| Course | Category | Sprint | Medium | Long | ||||||
| distance | time | distance | time | distance | time | |||||
| 1 | M/F-12 | 0.8-1.0 | 12 | 1.0-2.5 | 20 | 2.0-3.0 | 25 | |||
| 2 | M/F-14 | 1.0-1.2 | 12 | 2.0-3.0 | 25 | 2.5-3.5 | 30 | |||
| 3 | M/F-16 | 1.2-1.5 | 12 | 3.0-3.5 | 30 | 4.0-4.5 | 45 | |||
| 4 | F35+/M55 | 1.0-1.2 | 12 | 3.0-3.5 | 35 | 3.5-4.0 | 45 | |||
| 6 | F19/F20 | 1.2-1.5 | 12 | 3.5-4.0 | 35 | 5.5-6.5 | 60 | |||
| M19/M35-54 | ||||||||||
| 8 | M20 | 1.5-2.0 | 12 | 4.0-4.5 | 35 | 9.0-11.0 | 90 | |||
| Controls | Technically easy | Consistently technically difficult | A mixture of technical difficulties | |||||||
| Route choice | Difficult route choice, | Small and medium scale | Significant route choice including | |||||||
| requiring high concentration | route choice | large-scale route choice | ||||||||
| Type of running | Very high speed | High speed, but requiring runners | Physically demanding, requiring | |||||||
| to adjust their speed to the terrain | endurance and pace judgment | |||||||||
| Terrain | Technically complex terrain | Physically tough terrain | Physically tough terrain | |||||||
| Map | 1:3000 to 1:5000 | 1:10,000 | 1:15,000(8) | 1:10,000(others) | ||||||
| Summary | Fast, visible, easy to understand staged in areas with significant population | Fast, accurate orienteering.Even small mistakes will be decisive | Tests all orienteering techniques plus physical endurance | |||||||