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Scoring Guide: Leaderboard and Team Challenge Modules

Learn how the Leaderboard, Team Leaderboard, and Team Virtual Race modules are scored

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Written by Stridekick Team
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Here’s how scoring works in some of Stridekick’s most competitive challenge formats—including individual and team-based modules. Scroll to the bottom for quick answers to frequently asked scoring questions!


🏆 Leaderboard Scoring

The Leaderboard module ranks participants from highest to lowest based on their total steps, distance, or active minutes over the course of the challenge so far.

Your total = The sum of your daily steps, distance, or minutes for each day of the challenge to date.


👯‍♀️ Team Leaderboard Scoring

The Team Leaderboard ranks teams by their average total activity (steps, distance, or minutes). We use averages to ensure fairness between teams of different sizes.

How it works:

  1. Add up the total steps (or distance/minutes) for each team member

  2. Combine those totals for a team-wide sum

  3. Divide that sum by the number of team members

Example:

  • Member 1: 150,000 steps

  • Member 2: 100,000 steps

  • Member 3: 300,000 steps

Total Team Steps = 550,000
Team Members = 3
Average = 550,000 ÷ 3 = 183,333 steps


🗺️ Team Virtual Race Scoring

The Team Virtual Race is scored just like the Team Leaderboard—but it uses distance instead of steps or minutes.

Example:

  • Member 1: 50 miles

  • Member 2: 80 miles

  • Member 3: 60 miles

Total Team Distance = 190 miles
Team Members = 3
Average = 190 ÷ 3 = 63.33 miles


❓Frequently Asked Questions

🔘 Will non-syncing users affect my team’s score?

Yes. If a teammate isn’t syncing data, their zero will be included in the team’s average. Every team member’s totals count.


🔁 I synced, but my team score didn’t update—why?

Stridekick pulls up to 30 days of data, but challenges only actively score the last 7 days.

If you haven’t synced in over a week, your device data may update in your account but not count toward the challenge.
Tip: Sync daily to keep your challenge score accurate.


⏳ I joined late—why doesn’t my full data count?

When you join a challenge, Stridekick will score your last 7 days of activity, regardless of when the challenge started.

That’s why it’s best to join early and sync often!


🕒 The challenge ended. Can I still sync and get credit?

Yes—within the 72-hour grace period.

All Stridekick challenges include a 3-day window after the challenge ends to allow final syncing.

After that, all scores are final.


🔄 How is the new team scoring different from before?

Old scoring:

  • Based on daily averages

  • Calculated: total steps ➗ team size ➗ number of days

  • Scores could fluctuate up or down

New scoring (current):

  • Based on total average

  • Calculated: total steps ➗ team size

  • Scores only increase (or stay the same) as the challenge goes on

  • More consistent, transparent, and aligned with individual scoring

✅ The leaderboard outcome isn’t affected—the new method just simplifies things and makes team progress easier to track!


💬 Still Have Questions?

Connect with our Support Team. We’re happy to help!

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