

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In this example, the Comp Class is missing for John Smith. You can add this information here, or change it on your

upload spreadsheet and then reload it. Remember if you want to reimport, you will need to remove the existing data.

Jr has been added as the correct Comp Class for John Smith.

Once you have a clean import, you will see the data in the form where you can enter ‘Weigh‐in Data’.

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Medal Count and Best Lifter Categories This feature will give an estimate on how many medals and Best lifter awards you will need for the meet. Keep in mind

this is just an estimate and can change if people miss their registered weight class at weigh‐ins. It is always

recommended to order a few extra medals.

To run Medal Count and Best Lifter

Categories, go to Weigh‐in Data,

and select Medal Count and

Bestlifter Categories.

This will give you the estimated total for medals and your Best Lifter awards. The Best Lifter categories are listed at the

bottom. In the example below you would need Best Lifter awards for Women’s Open Raw Full Power and Men’s Open

Raw Full Power.

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Preview Scorecards

We recommend you take a look at the scorecards before printing or saving them to a file. To do this, go to Weigh‐in

Data and select ‘Preview Scorecards’.

This will open the scorecards for you to review. For our test file, we have 9 lifters. You can review records by using the

arrows on the left side of the screen to review the cards, or by using the ‘Find’ function on the right.

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If you select ‘Find’, this will allow you to enter a search term in any of the boxes.

Printing Scorecards

After importing and reviewing your data, you will be ready to print scorecards. Go to ‘Print Options’ and select ‘Print

Scorecards’.

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This will create scorecards for you. The default sorting will be sorting by Name which is useful at the weigh‐in. If you

would prefer to have your scorecards sorted differently (by Flight for example), you will need to change the sorting. To

change sorting, select ‘Clear All’.

You will then need to select how you want the

scorecards sorted. Find the field you want to sort by and

then select ‘Move’. This will move the field to the ‘Sort

Order’. After adding fields to the ‘Sort Order’, you may

rearrange the fields by dragging to the desired location.

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Once you have selected your ‘Sort Order’ fields,

select ‘Sort’.

This will open an option to print your scorecards.

Select the printer you want to use for printing. It is

recommended to print to a PDF file first and then print

the PDF file. The printed area of printers varies which

can cause a printer to print only one scorecard per

page. Printing the PDF file allows one to scale the

output to the printed area ensuring two scorecards per

page.

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Entering Weigh‐in Data

After weigh‐in and equipment check is completed, you will need to enter the weigh‐in data into Iron Comp. To do this,

go to ‘Enter Weigh‐in Data’.

This will open up a screen where you will enter in weigh‐in data. You will enter the lifter’s body weight (Kilos) measured

during the weigh‐in, opening attempts for each lift, squat rack set, bench rack set, and whether any of the opening

attempts are record attempts. Areas where you will enter data are highlighted in green and blue below. The green

highlights will need to be entered for each lifter. You will only enter information in the blue highlighted areas if the

opener is a record attempt. Other data should be checked against the card to ensure no changes are warranted from the

weigh‐in.

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See the example below for Michael Miller. His weight at weigh‐in was 98.4 kilos. His opening attempts are 137.5 for

squat, 110.0 for bench, and 150.0 for DL. All attempts are entered in kilos. His squat set is 15 and his bench set is 15‐9.

If one of Michael’s opening attempts is a record attempt, you would select the appropriate record flag from the drop

down.

Record Label Definition

S State records

N National or American record

W World or International record

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Once you have entered all the weigh‐in data, you should perform a final data check. The final data check identifies

anyone that has missing data. Iron Comp will check to confirm every lifter has an event, comp class, and equipment

class selected and that their age matches their comp class.

To run this, select ‘Weigh‐in Data’ and then ‘Make

final data checks’. If discrepancies are found at

any step, the process pauses. To continue to the

next check, you must select ‘continue’. The screen

will indicate checks are complete after the last

check.

