Checking in on the day
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Check-in is the first real status change on My Schedule, moving an entry from "not checked in" to "checked in" confirms you've actually arrived, and it's what lets an organizer trust their own running order on the day rather than guessing who's in the building.
How it happens
Depending on how a specific competition runs its event day, check-in is either something you do yourself from My Schedule, or something the organizer's team marks at a check-in desk as dancers arrive. Either way, the result lands in the same place, your own entry status, updated immediately.
Why it's worth doing early
An organizer building or adjusting their running order on the fly leans on real check-in data, who's actually here, right now, to make fair calls about reordering. Checking in as soon as you arrive, rather than right before you're due on, gives them the clearest possible picture.
Not checked in isn't a penalty, yet
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