Series Info

Schedule

Pre-Registration Events

Complete your registration for the season early so you don’t have to sweat it at your first race. Join us to pick up your bib number for the season and a new timing tube if you need one. If you have your own timing tube, bring it with you so we can verify we have the correct number. Remember to register yourself in advance using your own computer or phone. More details on registration below.

Pre-Registration Events are as follows:

Thursday 8/31, 5:30-7pm: Seward Park Crit at Seward Park in Seattle.
Friday 9/1, 6-7pm: Jerry Baker Velodrome in Marymoor Park for Friday Night racing
Wednesday 9/6: MFG Skills & Drills at N. Seatac Park. Info Here
Tuesday 9/12, 9/19, 9/26: MFG Skills & Drills at Marymoor Park. Info Here

Registration & Pricing

	Adults (19+)	Juniors (3rd grade – high school)	Junior (1st & 2nd Grades)	Kids (U6)	Beginner
Single Race (day-of-race price)	$60	$30	$15	Free	$30
Single Race (pre-registration price)	$50	$25	$10	Free	$25
Second Race	$25	$25	NA	Free	NA
Series Registration (6 MFG races)	$270 ($360 value)	$135 ($180 value)	NA	Free	NA

Here are general instructions how to register:
- You register yourself using Webscorer on a phone or computer.
- See below for details and differences for Day-of-race registration, Single Race Pre-Registration, and Multiple Race / Complete Series Registration. Please get in a comfortable chair and keep reading. 😘
- If it is your first race of the season, and you don’t have a bib and a chip, come to registration to pick up your chip and bib after you’ve registered.
- For all remaining races in the season, no need to go to registration. Just register online and you are good to go!
Pricing Details
- Prices above do not include Webscorer service fee, which is charged at registration.
- Junior pricing only applies to school age categories.
- Beginner pricing applies only to the Beginner Category.
- Pre-registration prices end at 11:59pm the day before the race.
Day-of-race registration OR Single-Race Pre-Registration
- If you are pre-registering for just one race OR registering on the day of the race, select the race from this page on Webscorer and proceed through registration. You can register multiple people at once.
- Day-of-race registration must be completed 15 minutes before the start of your race.
Multiple Race or Complete Series Registration
- If you register for all six races at once, you’ll get a 25% discount off the day-of pricing, 10% off pre-reg pricing.
- Series Registration discount is available through September 9.
- To pre-register for more than one race or for the full series at once, select “MFG 2023 Complete Series”. You can only pre-register for multiple races or for the complete series one person at a time. Select the correct Series registration for Adults or Juniors separately in Webscorer. [Sigh… we tried our best to keep this simple… but setting up series registration is a bit like playing Jenga, one false move and it all falls down. 😵‍💫 ] So if you are registering multiple people for multiple races, go get a cup of tea, take a deep breath and then register everyone one at a time.
Second Races – want to do a second race? You must have eaten your Wheaties…
- To register for your first race of the day, follow the instructions above for single race reg or multiple race reg.
- To get the 50% discount on your second race, you must come to the Reg tent the day of the race for a discount code.
- This year you can use one chip for both your races. You will need two bibs.
Look at all these notes. Are you still paying attention?
Racers will need a timing chip which can be purchased for $10. You buy it and it’s yours, forever. Chips work at all local races including Weds Night Worlds, etc.
Registration pays for rider insurance, medical personnel, park rental fees, RFID timing, online registration/results and website, marching bands, fake moustaches, sparkly tights, race numbers, toilets and our wonderful staff and crew!

