Races & Records
Swimming score tracker, approved by everyone who played.
Race a set distance in the water. log8 keeps the score with the people you actually play. Record the finishing order, with times, strokes, points or kilos if you have them. The other players approve it, and your head-to-head record, group board and personal history build themselves.
Scoring
How log8 scores Swimming
Record the finishing order, with times, strokes, points or kilos if you have them.
- Play 2 to 8 swimmers, each for themselves. A relay team of up to 4 counts as one side.
- Record the finishing order, and each swimmer’s time if you like.
- Add the event, like 50 m, 100 m or 400 m.
- Fastest time wins. Swimmers who did not finish can go without a time.
The basics
How to play Swimming
The casual version of the rules. log8 shows the same guide in the app, on the game's page.
- PlayersEach swimmer takes a lane. Relay teams of up to 4 swim as one side.
- How to winTouch the wall first, or post the fastest time.
- The official gameWorld Aquatics writes the rules. A long course pool is 50 metres and a short course pool is 25.
- How groups differOpen water swims have no walls or lanes. Agree the start, the route and the finish.
- Races use freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke or butterfly. Agree which one.
- Start with a dive, or from in the water for backstroke.
- Stay in your own lane.
- In breaststroke and butterfly, touch the wall with both hands at the same time.
- Touch the wall at every turn and at the finish.
- In a relay, the next swimmer can’t leave the block until the swimmer in the water touches the wall.
Play better
Swimming tips
- Breathe out into the water and in when your face turns.
- Push off every wall in a tight, straight line.
- Keep your head low and your hips up.
- Only swim somewhere safe, with someone watching.
In the app
Logging a game in log8
- Pick the game and the playersChoose Swimming, then everyone who played. Friends without log8 can join as guests.
- Enter the resultRecord the finishing order, with times, strokes, points or kilos if you have them.
- The other players approveFriends on log8 get 48 hours to approve it, or tap Disagree if it is wrong. Guests count straight away. A result nobody answers closes without counting.
- Your record updatesOnce it is official it counts toward your head-to-head records, group board, badges and cups.
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Questions
Swimming in log8: questions
Can I keep Swimming scores with friends in log8?
Yes. Swimming is one of the 72 built-in games. Record the finishing order, with times, strokes, points or kilos if you have them. The other players approve it, then it counts.
How do you win at Swimming?
Touch the wall first, or post the fastest time.
How many people play Swimming?
Each swimmer takes a lane. Relay teams of up to 4 swim as one side.
Do people play Swimming differently?
Open water swims have no walls or lanes. Agree the start, the route and the finish.
Do my friends need the app?
No. Add a friend as a guest and the game counts straight away. If they join log8 later, the games move to their account.
Settle your Swimming rivalry.
log8 is coming soon to Android and iPhone, and is free to download. It is in closed testing now: write to us for an invite, or to hear the day it reaches the stores.
Updated by the log8 team