After you have confirmed weigh‐in data entry is

complete, you will need to save a file with the

weigh‐in data. This will provide you with a backup

in the event you accidentally delete data or need to

reload. To do this select ‘Weigh‐in Files’ and then

‘Save this weigh‐in as….”.

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This will open a window where you will name your file and decide where to save it. We recommend you save the weigh‐

in data with the meet name and designate it is the file after weigh‐in. Example: TestFile_AfterWeighin. Select ‘Save’

once you have finishing naming your file.

Separating Lifter Data for Multiple Platforms When running a two platform meet, one copy of Iron Comp is required for each platform. Because all lifters in a session

generally attend the same weigh‐in, the data for multiple platforms will need to be split at the end of weigh‐ins and

transferred to the respective computers on each platform.

This example is for a session that has a ‘Red’ platform and a ‘Blue’ platform. To accomplish the sharing of data, copy the

‘both platform after weigh‐in’ file to a thumb drive for transport. The second computer operator should use the thumb

drive to load Iron Comp with the same data as the first computer. When done properly, both computer will now have

the weigh‐in data window loaded with identical data for both platforms. Select ‘layout 1’.

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Then select ‘Find’ in the grey menu bar. The Red platform should enter ‘Blue’ in the platform field while the Blue

platform should enter ‘Red’. The ‘Delete found data’ option should now be selected from the enter weigh‐in data menu

on both computers. This will leave the Red data for the Red platform and the Blue data for the Blue platform. Both

computers are now ready to load their meet data.

Separating Lifter Data for Multiple Day Meets

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Separating the data for multi‐day meets works in the same way. In this example the meet has two days, Saturday,

1/4/2020, and Sunday, 1/5/2020. Data for both days is loaded in Iron Comp. To remove the data for Sunday’s lifters,

select Go to Layout/Layout #1. You will see data for both Saturday and Sunday. Select ‘Find’.

Enter the date for Sunday, 1/5/2020.

This will give you records for Sunday, 1/5/2020. Select ‘Delete Found Records’ to remove Sunday’s lifters.

Save a copy of the file with just Saturday’s lifters. Example ‐ TestMeetSatBeforeWeighin

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When you are ready to enter weigh‐ins for Sunday’s lifters, you will need to follow the same process. Load the full file,

Go to Layout/Layout #1, search for Saturday’s date, and Delete Found Records. You will then have a file for Sunday’s

lifters.

Loading Meet Data

Once the weigh‐in data is entered and verified, you are ready to load data to run the meet.

To do this select ‘Weigh‐in Files’ and then ‘Return to

Meet Window’.

This will bring you to the screen where the meet is run. You will see the data from the previous meet in the system. You

will need to load your weigh‐in data in preparation for running a new meet.

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To do this select ‘Before Session Start’ and then

‘Load a new Session’.

A window will open asking you to enter a password.

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Enter ‘why me’ as the password. It is all lowercase and select

‘Yes’.

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The system will ask if you want to save a copy of the current data. If

so, choose the location to save, give the file a name, and select ‘Save’.

If you do not need to save a copy, select ‘Cancel’.

If you are not saving a copy, you will receive the message below.

Select ‘Continue’.

Iron Comp will then create your new meet session with your weigh‐in data. It will open to show the details of the first

lifter on the top of the screen and the other lifters in order below.

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Run the Meet ‐ Display View

When running the meet, this is the view you will see on your computer and project on the screen. The current lifter is

always shown on the top of the screen. This lifter is also the first person shown on the bottom window of the screen.

The next lifters are shown in lifting order. The bottom window also shows the Flight, Weight Class, Comp Class, Lifter

Age, Gear class, Lifter First Name, Lifter Last Name, Next lift (SQ, BP, DL) and attempt #, Next Lift Weight, Record and

type, Rack settings, the current flight lifts, Lifter Total, Wilks score, projected Wilks score, McCulloch score, and

projected McCulloch score.

