schedule.yaml

# Primary description of the overall schedule of the competition.
#
# All durations are in seconds.

#
# Matches are played within slots, set their lengths:
match_slot_lengths:
  pre: 60
  match: 150
  post: 60    # 90 after virtual league
  total: 270  # 300 after virtual league
#
# Various staging related times, in seconds before the actual match start
staging:
  # The earliest teams can present themselves for a match
  opens: 300
  # The time by which teams _must_ be in staging
  closes: 150
  # How long staging is open for; equal to `opens - closes`
  duration: 150
  # How long before the start of the match to signal to shepherds they
  # should start looking for teams
  signal_shepherds:
    Shepherd Name: 180
  # How long before the start of the match to signal to teams they should
  # go to staging
  signal_teams: 180
#
timezone: Europe/London
#
# Delays which happened, record the wall-clock time and desired duration.
delays: []

#
# Timings during which match slots of a given type (league, knockout) can be
# scheduled. These should match up to the published day schedule for the event.
#
# Times here relate to the *start* of a match slot, so allow enough time for a
# match to complete if there is something else important happening immediately
# after a period ends.
match_periods:
  league:
  - start_time: 2025-02-08 13:10:00+00:00
    end_time: 2025-02-08 14:49:00+00:00   # 2025-02-08 15:00:00+00:00 after virtual league
    max_end_time: 2025-02-08 15:10:00+00:00
    description: Virtual league

#
  - start_time: 2025-04-12 11:24:00+01:00
    end_time: 2025-04-12 12:38:00+01:00
    max_end_time: 2025-04-12 12:40:00+01:00
    description: Saturday league, morning

#
  - start_time: 2025-04-12 13:24:00+01:00
    end_time: 2025-04-12 14:38:00+01:00
    max_end_time: 2025-04-12 14:40:00+01:00
    description: Saturday league, early afternoon

#
  - start_time: 2025-04-12 15:14:00+01:00
    end_time: 2025-04-12 15:58:00+01:00
    max_end_time: 2025-04-12 16:00:00+01:00
    description: Saturday league, late afternoon

#
  - start_time: 2025-04-13 10:24:00+01:00
    end_time: 2025-04-13 11:58:00+01:00
    max_end_time: 2025-04-13 12:00:00+01:00
    description: Sunday league, morning

#
  knockout:
  - start_time: 2025-04-13 12:34:00+01:00
    end_time: 2025-04-13 15:45:00+01:00
    description: Knockouts

league:
  # Extra spacing before an arbitrary set of matches. Typically used to allow
  # marshals and teams to get into the rhythm of running matches.
  # This value is ignored for matches which occur at the start of a period
  # since no additional time is needed there.
  extra_spacing: []

knockout:
  round_spacing: 300 # Delay between knockout rounds
  final_delay: 180   # Extra delay before the finals
  single_arena:
    rounds: 0
    arenas:
    - main