Paste one link into your Tabroom paradigm. Every debater who reads your paradigm before the round clicks it and joins your timer room automatically — same link, every tournament, forever.
Most judges start each round by saying "give me a second to pull up a timer" or asking the debaters to time themselves. The paradigm link eliminates that friction entirely. Debaters read your paradigm in the tab bay before the round. They click the link, join your room, and the debater display is already open on their laptop when the round starts.
They read your paradigm before the round. Your timer link is right there. They join before you sit down.
Your personal room never changes. One link in your paradigm works at every tournament for the entire season.
No room code to share. No QR code to scan. Debater opens the link, judge opens the app. Round starts.
Your link uses your name exactly as it appears on Tabroom — lowercase, hyphens instead of spaces. Examples:
The room is deterministic — the same name always opens the same room, every time, on every device.
Log into Tabroom.com → click your name in the top-right corner → click Edit Paradigm. The paradigm editor opens as a text field.
Add one line at the very top of your paradigm — debaters see this first. Keep it short so they actually click it.
The single line at the top is enough. Debaters in the tab bay will see it while reading and click it before you enter the room.
Open your paradigm link on your phone. On a second device, open the same URL. Both should connect to the same room instantly — no room code needed.
On tournament day: open debateclock.org/app/ on your phone as usual. The debater's display will already be connected when they click your paradigm link from their laptop.
The URL debateclock.org/j/your-name is a permanent room code derived from your name. It always resolves to the same 6-character room. No account is stored — the room is generated client-side from a hash of the name, so it's the same on every device without any server lookup.
This means: the link never expires, never requires renewal, and works even if you haven't opened the app yet when the debater clicks it. When you open the app on your phone, your room is already waiting with any debaters who joined from the link.
Two minutes now, zero friction every Saturday.