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Masters handicap: the whole squad on the same scale.

In a masters squad, the same split is not worth the same at 35 as at 60. Remonta applies the Spanish Rowing Federation (FER) or the World Rowing masters handicap to every score, and the charts and the Excel export show time, split /500 m and watts per kilo already adjusted.

The tables

FER or World Rowing, never both.

FER table

From the rules of the 2024 Spanish Indoor Rowing Championship, over 1000 m: categories A to I (from 30 to 75 and over), the same for men and women.

World Rowing masters

World Rowing's masters handicap calculator of April 2026, the 1x column over 1000 m: categories A to M (from 27 to 89 and over), with one table for men and another for women.

The oldest sets the reference

Each score gets what separates it from the squad's oldest category, as in the championship. Removing someone from the chart doesn't change anyone else's numbers.

The category of each score

It comes from the age turned during the year, as on racing licences, and from the year of each session: a score from two seasons ago counts with the category of the time.

In the charts

One tick box turns it on.

  • One handicap or the other. A masters squad's charts show two tick boxes, FER and World Rowing; ticking one clears the other.
  • Distance pieces add time. The tables are for 1000 m and other distances are pro rata: over 2000 m it adds double.
  • Timed pieces take off metres. In a 30′ or a 4 × 10′ the time is fixed: the metres drop to what they would have rowed at the pace the handicap leaves.
  • Split and W/kg adjusted; stroke rate and heart rate not. In the Excel export, each row also carries its category, the seconds added and the adjusted values next to the real ones.

FAQ

About the masters handicap.

How do I turn it on?
Mark the squad as a masters squad in its settings. From then on, its charts show the handicap tick boxes.
Which handicap does the Excel export use?
The one ticked in the chart and, if none is, the FER one. For a masters squad the sheet always carries it.
What if an athlete's date of birth is missing?
They count as category A, the one that adds most: nobody gains from leaving it out. If sex is missing, the men's table is used.

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