Personalized Goals allow participants to select an individual goal within a range you set.
It’s one of the most inclusive features in SuperDash — especially for groups with a wide mix of fitness levels.
This guide will help you set the right range using formulas, baselines, and simple examples.
Personalized Goals are available in:
Streak Mode
Target Mode
Stick To It Mode
1. How Personalized Goals Work
Personalized Goals let participants choose a goal that feels challenging but reachable — without forcing everyone into the same number.
How scoring works
Each participant’s score is based on their own chosen goal, not the top of your range.
In Streak Mode, they earn credit for each day they meet their daily goal.
In Target Mode, they aim to hit their total activity goal.
In Stick To It, they work toward their custom daily goal or frequency requirement.
Participants never compete directly on goal values — only on progress.
This keeps challenges accessible and prevents discouragement in lower-activity users.
2. Start with your baseline: what does an average participant do?
Most participants fall within these ranges:
Metric | Beginner | Typical/Mixed | Active |
Steps/day | 3,000–5,000 | 6,000–8,000 | 10,000–12,000+ |
Miles/day | 1–2 miles | 2–3 miles | 4–5 miles |
Active minutes/day | 10–15 min | 15–25 min | 30–40+ min |
These baselines help you set a range that includes everyone.
3. Use this formula to create your range
No matter the mode, the best way to choose a range is:
Formula:
Personalized Goal Range = [Beginner-friendly low] → [Challenging but realistic high]
The high end should be reachable for active participants, not just elite athletes.
Recommended ranges:
Steps: 3,000 → 15,000
Miles: 1 → 5 miles
Active minutes: 10 → 45 minutes
This gives participants meaningful flexibility while keeping goals doable.
4. Mode-by-mode setup examples
🩵 Streak Mode (Daily Goal)
Participants choose a daily goal.
Formula:
Daily Range = [Beginner daily baseline] → [Active baseline]
Recommended ranges:
Steps: 3,000–12,000/day
Miles: 1–4 miles/day
Active minutes: 10–30 minutes/day
Example setup:
Daily range: 3,000 → 10,000 steps/day
What participants see:
They pick their daily goal (e.g., 4k, 6k, 8k).
💚 Target Mode (Total Goal)
Participants choose a total cumulative goal for the entire challenge.
Formula:
Total Range = [Daily baseline × challenge days] → [Active baseline × challenge days]
Example for a 30-day challenge:
Beginner daily: 4,000 steps
Active daily: 12,000 steps
Range:
4,000 × 30 = 120,000 12,000 × 30 = 360,000 → Recommended Range: 120,000 → 350,000 steps
(Make the top end slightly lower than the calculation to keep it reachable.)
Miles example (30 days):
1.5 miles/day × 30 = 45 miles 4 miles/day × 30 = 120 miles → Range: 45 → 120 miles
Active minutes example (30 days):
15 min/day × 30 = 450 minutes 35 min/day × 30 = 1,050 minutes → Range: 450 → 1,000 minutes
💙 Stick To It Mode (Daily Goal + Frequency)
Participants choose their daily goal, while you set the frequency requirement.
Formula:
Daily Range = [Beginner-friendly low] → [Challenging high] Frequency = same for all participants
Recommended daily ranges:
10–30 active minutes
3,000–8,000 steps
1–3 miles
Example Setup:
Daily goal range: 10 → 30 minutes/day
Frequency requirement: 10 completions
Participants choose their daily target but everyone shares the same frequency requirement.
5. Quick personalized goal range templates
Steps
Beginner: 3,000/day
Mixed: 5,000–8,000/day
Active: 10,000–12,000/day
Range suggestion: 3,000 → 12,000
Miles
Beginner: 1 mile/day
Mixed: 2–3 miles/day
Active: 4–5 miles/day
Range suggestion: 1 → 4 miles
Active Minutes
Beginner: 10–15/day
Mixed: 20–25/day
Active: 30–40/day
Range suggestion: 10 → 30 minutes
6. Important limitations
1. Your daily activity cap cannot be lower than the top of your personalized range.
If your range ends at 15,000 steps/day, your cap must be ≥ 15,000.
2. Team modes do not support Personalized Goals.
Only Streak, Target, Stick To It.
3. Avoid ranges wider than 12k steps or 40 minutes.
Too wide = people either sandbag or get overwhelmed.
7. Editing your personalized goal range mid-challenge
You can adjust your personalized range at any time in SuperDash.
SuperDash will:
Update participant options automatically
Keep existing progress intact
Recalculate current standings based on each user’s chosen goal
8. Pro Tips for Great Personalized Goal Ranges
Use a 3:1 ratio between your low and high:
e.g., 3k → 9k or 10 min → 30 minAvoid setting the low too low (e.g., 1,000 steps)
Run a poll or survey to collect typical daily steps
Start conservative for your first challenge and adjust next time
Personalized Goals boost participation for groups with large variability
9. Examples you can copy + paste
For Streak Mode
3,000–12,000 steps/day
1–4 miles/day
10–30 active minutes/day
For Target Mode (30 days)
120,000–350,000 steps
45–120 miles
450–1,000 active minutes
For Stick To It
10–30 active minutes/day, frequency 10–20 days
3,000–8,000 steps/day, frequency 10–20 days