Category	Description
Cat 1/2	Pros, aspiring pros, local badasses, genetic anomalies. These folks are seriously fast, but they don’t take it too seriously.
Cat 3	Experienced racers who still take hand-ups.
Cat 4	Pace is slower than Cat 3 but these folks probably have more fun.
Single Speed	Silly folks riding bikes with only one gear.
Beginner	Never raced cyclocross before? Check out the beginner category
Clydesdale	Cyclists who are 200 pounds or more.
Non-binary	A dedicated race category for non-binary racers.
Juniors	We have 4 categories based on the kid’s school grade: high school (9-12th grade), middle school (6th-8th grade), 3rd-5th grade and 1st & 2nd grade. Faster, more experienced juniors are welcome to race in any other category where they’ll find the right competition.
U6 Whippersnappers	These tiny folks are our next pros. Bring any type of bike… push bikes, coaster brakes and hand brake bikes. Course will be a separate, kid-specific course. Race is free of charge, but waiver must be signed at registration.

Start Times and race Day Schedule

Hey, never done cyclocross? It’s pretty easy. Pick a category below. Show up to the start fifteen minutes before your race. There are several start waves at each start time.

Each race has a target duration in minutes. After the leaders finish their first lap, we approximate how many laps are needed so that the leaders finish in that time. Look for the lap counter at the finish line as we count down the laps remaining in your race. When the leader comes through the finish with one lap to go, that’s the bell lap, which means we will be ringing bells for you.

Start Times for All Races Except Starcrossed Marymoor

Staging Time	Start Time	Podium Time	Categories	Race Duration
8:45 AM	9:00 AM	10:00 AM	Cat 4 Male 40+ Cat 4 Male 50+ Cat 4 Male 60+	40 minutes
9:40 AM	9:55 AM	11:00 AM	Cat 4 Male Clydesdale Male Beginner Male	40 minutes
10:35 AM	10:50 AM	12:00 PM	Cat 3 Female Single Speed Female Non-binary adult Cat 3/4 Female 40+ Cat 3/4 Female 50+ Cat 3/4 Female 60+ Cat 4 Female Beginner Female	45 minutes
11:35 AM	11:50 PM	12:45 PM	High School Male/Female Nonbinary U18 Junior Middle School Male/Female 3rd-5th Grade Male/Female 1st-2nd Grade Male/Female	30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 20 minutes
	12:25 PM		U6 Whippersnappers	10 minutes
12:20 PM	12:30 PM	1:45 PM	Cat 3 Male Cat 3 Male 40+ Cat 1/2 Female 40+	45 minutes
1:15 PM	1:30 PM	3:00 PM	Cat 1/2 Male Cat 1/2 Male 40+ Cat 1/2 Male 50+ Cat 1/2 Female	60 minutes
2:30 PM	2:45 PM	3:45 PM	Cat 3 Male 50+ Cat 3 Male 60+ Single Speed Male	45 minutes

Start times for Starcrossed – Marymoor only

Time to pay attention folks! Marymoor is a race under the lights. Start times are different, and the category waves are in a different order.

Time is tight at Marymoor to get it all done before bedtime, so at Marymoor there are only 10 minutes between races. This means shorter warmups.

Staging Time	Start Time	Podium Time	Categories	Race Duration
2:55 PM	3:10 PM	4:15 PM	Cat 4 Male 40+ Cat 4 Male 50+ Cat 4 Male 60+	40 minutes
3:45 PM	4:00 PM	5:00 PM	Cat 4 Male Clydesdale Male Beginner Male	40 minutes
4:35 PM	4:50 PM	5:45 PM	High School Male/Female Nonbinary U18 Junior Middle School Male/Female 3rd-5th Grade Male/Female 1st-2nd Grade Male/Female	30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 20 minutes
	5:30 PM		U6 Whippersnappers	10 minutes
5:15 PM	5:30 PM	6:45 PM	Cat 3 Male Cat 3 Male 40+ Cat 1/2 Female 40+	45 minutes
6:10 PM	6:25 PM	7:30 PM	Cat 3 Female Single Speed Female Non-binary adult Cat 3/4 Female 40+ Cat 3/4 Female 50+ Cat 3/4 Female 60+ Cat 4 Female Beginner Female	45 minutes
7:05 PM	7:20 PM	8:30 PM	Cat 3 Male 50+ Cat 3 Male 60+ Single Speed Male	45 minutes
8:00 PM	8:15 PM	9:30 PM	Cat 1/2 Male Cat 1/2 Male 40+ Cat 1/2 Male 50+ Cat 1/2 Female	60 minutes

Podiums, Season Competition & Team competition

Results can be found on Webscorer immediately after your race.

