Record Requirements for Teams

Standard Record Requirements

All world and national records must be completed on a Concept2 RowErg (with or without Slides) on a level surface. Modifications to the machine that alter its performance are not allowed. Please check with Concept2 if you are unsure.

1. Use a single Concept2 RowErg or SkiErg with Performance Monitor (PM5, PM4 or PM3).
2. The flywheel cannot stop spinning until your attempt is complete.
3. The documentation for your record must include your logsheet of who rowed, when they rowed, what the Performance Monitor read (meters/time) when they started and ended their session, including age and weight class. The log must be signed by a witness who can verify the performance.
4. Tandem (2-person) attempts must have both rowers rowing at least 40% or more of the time for the 24 Hour Row and Longest Continual Row and 40% or more of the total meters for a 100,000 Meter Row or Million Meter Row.
5. Send us the results from your USB flash drive or LogCard in the form of a .csv file, or send your signed manual record along with a photo, if possible, and copies of or links to any publicity that your record attempt received.
6. New records are recognized with a special certificate of achievement.

All team records must meet at least one of the following requirements:

1. Verified with a verification code obtained for the piece from the PM3, PM4 or PM5. Pieces that are uploaded directly from ErgData or your LogCard or USB flash drive via the Concept2 Utility are automatically considered verified.
2. Completed in public with witnesses present who can be reached for confirmation of the performance. “Public” is defined as a health club, fitness center, rowing club, indoor rowing race, trade show or regatta where Concept2 is present, school, university or special event in a public setting (for example, a fundraiser in a mall).
3. Recorded on video. It must be one continuous video shot. It must include setting up the workout on the monitor, all the rowing/skiing and afterward, the workout displayed in the monitor Memory (not the last screen of the workout).

Team Categories—Size and Gender

We recognize records in the following categories:

1. Tandem (2 people)
2. Small team (3–10 people)
3. Large team (over 10 people)

In each of these categories the team may be men, women or mixed (at least 1/3 men and 1/3 women) and heavyweight or lightweight. In addition, mixed teams must have both the collective men and collective women each rowing at least 1/3 of the time for a time based record or 1/3 of the distance for a distance based record. For example, a small team of 10 must have at least 4 women to be considered a mixed team. Lightweight teams must consist of all lightweight members. Any records achieved by a team of both heavyweight and lightweight rowers will count as a heavyweight record. See below for weight requirements.

Age Categories

We recognize records for each event in ten year age categories (20–29, 30–39, 40–49, etc), as well as a Junior category for those aged 19 and under. For the Junior category, all team members must be 19 or under. For all other age categories, the age of the youngest team member determines the age category of the record. No one 19 or under will be considered for a record in an age category above their age.

Nationality

For the purposes of identifying a team's nationality for British and Irish ultra-distance records, the team's members must be at least 75% British or 75% Irish, respectively.

Weight Requirements

In accordance with regulations from on water events and indoor rowing championships around the world, lightweights must be weighed in no earlier than two hours before their row. Records from lightweights weighed prior to two hours before their row will not be recognized.

• Lightweight Women:
• Heavyweight Women: > 135 lbs (61.6kg)
• Lightweight Men:
• Heavyweight Men: > 165lbs (75kg)

Additional Requirements for Specific Ultra-Distance Records