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Participant Dots

Every participant, or team, appears on the Live map as a pin-shaped dot at their latest position. The label tells you who it is, and the dot’s colour and brightness tell you a little more.

Reading a dot and its label

  • The dot shows the participant’s race number, or their initials on some maps. On light-coloured dots the number is black, so it stays readable.
  • The label above the dot shows their number and name.
  • Zoomed out, the name in the label shortens to initials. Zoom out further and the labels fade away and the dots get smaller, so the map stays readable.
  • Zoom in and the full name appears. Zoom in a little more and the category is added in brackets, for example (SOLO), followed by any status, such as (DNF).
  • To hide the labels, untick Labels under Display in the Filters.
Participant dots on the map near the Badlands 2026 finish above Granada. Each pin-shaped dot shows initials, and its label reads the initials, full name and category, such as PPE PABLO PEREZ (SOLO), MPO MARC PONS (SOLO) and H&K HENDRIK DOMBEK & KONSTANTIN GÖTZE (PAIR).
Dots and their labels on Badlands 2026.

Faded dots

  • A dot is faded when the participant’s tracker hasn’t sent a position for more than 60 minutes, by default. Usually they’ve stopped, for example to sleep. Sometimes it’s down to poor coverage or a problem with the tracker. See Update Intervals and Overdrive Mode.
  • Dots for participants who didn’t start, didn’t finish or were disqualified are faded even more. See Statuses and Penalties.
  • Once an event is over, most dots are faded, because the trackers have stopped sending.

Dot colours

  • By default, dot colours are random, so you can tell participants apart.
  • On some maps, each category has its own colour. You’ll see that colour as a bar beside the category’s name in the Participant List.
  • Some maps colour dots by something else, such as gender. The meaning is usually easy to work out, and often matches the participant’s tags.
The Mountaineer Monster 2026 map with the Details panel open. In the panel, the Mountaineer Monster 465 category heading has a purple bar on its left. On the map, a purple dot labelled LP sits on the route, with faded grey dots elsewhere.
The purple bar beside the category matches the colour of its dots.

Favourites

When you star a participant as a favourite, their dot is bigger and shown in full colour, and their label has a star in front of their name. That makes them easy to pick out from everyone else. See Marking a Participant as a Favourite.

A close-up of the Badlands 2026 route. The favourite, PPE PABLO PEREZ (SOLO), has a larger red dot in full colour and a white label with a star in front of the name. Nearby, MPO MARC PONS (SOLO) has a smaller, faded dot.
A favourite stands out with a bigger dot and a star.

Ghost dots

Some record attempts show a ghost dot that moves at record pace. See Records and FKTs.

When you might not see it

  • Before the start, dots usually stay still. See Before the Start.
  • If you can’t see the names, zoom in, and check that Labels is ticked under Display in the Filters.
  • If some dots are missing, look for the red Filtered view notice at the top of the map. A filter, or a category switched off in the Details panel, may be hiding them.
  • On some events, positions are delayed or partly hidden. See Delayed and Hidden Tracking.

Last reviewed: October 2026

On this page

  • Reading a dot and its label
  • Faded dots
  • Dot colours
  • Favourites
  • Ghost dots
  • When you might not see it
  • Related articles