A Rules for Foot Orienteering Events - Orienteering USA

D.23.3 The finishing time may be measured either when the competitor crosses a prefinish
line, in the case where timed controls occur at the end of the course, or at
the finish line.
D.23.4 Times shall be rounded down to whole seconds. Times shall be given in either
hours, minutes and seconds or in minutes and seconds only.
D.23.5 The exact position of the finish line shall be obvious to approaching competitors.
D.23.6 The course ends for a competitor after crossing the finish line.
D.23.7 After crossing the finish line competitors shall hand in control cards or download
recorded data. If required by the organizer, they shall also hand in their
competition maps.
D.23.8 Any delays to the competitor, at any point along the route, which are not the
competitor's fault must be recorded and deducted from that competitor’s overall
time. This includes time spent at timed controls in the middle of the course.
D.23.9 If, after taking into account any recorded delay, the competitor has exceeded the
time limit a penalty will be incurred. This shall be a deduction of one point for
any part of each five-minute unit.
D.23.10
At the finish there shall be first aid supplies and refreshments.
D.23.11 All competitors whether finished or not shall report to the finish by the
announced closing time of the finish.
D.23.12 Once the last competitor has started, solution sheets for all the controls,
including timed controls, and copies of their control card shall be issued to those
that have finished. See Appendix C.
D.24 Scoring and Results
D.24.1 Each correctly identified control (including Timed Controls) scores one point.
D.24.2 At the Timed Controls a correct answer in 0-60 seconds scores one point. A
wrong answer scores no points and a penalty of 60 seconds, which is added to the
time taken to answer. No answer in 60 seconds scores no points and a time of 120
seconds.
D.24.3 If two timers were used, then the average of the two recorded times at each timed
control is calculated with half seconds preserved.
D.24.4 The recorded times for all timed controls in any one competition are cumulative.
With two timers the total times may show half seconds.
D.24.5 Competitors are placed according to their points scores, with competitors on equal
points being placed according to their accumulated times at the timed controls.