Race Day Podiums

You rocked your race and landed in the top three. We’re going to give you a chance to step up on the podium and share a great podium pic to Instagram.

Podiums happen at the times listed above. Come to the finish line and find the big MFG banner. Be prompt–we won’t wait.

Look at these sweet podium buttons. Land on the podium and you get one.

Season Competition

We will award the top three racers in every racing wave & category at our end of season party, where these fast folks get to stand on the podium, take a picture with their hands in the air and gain bragging rights. They’ll get some sweet schwag also.

Points are awarded 20 finishers deep, with the following schedule: 40, 36, 33, 30, 27, 25, 23, 21, 19, 17, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6

Season points totals include the best 5 races. In case of a tie on total points, the tie will be broken in favor of the rider who has: the most first place finishes or, if still tied, the most second place finishes, etc., or if still tied; the highest placing in the last race in which the tied racers both competed. If that doesn’t work we’ll settle it with rock, paper, scissors.

Team competition

At our end of season party, we will award the top three teams based on their season performance. The top seven points results of the seven best racer finishes at each race are aggregated to calculate the team points for that race. Team points are aggregated across all races during the season. To be considered as part of a team, racers need to select the correct Team Name in Webscorer during registration.

A Bunch of Other Info for those who want more details

Bikes: You can ride just about any bike. We don’t care. Just leave the motor at home, unless it’s a Lime Bike of course. Most people ride cyclocross or gravel bikes with 700x33mm tires or larger. Mountain bikes are totally fine. Beach cruiser? sure…
Sanctioning: Our series is not USA Cycling sanctioned. No license necessary!
Helmets: Wear a helmet.
Doping: We don’t check but you are an idiot if you are doping or using some illegal substance to help you go faster. These races are for fun and healthy exercise. We’ll ban you from our races if you are caught doping elsewhere.
Pre-riding: We encourage you to pre-ride the course! Between every start wave, we’ve left 15 minutes (10 minutes at Marymoor) for us to get ready for the next race and for you to pre-ride. Please respect people on the course ahead of you finishing their race! DO NOT pass them. And when we tell you to clear the course, clear out.
Bibs & Chips: We aren’t talking Doritos, we are talking about timing chips. Attach the chip to your helmet. We’ll provide rubber bands and zip ties. Most people just attach it for the whole season. Bibs are the number you get. Use this for the season. Pin this to your left side back. Always the left.
Timing: Each race wave is a mass start, meaning the gun goes off and the time starts for everyone in that wave. You will get lap times for every lap and for your full race.
Results: Results are available on Webscorer and are posted almost immediately after you cross the finish. Yes. It’s like magic. Download the Webscorer app for the easiest access.
Contested Results: If you believe the results on Webscorer are incorrect please report to the start/finish line within one hour of the completion of your race and fill out a Results Review form.
Start Order & Call Ups: The first race of the season, we randomly call people up to the start line based on the last digit of your bib number. For races #2-6, we will call up the top 16 racers based on series points to fill the first two start rows. Then will randomly call up based on bib numbers.
Neutral support & pits: Every race will have pits which you’ll pass twice on each lap. You can keep a spare bike, spare wheels or your mom here. If you have an issue with your bike, you can only progress forward to the pits (no running upstream). People can help you get your bike working again in the pits or anywhere on the course if you have a problem.
Hand-ups: Hand ups are a tradition in cyclocross. Feel free to have some candy, or a shot of lemonade from spectators mocking you.
Teams & Tents: Teams are welcome to set up tents along the course where designated. The fire marshall at some of our venues wants to make sure that the tents are fireproofed (most new ones are), but please don’t cut off the fire proofing tag on your tent.
Race Ambassadors: We have friendly folks who can help you out if you have any questions. Treat them nicely.