Getting Started
What is Contoura?
An overview of Contoura — what it does, who it is for, and the core concepts.
Overview
Contoura is a performance tracking and coaching app built specifically for orienteers. It helps you import race results, understand where you lost time, reflect on your performance, and track your training — all in one place.
Whether you race at elite level or just enjoy orienteering as a hobby, Contoura gives you the tools to improve faster by turning raw split data into actionable insights.
Who is it for?
Contoura is designed for orienteers whose race results are published on o-l.ch — the main results platform for Swiss orienteering events. If your races appear on o-l.ch, Contoura can import and analyse them.
Core features
- Race import — pull your results directly from o-l.ch with one URL
- Race analysis — per-control time losses, color-coded performance view, and gap chart
- AI insights — automatically generated coaching text based on your splits and notes
- Leg comments — annotate each control leg with notes, error types, and severity
- Debrief workflow — guided post-race reflection with pre-race feeling and self-assessment ratings
- Race preparation — document your strategy and goals before a race using the start list
- Training log — log every training session with distance, elevation, and notes
- Statistics — track trends across your race history and spot recurring patterns
Key concepts
- Split time — the time it took you to run from one control to the next
- Leg — the route segment between two consecutive controls
- Time loss — how much time you lost on a leg compared to the fastest athlete
- Gap — your cumulative time difference to the leader at any point in the race
- Debrief — a structured post-race reflection session to rate and comment your performance