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Printing Expeditor Sheets

You will need to print Expeditor sheets before the meet begins. To do this, go to ‘Print Options’ and select the lift you

wish to print. In this example we will print Squat Expeditor Sheets.

This will change the window on the bottom of the screen to show the expeditor sheet view. Iron Comp will print each

flight in order. You will need to click “OK” for each flight printed. Expeditor sheets should be printed in portrait mode

and two copies. One copy is to post in the warm‐up area and the other is for the expeditor clip board.

You will repeat this process to print expeditor sheets for Bench and Deadlift.

To return to the Run Meet view, go to ‘Run Meet’ and then select ‘Main Meet Windows’.

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Managing Displayed Logos

Prior to the start of the meet, you will need to obtain digital copies of sponsor logos the meet director wishes to display

on the Iron Comp screen. Each flight can have a different logo displayed on the right side of the top window.

Go to ‘Before Session Start’ and select ‘Manage Logos’.

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Use the flight and logo1 fields to identify the corresponding logos to be displayed. To insert a new logo into the logo1

field, right click in the logo1 field. This will display ‘Insert logo’. Select ‘Insert logo’. Find the desired logo file in the

directory where it is stored. Double click the new logo to complete selection. Close the logo window when finished.

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Managing Available Plates

Prior to the start of the meet, you will need to tell the software what you have for available plates. This will allow the

software to correctly display the loading information for your spotter/loaders.

Go to ‘Before Session Start’ and select ‘Manage Plates Available’.

This will open a window for you to specify the plates you

have available for use during the meet.

You will enter the number of plates available in the ‘NUM‐

PLA’ column. In the example below, the meet director has

only 12 Red plates available.

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Once you have entered your available plates, select

‘Continue’. The software will take a few moments to

refresh. This is normal.

Confirming Bar/Collar Weight

To confirm the Bar/Collar weight, scroll to the right in the top section. You will see the bar/collar for squat is set at 25

kilos. This is where you would change the bar/collar weight if using a 30 kilo squat bar/collar set. If using a 30 kilo squat

bar/collar, the system will automatically switch back to a 25 kilo bar/collar for bench and deadlifts. A short delay will be

experienced while the system recalculates the load chart for the lighter set up.

To return to the Run Meet view, go to ‘Run Meet’ and then select ‘Main Meet Windows’.

Incorrect Plate Load If you are ready to start the meet and see an incorrect plate load, please reference the “Managing Plates Available”

section of this instruction manual and confirm the plates are correct.

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Running the Meet

Entering Attempt Results You will enter the result after each lift on the top section of the screen. Select ‘Good Lift’ for successful attempts and

‘No Lift’ for unsuccessful attempts. Caution: Do not double click when selecting ‘No Lift’ or ‘Good Lift’. If you double

click, the selected result will also be applied to the on‐deck lifter.

Once you have entered the lift status, the screen will advance to the next lifter. In this example, Meredith was

successful in her attempt and Jennifer is the next lifter. You will now see Jennifer’s data on the top of the screen and on

the bottom window of the screen, you will see Meredith is now at the bottom of the flight with ‘9999’ in the Weight

column. This is where you will enter Meredith’s next attempt once you receive it from the expeditor. You will also see

her first squat on the right side of the screen. Successful lifts will show in green with an S before the weight.

Unsuccessful lifts will show in red with an 'U' before the weight.

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Upon receiving the next attempt from the expeditor, enter the next attempt weight in the cell where ‘9999’ shows. In

the example, Meredith’s next attempt is 70.0 kilos. You will see her Total and Wilks score show at the right of the

screen.

Follow the same process for each lifter.

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As each lifter completes their final squat, the lifters will move to the very bottom of the screen after the remaining squat

flights. You will see BP1 next to the lifter name. Their next attempt weight will show their opening bench attempt.

Changing Bench Press or Deadlift Openers, Rack Heights, or Record Flags Find the lifter of interest in the bottom window and select a field in their row.

