Build a team of real short track speed skaters, earn points from actual competition results, and compete for the top of the leaderboard.
Short Track Manager is a fantasy sports game built around the World Tour season. You assemble a squad of real short track speed skaters and earn points whenever they podium in a live competition. The better your picks — and your transfer timing — the higher you climb on the global leaderboard.
Every manager starts with a $100M budget to fill 13 roster slots:
Each athlete and relay team has a price. You must keep your total spend at or under $100M. There is no minimum spend — find the best value to maximise your point haul.
Prices are based on a rolling sum of ranking points across the athlete's four most recent competitions. Prices update after each competition weekend, so strong performances push athletes into higher tiers.
| Tier | Price | Rolling Points |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | $25M | 75,000 + |
| Superstar | $21M | 55,000 – 74,999 |
| Elite | $17M | 38,000 – 54,999 |
| Strong | $13M | 22,000 – 37,999 |
| Mid-tier | $9M | 10,000 – 21,999 |
| Competitive | $6M | 4,000 – 9,999 |
| Fringe | $3M | 1,000 – 3,999 |
| Base | $1M | Under 1,000 |
On the Athletes page, each card may display a badge showing the athlete's best ISU world ranking across all distances they compete in (500m, 1000m, 1500m). This is their standing in the real-world ISU rankings — not a fantasy league rank.
| Badge | Condition | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 👑 Top 1 / Top 2 / Top 3 | Best rank ≤ 3 | World top 3 in at least one distance |
| ⭐ #4 – #10 | Best rank 4–10 | World top 10 in at least one distance |
| 📊 #11 – #25 | Best rank 11–25 | Ranked but outside the elite tier |
| (none) | Best rank > 25 | No badge displayed |
After each competition's results are published — and before the next event goes live — a transfer window opens. You can swap athletes in and out to react to form, injuries, and price shifts.
Window timing: opens when competition results are finalised; locks the moment a competition status changes to "live". Plan ahead!
The winner earns 10,000 pts and each subsequent place earns approximately 85% of the one above — rewards extend all the way down to last place. Both individual and relay events use the same formula.
| Place | Points |
|---|---|
| 1st | 10,000 |
| 2nd | 8,500 |
| 3rd | 7,225 |
| 5th | 5,220 |
| 10th | 2,316 |
| 20th | 456 |
| 30th | ~186 |
| 50th | ~46 |
| 68th – last | 1 |
Ranks 1–20 use a ×0.85 geometric series; ranks 21–50 use ×0.90; ranks 51–68 decrement by 1 down to a minimum of 1. Everyone from 68th onwards earns 1 point. DNS / DNF / DQ earns 0 points.
Your three relay slots — Women's 3000m Relay, Men's 5000m Relay, and Mixed Relay — score points using the exact same formula as individual athletes. If your chosen country's relay team finishes 1st, you earn 10,000 pts from that slot; 2nd earns 8,500 pts, and so on.
Relay results do not contribute to per-athlete or team bonus thresholds.
On top of placement points, athletes and teams can earn bonus points for exceptional performances in a single competition.
| Bonus | Points | Trigger |
|---|---|---|
| Hat Trick | +5,000 | Finish in the top 3 in all three distances (500m, 1000m, 1500m) |
| Top-10 Triple | +2,000 | Finish top 10 in all three distances (only if Hat Trick is not earned) |
| World Record | +10,000 | Set a world record — stacks with other bonuses; each WR fires separately |
| Bonus | Points | Trigger |
|---|---|---|
| Team Podium | +5,000 | 4 or more podium finishes (top 3) across your 10 individual athletes |
| Team Top-10 | +3,000 | 7 or more top-10 finishes across your 10 individual athletes |
Both team bonuses can fire in the same competition. Relay teams do not count towards team bonus thresholds.