If you are unavailable for a period during a Challenge Ladder competition, you can place a temporarily unavailable period to not be challenged (for example, you are unavailable for two weeks). You can set your unavailability via your profile settings (refer to the Challenge Availability support guide). Please ensure that if you intend to Lock your position, that you do so in accordance with your competition rules as penalties may apply. Your competition administrator may also prevent locking towards the end of the competition.
If you are challenging a participant and they are unavailable, a message will show indicating the period of unavailability.