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After you select the lifter, go to ‘Run Meet’, and then select

the option to Change Bench Press Opener/Rack Height or

Change Deadlift Opener. The option will open a window for

you to make the change.

Select ‘OK’ after making the change to save.

Correcting a Changed Call

If a lift was recorded incorrectly or the referees change the call, you will need to update this in the results. To do this,

find your lifter in the list at the bottom and go to the attempt on the right side of the screen that needs correction. In

this example Jeni Creary’s second benchpress lift was recorded incorrectly.

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Click in the cell with the incorrect lift. In this example we are changing the unsuccessful lift at 70 kilos to a successful lift

at 70 kilos. To do this, you will change the ‘U’ next to the kilo amount (70) to an ‘S’.

Jeni’s lift is now showing a successful lift in the results.

Repeating a Lift and Awarding an Attempt at the End of the Flight

If a lifter needs to repeat a lift at the end of the flight, you will need to change the next attempt and next attempt

weights to set this up. Find your lifter at the bottom of the screen and go to the next attempt shown for the lifter that

will be taking the re‐attempt. In this example, Seth will be given a second attempt at his second benchpress. You will

see that Seth’s record is already showing his third benchpress attempt (BP3) as his next lift.

To give Seth a new attempt, you will click in the BP3 cell and change this back to BP2. In the next attempt weight cell

enter the correct kilo weight preceded by a ‘9’ as the weight to keep him at the end of the flight.

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You will need to erase the ‘9’ when the lifter reaches the upper window.

Passing an Attempt

If a lifter decides to pass the next attempt, you will need to record this in the system. To do this, find your lifter in the

list at the bottom, select a field in their row, and then go to ‘Run Meet’. Select ‘Pass Selected Attempt. This will record

an unsuccessful attempt with no weight to that lifter for the indicated attempt.

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A passed attempt is shown below.

Removing a Lifter from the Meet If a lifter bombs and does not wish to continue as a guest lifter or a lifter needs to be withdrawn from the meet due to

injury or other pressing concern, find the lifter of interest in the bottom window and select a field in their row.

Go to ‘Run Meet’. Choose ‘Selected lifter bombs or withdraws’. This will

assign an unsuccessful attempt with no weight to that lifter for all their

remaining attempts. A lifter should not be deleted if they started the meet.

Awarding a 4th Attempt If a lifter needs to be granted a 4th attempt to break a record, you will need to make a modification to allow this. In the

example below, Alexis Diaz was successful on his 3rd attempt and will need a 4th attempt on the National Record.

Find your lifter in the bottom section. You will see the system already has the opening benchpress weight for Alexis.

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Click in the cell with BP1 and enter SQ4. This will give Alexis a 4th squat attempt. Next enter the kilo weight of his 4th

attempt. 225 kilos is used in this example. You will then need to select the appropriate record flag.

This will bring Alexis back up to the current flight for his 4th attempt.

If you are using a squat bar with bar/collar weight of 30kg, the system will automatically calculate back to 25kg after

your last lifter. You will receive the ‘Speno 4th Attempt Warning’. This will notify you to change the bar/collars back to

30kg if you have a 4th attempt.

Correcting When Wrong Lifter Took Lift

If a lifter goes out of order, you will need to make changes to correct the results and bring the next lifter to the top of

the screen. In this example, Meredith lifted out of order and successfully completed a deadlift at 80 kilos. You will see

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this lift is showing as Jennifer’s lift. To bring Jennifer back to the top of the screen, you will enter in DL1 with her

requested weight of 75 and remove the S 75 from the results. This will bring her to the top of the screen as the next

lifter.

You will need to correct Meredith’s record. If she decides to keep the successful attempt at the wrong weight of 75

kilos, enter S 75 in the results for DL1. If she elects to take a new attempt at her original weight, enter DL1 and put a 9 in

front of the attempt weight. Example – the Lifter will do 75 kilos for the attempt. Enter 975. This will place the lifter at

the end of the flight for the retake of DL1. You will need to remove the 9 from her attempt weight when she reaches to

top window.

