The rules
How scoring, screenshots, and review actually work
How points are calculated
Every activity is scored one of three ways. Which one applies depends on the activity type. You don't choose it, it's fixed per type.
Distance-based
Run, Walk, Hiking, Outdoor Cycling, Swimming. Points come from distance covered, not time spent. Duration is still required, but only to sanity-check your pace, which is how a "run" that's actually walking pace gets caught. A run slower than 9 min/km is scored as a walk. There's no minimum time for these activities. The 30-minute floor only applies to time-based activities below.
Worked example: a 5km run at the current rate of 2 km = 1 pt scores 2.5 points (5km ÷ 2km × 1 point). Distance always scores proportionally. There's no rounding down to whole units.
Time-based
Indoor Cycling, Rowing, Elliptical, Strength, Yoga, Pilates, Dance, Sports. Points scale directly with minutes logged.
Worked example: Strength training is currently 7 pts / hr. A 45-minute session scores 5.25 points (45 ÷ 60 × the hourly rate).
Steps
One entry per day. Points scale with your count, not a running total, so a higher count later in the day means editing that entry rather than adding a new one. A second entry for the same day isn't allowed.
How it's scored: 4k = 2 · 7k = 4 · 10k = 7, plus 0.05 extra for every 100 steps between tiers
| Activity | Rate |
|---|---|
| Run | 2 km = 1 pt |
| Walk | 3 km = 1 pt |
| Hiking / Trekking | 2.5 km = 1 pt |
| Outdoor cycling | 3 km = 1 pt |
| Indoor cycling | 5 pts / hr |
| Swimming | 250 m = 1 pt |
| Rowing | 6 pts / hr |
| Elliptical | 5 pts / hr |
| Strength training | 7 pts / hr |
| Yoga | 3 pts / hr |
| Pilates | 4 pts / hr |
| Dance / Zumba | 4 pts / hr |
| Sports | 4 pts / hr |
| Steps (per day) | 4k = 2 · 7k = 4 · 10k = 7, plus 0.05 extra for every 100 steps between tiers |
Same rates apply to every category. Age and sex only determine which leaderboard you appear on.
Daily limits
- 30-minute minimum for timed activities. Indoor Cycling, Rowing, Elliptical, Strength, Yoga, Pilates, Dance, and Sports are scored by the minute, so a session under 30 minutes doesn't score. This doesn't apply to Run, Walk, Hiking, Outdoor Cycling, or Swimming. Those are scored by distance, so a short but genuine effort still counts fully.
- 120-minute daily cap. Duration-based activities (everything except Steps) are capped at 120 minutes of counted duration per day in total. Once you've logged that much, a new entry that would push past it is blocked. An activity can only be logged against the date it actually happened, so if you genuinely trained more than 120 minutes in a day, see which of what you did would earn the most points and log that one. We treat what you choose to declare as your decision.
- 75-minute cap per activity. On top of the 120-minute total above, no single timed activity type (Strength, Yoga, Sports, and the rest scored by the minute) can count more than 75 minutes in one day, even if you have daily budget left over. This is about not over-exerting on one thing, not about limiting variety. It doesn't apply to Run, Walk, Hiking, Outdoor Cycling, or Swimming, since those are scored by distance rather than time.
Example: 75 minutes of Strength in the morning, then 45 minutes of Yoga later. Both fit their own 75-minute cap, and together they land right at the 120-minute daily total.
Example: 38 minutes of Strength in the morning and another 37 minutes that evening. Both entries are the same activity, so they add up toward the same 75-minute cap, not two separate ones.
Disallowed example: 61 minutes of Rowing in the morning, then another 25 minutes of Rowing that evening. The morning entry uses up most of the 75-minute Rowing cap, leaving only 14 minutes of room. The evening entry doesn't fit in that remaining space, and 14 minutes on its own is below the 30-minute floor anyway, so it can't be logged as a smaller entry either. You could, however, still log 30+ minutes of a different activity (Strength, say) the same day, since that draws from its own separate cap. - One Steps entry per day. If your count grows through the day, edit your existing entry with the updated number rather than adding a second one. The system only recognizes one Steps reading per day anyway, as explained above.
- 3-day edit window. You can edit or delete an entry for 3 days after logging it. Past that, it's frozen, except for a rejected entry. You can always fix a rejected entry, no matter how old it is.
Screenshot best practices
Good screenshots
- An actual screenshot from your phone or app, not a photo taken of a watch or screen
- Show the full activity summary in one frame: type, distance or duration, and date all visible together
- Come straight from your fitness app, not a cropped or edited image
- Show the date clearly, ideally matching the day you're logging
- Include heart rate or cadence when the activity asks for it
Avoid
- A photo of your watch face — screenshots are strongly preferred, since a photo rarely captures the full data clearly
- Cropping out the date, or any number you're declaring
- A screenshot from a different day than the one you're logging
- Daily-dashboard views where it's unclear which number is today's total
- Reusing the same screenshot for a different activity or day
If an app splits your stats across multiple screens, a map on one and heart rate on another, use the "more proof" option when logging to add 1 extra screenshot alongside your main one.
What gets flagged for review
Every entry is checked by a team of volunteers. Most pass straight through with no issue. An entry gets pulled aside for a person to look at when something about it doesn't add up. In plain terms, that means things like:
- The same screenshot showing up more than once, reused for a different day or by a different account.
- Declared numbers not matching what the screenshot shows. A small rounding difference is fine; a large gap isn't.
- Physically implausible values, such as a pace, speed, or heart rate outside realistic human ranges.
- The date shown in the screenshot not matching the declared date.
- A sudden, unexplained jump from your own typical pace or effort for that activity.
Being flagged isn't an accusation. It just means a person will take a look before it counts toward your total. The honest, simple rule that covers all of the above: log what your screenshot actually shows. Under-declaring distance or time, rounding down or capping a long session at the daily limit, is always safe. It's only ever an issue to declare more than your screenshot shows.
If an entry is rejected
A rejection isn't final, and it never blocks you from logging new activities in the meantime. You'll see it clearly flagged on your dashboard and activities page until you deal with it. From there, you have two options:
- Edit it with the correct details and a clear screenshot. This works no matter how old the entry is or how long ago it was reviewed. There's no time limit on fixing a rejected entry.
- Delete it if it was a genuine mistake you don't want to fix. This is available within the normal 3-day edit window.
Editing always sends the entry back through the same checks. A corrected, honest resubmission is exactly what gets it scored properly. One limit worth knowing: a normal entry (not currently rejected) can be edited up to 3 times total. That cap doesn't apply to fixing a rejected entry specifically — as above, there's no limit on how many times you can correct one of those until it's right.
The organisers reserve the right to change these rules in special circumstances.