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title: Registering for someone else
description: Use sub-accounts to register children or family members on your DistantRace account
order: 12
---

# Registering for someone else

You can register **other people** from your DistantRace account using **sub-accounts** (linked participant profiles). This is common for parents registering children or one person signing up a group.

## When to use sub-accounts

- Registering a child under 13 (see [Age restrictions and children](age-restrictions-and-children.md))
- One account paying for multiple family members
- Applying to a challenge on behalf of someone who does not have their own login

## How it works

1. Log in to your DistantRace account.
2. Open the event registration form.
3. Choose **another participant** from your saved profiles, or create a new sub-account with their name and birth date.
4. Complete the form and submit.

Activities for challenges still sync through **connected apps on the account that records them** — typically the person who actually wears the device.

For virtual competitions and challenges with **child subaccounts**, open the activity on **My workouts** and assign it to each child's registration — [Managing your activities](managing-your-activities.md).

::: warning Children under 13
Children under 13 cannot have their own DistantRace login. Parents create a sub-account and connect activities from the parent's devices or accounts as appropriate.
:::

## Challenges vs competitions

- **Challenges:** sub-account apply is available from the challenge apply form.
- **In-person / virtual competitions:** during checkout you can add multiple participants under one payer, or pick saved profiles if logged in.

## Related

- [Age restrictions and children](age-restrictions-and-children.md)
- [Joining via dynamic cart link](joining-via-dynamic-cart-link.md)