Using Laced
How and when to start your entries
Start ten to fifteen minutes before the Draw goes live, then leave it to run. Started means Laced is running and waiting, not that an entry has been submitted.
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Open the Launch page ten to fifteen minutes before the Draw goes live.
Check the size shown on each launch.
If one is wrong, stop that launch, tap its size to open Edit Launch, change it, and start the launch again.
Tap Start on an individual launch card, or Start All to start everything at once.
Start All spaces the launches out by a fraction of a second, so even a large set is running within a second or two.
Leave the app open and let it run. The log card that appears shows what is happening.
Use Stop on a card, or Stop All, if you change your mind before the draw goes live.
Ten to fifteen minutes, then leave it
Start ten to fifteen minutes before the Draw goes live, then leave it to run. The size of the set does not change that.
Start All does not fire every launch in the same instant, it spaces them out by a fraction of a second. Even twenty launches are running within a second or two, so a big set needs no longer run-up than a small one.
There is no penalty for starting earlier than that, and nothing is gained by it either. A Draw is decided at random at its close, so an early entry and a late one inside the window are the same entry. How SNKRS draws work covers why. The only reason to start early is to remove the risk of not starting at all, and that reason is enough on its own.
Started is not submitted
This is the distinction the whole page exists for.
Started means the launch is running. Laced is awake, holding the release, the profile and the size you saved, waiting for the draw to go live. Nothing has reached Nike.
Submitted means the entry has gone in. That happens when the Draw goes live and Laced sends it, and it is the log card, not the Start button, that tells you so.
The confusion is easy to have. People tap Start, see the button disappear, read that as done and close the app. The button going away is the launch beginning, not finishing. Leave the app open. The log is the only view you have of what is actually happening, and a drop can run anywhere from a few seconds to ten minutes depending on the release. What the log shows once things are moving is covered in during a drop.
Start and Start All
Start on a card runs that one launch. Start All runs everything on the Launch page, staggered.
Start All is the right default when the whole set is intentional. Go card by card when it is not: when one profile has a problem you have not fixed, when you saved a size you no longer want, or when you are close to the window and would rather get the pairs you care about running first.
Stopping
Stop on a card ends that launch. Stop All ends every launch that is running. Both are there for the change of mind before the draw goes live, a size you have thought better of or a pair you have gone off.
A stopped launch can also be changed. Tap the size shown on it and Edit Launch opens, so you can correct the size and start it again without creating the entry from scratch. That only helps while the Draw is still open.
Once a drop is live, the buttons stop being the useful thing to look at. The log is.
One last check before you start
Look at the size on each launch. It is the one thing you cannot assume you remember correctly, and a wrong size is a spent entry. If one is wrong, stop that launch, tap the size, change it in Edit Launch and start it again.
The rest of the routine, in the order that works, is in the drop day checklist.
If something goes wrong
The Start button has disappeared
Why it happens: That is what a started launch looks like.
Once a launch is running, Start is replaced by a log card showing activity. Nothing has gone wrong. The launch is doing exactly what you asked it to.
You are inside five minutes and nothing is started yet
Start anyway, and start the launches you care about most first rather than reaching for Start All in a rush. A late start only costs you if the window closes before the entry goes in.
The drop has started and nothing has resolved yet
Why it happens: Depending on the release, a drop can take anywhere from a few seconds to two to ten minutes.
Give it the full window before you assume something is broken. Watch the log card rather than the Start button, and leave the app open while it runs.
Questions people ask
Does started mean my entry is submitted?
No. Started means the launch is running and waiting for the Draw to go live. The entry is submitted once the draw goes live and Laced sends it, and the log card is where you watch that happen.
How early should I start my entries?
Ten to fifteen minutes before the drop, then leave it to run. The size of the set does not change that, because Start All spaces the launches out by a fraction of a second and even a large set is running within a second or two.
Can I start too early?
Starting early costs you nothing but battery and attention. A Draw selects at random at its close time, so an entry submitted as the draw goes live and one submitted near the end are treated the same way.
What does Stop do?
Stop ends that one launch and Stop All ends every launch currently running. Use it before the draw goes live if you have changed your mind about a pair. To change a size, stop the launch first, then tap its size and Edit Launch opens.