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title: Points challenges
description: Create distance-based challenges with custom points per sport
order: 9
---

# Points challenges

**Points challenges** let participants earn **points per kilometre** (or related metrics) across selected sports. Flexible for multi-sport events.

## Create a points challenge

1. **Create new Event** → base data.
2. Step 2: under **Most popular**, select **Points challenge**.
3. Create — default sports with points per km are preconfigured.

## Configure scoring

1. **Settings → Sports** — add/remove sports, set points per km, aliases (e.g. orienteering → run).
2. **Settings → Rules** — activity limits, GPS, sync window.
3. **Settings → Advanced** — result ordering, energy display if used.

## Result tables

Enable per-sport columns in **Settings → Display of results**.

## Difference from running/cycling challenges

Running and cycling presets focus on one sport family. Points challenges start with a broader multi-sport points model you customize.

## Participants

[Participate in a challenge](../joining-events/participate-in-a-challenge.md) — activities must use accepted sports connected to DistantRace.