Managing saved participant profiles
Managing saved participant profiles
Besides your own identity, DistantRace lets you save other people you register regularly — children, family members, or teammates.
Path: Profile → Participants (/accounts/participants/)
Your profile vs saved profiles #
| Profile | Who it is |
|---|---|
| Connected participant | You — tied to your login, sports apps, and step sync |
| Saved profiles | Other people you created or linked — used at checkout |
Create a profile #
- Participants → Add
- Enter name, birth date, gender, and contact fields
- Save — the profile appears in the Participant menu during registration
See Registering for someone else for the checkout flow.
Edit a profile #
Open a saved profile you created to update name, birth date, or contact details. Changes propagate to future registrations; past event entries keep historical data unless the organizer edits them.
You cannot edit another user's connected profile (someone with their own login) — only unlink it from your list.
Link via share code #
If an organizer sent a connect link, opening it may add an existing participant profile to your account — Linking a participant profile.
You can also accept a share link from the Participants page when ?linkcode= is in the URL.
Unlink a profile #
Unlink removes a profile from your Participant menu without deleting the person from events they already joined. Use when you no longer register that person but their history should stay intact.
Delete a profile #
Delete is only available for profiles you created that do not have their own login.
- If the person never registered for a paid or active event, the profile is anonymized and removed.
- If they already have registrations or unpaid carts, delete is blocked — DistantRace unlinks only and shows a warning so orders and start lists stay correct.