Colour Coded Course Lengths and Categories of Event
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Typical course lengths and times for colour-coded courses.

Categories of event.

 


  Typical Orienteering Colour Coded Course Lengths and Times


Course
Length in km
Time taken (m)
by most
   technical 
difficulty
White
1.0 - 1.5
15 - 35
Easy
Yellow
1.5 - 2.5
25 - 45
Easy
Orange
2.5 - 3.5
35 - 60
Moderate
  Light Green 
2.5 - 3.5
45 - 75
Quite Hard
Green
3.5 - 5.0
55 - 90
Hard
Blue
5.0 - 7.5
65 - 105
Hard
Brown
7.5+
75 - 120
Hard

Categories of Event


C1 Championship Events (includes BOC/British Championships, JK/Jan Kjellstrom and any internation events taking place in the UK
C2 National Events (identified by code NE and a number), or a series of major events identified each year as having this special status.
C3 Badgeevents. Courses at badge events are classified by age class and length (long/short) rather than colour code. Juniors' courses are classified by difficulty.
C4 Colour Coded events have courses classified by length and difficulty, as per the above. Any age class can choose to run any course.
C5 Local events and informal, low-key events including summer evening events or Saturday informals, where there may not be a full range of courses offered.

Other coding letters may be used to identify what type of event is being held. So, instead of "C" you will see the following letter codes (example codes and explanations):
C3N - night badge event
S5 - local score event
R1 - championship relay event
X4 - closed colour coded event (may be only for members of a club, etc.)
O - some other type of event


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