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Adding a Lifter

If you need to add a lifter after the meet data is loaded, go to ‘Run Meet’ and select ‘Add One Lifter’.

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This will open a screen for you to enter the lifter information. Hit ‘Return’ after entering all information and your new

lifter will be added.

Deleting a Lifter

If you need to delete a lifter, find your lifter in the list on the bottom of the screen. Go to ‘Run Meet’ and select ‘Delete

Single Selected Lifter’. This should be used when a lifter is not at the meet. In cases where a lifter starts, but fails to

finish, such as bombing out or withdrawing due to injury, use the withdraws option in the run meet menu.

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This will open a confirmation window showing the name of the lifter you wish to delete. Please ensure the correct lifter

name is displayed and then select ‘OK’. The lifter will be deleted.

Two Day Meet – Importing Results from Previous Day

If you are running a multi‐day meet, you will need to import results into the system for each day before calculating the

final results. Under ‘Run Meet’, select ‘Import Past Session for Combined Results’.

You will be prompted to save the current meet results. If you have not saved the current meet session, select ‘Cancel’,

and save results. If you have already saved the current meet session results, select ‘OK’.

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A window will open asking you to select the file to import. In this example, my meet is running on Friday and Saturday. I

will need to import the Friday results before calculating final results and best lifter awards. Select your file and then

select ‘Open’.

This will open the Import Field Mapping

screen. Select ‘Arrange by Matching Name’.

This will automatically align the necessary

fields. This is similar to the process you

followed when importing data to create

scorecards.

Select ‘Import’ when your data mapping is

confirmed.

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This will open an ‘Import Options’ window. Select ‘Import’.

You will receive a summary with the number of records imported

and any that were skipped due to data formatting or mapping issues.

Select ‘OK’. You now have the data from both days of the meet in

the system.

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It is recommended you save a copy of the data as a backup.

From ’Run Meet’ select ‘Save Session to File backup.

Give your file a name and then ‘Save’. You

are now ready to calculate and print results.

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Calculating and Printing Results You can generate meet results in MS Word or MS Excel. To generate meet results, go to ‘Print Option’ and select ‘Meet

Results in MS Excel’.

Enter the Meet Name, Meet Date (Day Month Year) and Meet City and State. Click ‘OK’.

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Meet results will generate and open in Excel. If the results do not open in Excel, please verify Excel is installed. If it is

installed and the results do not show, please connect to the internet, close and reopen Iron Comp to download the

updates.

Meet results will color code lifts that were entered in Iron Comp as

records.

A list of your Best Lifters will show on the final page of results.

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You will need to add information on Meet Director, Referees, Spotters/Loaders, and Tested Lifters (if applicable). After

completing these fields, save the results. Go to File/Save As, give your results a name and then save. You need to email

the results to the National Office within five days of the meet date. Scorecards need to be sent to the National office via

regular mail within five days of your meet.

Best Lifters Best Lifter results can be generated on the screen for easy viewing to announce results. Go Print Options, Identify

Bestlifters.

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This will open a screen with the Best Lifters listed by Equipment/Class/Event/Gender with their Wilks score or McCulloch

for Masters divisions.

Team Placing

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Drug Testing

Meet Directors have the option of testing only those candidates that are displayed in the list generated from the Iron

Comp Software under Drug Testing>Mandatory Tests, or selecting candidates from both the Mandatory Tests and the

Optional Tests, in which case you will substitute the athlete with the lowest Wilks score shown on the Mandatory Tests

report with the athlete showing the highest Wilks score shown on the Optional Tests report.

To generate your list, go to Drug Tested and select Mandatory Tests or Option Tests to generate a list. You will also need

to add the lifters who were drug tested to your meet results.

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