Race only works on virtual contests

[infalmo]

What does race actually do? Is it intended to work on contests that are yet to be held?
In my observation, cf race command works well for a virtual contest. However, for a real-time contest that is going to be held, cf race gives a message Cant find countdown. I tested this on the global round yesterday, and it gave the above message...

[xalanq]

race command will find the countdown in Codeforces contest's page by a regular expression class=["']countdown["'][\s\S]*?(\d+):(\d+):(\d+). Maybe that's wrong...
I'll try to fix it

[xalanq]

I can't reproduce the bug... Now it works for me in Educational Codeforces Round 69 (Rated for Div. 2).

[infalmo]

Wierd. It works now! I'll try 1/2 hour before the start of the contest and respond back to you!

[infalmo]

[infalmo]

I think race fails to work after registrations have been closed. Im just guessing though.

[xalanq]

Wierd...

[xalanq]

I try to use another way to implement this.