You’ve pulled your challenge reports. Now what?
If you’ve ever opened a spreadsheet full of steps, miles, or active minutes and thought
“There’s a great story in here… I just don’t know how to tell it” — this guide is for you.
Why Use AI for Challenge Reporting?
Using AI can help you turn raw challenge data into:
Engaging score updates
Meaningful participant recognition
Clear insights you can actually share
Momentum for your next challenge
The key is how you ask.
Below, you’ll find a structured set of AI prompts you can use based on your challenge type. These prompts are designed to help AI analyze your reports, surface insights, and write a polished update you can easily copy into a Google Doc, email, or presentation.
Think of It Like Storytelling
The data is your evidence
The participants are your characters
The challenge is the plot
The prompt is your director
The more context you give, the better the result.
How to Use These Prompts
For best results:
Upload your exported challenge reports into your AI chat
Paste the Overall Request section
Add your Details & Core Metrics
Include the Challenge-Specific Analysis that applies to your challenge type
You can (and should) add extra color, such as:
Real-life moments that happened during the challenge
Funny or memorable participant stories
Notable moments from the challenge chat
Details about prizes or incentives
You can also coach the AI on tone to match your program goal or culture:
Fun or funny
Motivating
Professional
Edgy
Sports-announcer style (Bruce Buffer, Tony Romo, John Madden, etc.)
Comedic
The more context you provide, the more natural and engaging the final output will feel.
Overall Request
Copy and paste this into your AI chat
We ran a group activity challenge on the Stridekick app. See the attached spreadsheets for the detailed challenge data and scores. The challenge type is listed in the report name. I would like to provide my team an exciting update on scores, recognize movers of all activity ranges and highlight notable achievements. I want to celebrate our individual and collective efforts and encourage participants to continue their health and fitness momentum, even after the challenge is over. I also want to get people excited about joining our next challenge. Please provide this in a text format that I can easily copy to a Google Doc.
Here’s Some Info on Stridekick
A description of each challenge mode:
https://stridekick.com/blog/the-ultimate-guide-to-stridekick-challenge-modesA description of all our Virtual Race maps:
https://stridekick.com/blog/a-guide-to-all-the-virtual-race-maps-you-can-explore-in-stridekickWhy challenges are fun and effective:
https://stridekick.com/blog/why-run-a-step-challenge-spoiler-its-about-more-than-just-stepsWhy you should continue your momentum after one challenge:
https://stridekick.com/blog/why-you-shouldnt-run-just-one-challenge-and-call-it-a-day
Details + Core Metrics
Provide these challenge details:
Why you decided to run a challenge
Organization name
Challenge description
Challenge dates
Challenge mode
Any additional information for rich context building (see above)
Ask it to provide these core metrics, in addition to challenge mode-specific requests (below):
Individual Recognition Metrics
Overall Top Mover: Overall winner with highest total {steps, distance or active minutes}
Top 5 Movers: Top 5 movers with highest total {steps, distance or active minutes}
Most Improved: Compare first week vs last week average for {steps, distance or active minutes}
Most Consistent: Lowest coefficient of variation (steady daily performance) for {steps, distance or active minutes}
Single Day Champion: Highest single-day count for {steps, distance or active minutes}
Weekend Warrior: Highest average {steps, distance or active minutes} Friday–Sunday
Weekday Hustler: Highest average {steps, distance or active minutes} Monday–Friday
Engagement Metrics
Sync Score: What % of participants synced data (had data >0) every day of the challenge
0 does not count as a successful sync
Movement Patterns
Strongest Movement Days: List the top 5 highest-step days
Include 1–2 sentences analyzing movement patterns
Collective Group Stats
Group activity totals: Combined steps, distance, and active minutes
Provide a relatable comparison to activity collectively moved (EX: We moved around the earth)
Total activity per person: Average total steps, distance, and active minutes per participant
Average daily activity per person: Average daily steps, distance, and active minutes
Analysis by Challenge Mode
Only use the sections that apply to your challenge.
Leaderboard
If the challenge is over:
Metric we competed on: {steps, distance or active minutes}
What were close days in the leaderboard competition
How did the winner end up in #1 spot
Was the competition close for 2 & 3
How can we highlight the middle and bottom of the leaderboard positively
If the challenge is still active:
Why is the winner in #1 spot
How can people in the top 5 overtake the current leader
Streak
Daily goal: {insert your daily goal}
What participants reached their daily goal every day
What % reached 100% of their goals
What % reached 75% of their goals
What % reached 50% of their goals
What % reached 25% of their goals
Stick to It
Daily goal: {insert your daily goal + quota}
What participants reached their daily goal quota
What % reached 100% of the quota
What % reached 75% of the quota
What % reached 50% of the quota
What % reached 25% of the quota
Virtual Race
Total distance: {insert distance goal}
Map theme: {insert map theme}
Who reached the finish line first, second, and third, and when
What % reached the finish line
Were there close leaderboard days
Top 5 participants by total distance
How the winner secured #1
Was the competition close for 2 & 3
How to highlight all ranks positively
If the challenge is still active:
Why the current leader is ahead
How top 5 participants can overtake them
Freestyle
If the goal is daily: use the Streak prompt
If the goal is quota-based: use the Stick to It prompt
Team Leaderboard
Metric competed on: {steps, distance or active minutes}
Team rankings by average total activity
Winning team determination: based on “TeamLeaderboardTeam” report
Total activity by team (honorary mentions)
Average daily activity by team
Average daily activity per person
Close days analysis (margins <15%)
Why the winning team won:
Top movers vs consistency
Average per-person comparison
High performer counts
Sync rates and consistency
Notable players on non-winning teams
Positive recognition ideas
Fun team name awards
Team Scoring Context
Team Leaderboard is based on average total activity to ensure fairness across team sizes.
How it works:
Add up total activity for each team member
Combine totals for a team sum
Divide by number of team members
Team Virtual Race
Challenge goal: {distance}
Map theme: {insert map theme}
Team rankings by average total distance
Finish order and timing
Daily pace and close days
Why the winning team won:
Top movers vs consistency
High performer counts
Sync rates
Notable players on non-winning teams
Positive recognition ideas
Fun team name awards
Team Scoring Context
Team Leaderboard is based on average total activity to ensure fairness across team sizes.
How it works:
Add up total activity for each team member
Combine totals for a team sum
Divide by number of team members
Group Target
Collective goal: {insert goal}
% of goal reached
Date reached (if 100%+)
Group pace per day
Top contributors
Top activity days
If the goal was not reached:
What could have been done differently
Suggested goal for next time
Group Virtual Race
Group distance goal: {insert goal}
Map theme: {insert map theme}
% achieved
Group pace
Top contributors
Close leaderboard days
Top activity days
If 100%+:
Finish timing and date
If not reached:
What could have been done differently
Suggested goal for next time
Fundraiser
Collective goal: {insert goal}
% of goal reached
If 100%+:
Date reached
Top contributors
Top days
Group pace
If not reached:
What could have been done differently
Suggested goal for next time
Final Thoughts
Your challenge data is more than numbers. It’s proof of effort, consistency, and shared momentum.
When you pair your reports with clear context, AI helps you surface insights, recognize participants at every level, and tell a story people actually want to read.
Use the structure in this guide, add your voice, and let the data do the heavy lifting. Highlight the wins, acknowledge the effort, and invite people into what’s next.
That’s how one challenge builds momentum for the next.