Advanced challenge settings
Advanced challenge settings
Path: Challenge dashboard → Settings → Advanced
These options fine-tune scoring, visibility, and participation rules. Which fields appear depends on challenge type — the form hides irrelevant options automatically.
See also the challenge settings reference for all other settings sections.
Field availability by challenge type #
| Field | Step | Sports / distance / geo / time / calorie / CO₂ / charity / shape | Active days | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result ordering | ✓* | ✓* | ✓* | ✓* |
| Energy unit (kcal / kWh) | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Daily step threshold (move_amount) |
✓ | — | — | — |
| Step point tiers | ✓ | — | — | — |
Active-day threshold (move_amount + unit) |
— | — | ✓ | ✓ |
Daily steps threshold (move_amount_steps) |
— | — | — | ✓ |
| CO₂ per km | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Accept manual workouts | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Child subaccounts | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Allow multiple distances | — | ✓† | — | — |
| Top results in team | ✓‡ | ✓‡ | ✓‡ | ✓‡ |
| Results hidden from / till | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Disable daily email | ✓ | — | — | — |
| External signup URL | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
* Result ordering appears only when the challenge uses a single primary sort field (not multi-column or ascending sort). Hidden when standings use composite ordering.
† Allow multiple distances — only on distance-kind challenges with at least one published distance.
‡ Top results in team — only when teams are enabled.
Result ordering #
Field: ordering
Applies when: Single-field descending sort is used.
Primary column for the public leaderboard and rank calculation:
| Value | Sorts by |
|---|---|
| Steps | Total steps (-steps_done) |
| Distance | Total distance (-distance_done) |
| Time | Total moving time (-time_spent) |
| Energy | Calories (-calories_done) |
| Points / Active days | Points total (-points_total) — label is Active days for active-day challenges, Points for geo, combined, or points-calculated sports challenges |
Changing ordering recalculates all challenger ranks after save.
Energy unit #
Field: energy_display
Applies to: All non-step challenges.
| Option | Display |
|---|---|
| Kilocalories | kcal on results and activity summaries |
| Kilowatt-hours | kWh (useful for energy-themed challenges) |
Daily step threshold (step challenges) #
Field: move_amount
Applies to: Step challenges only.
Minimum steps per calendar day to score points when step point tiers are not used, or as the base daily target shown to participants.
Set to 0 to disable a fixed daily floor and rely entirely on tiers.
Step point tiers (step challenges) #
Field: step_points_tiers
Applies to: Step challenges only.
Award points per calendar day based on how many steps the participant reaches. Format — comma-separated pairs:
6000:1, 8000:2, 10000:3
Meaning: 6 000+ steps → 1 point; 8 000+ → 2 points; 10 000+ → 3 points. Thresholds must increase; points must not decrease.
Leave empty to use a flat scoring model from move_amount and the step game instead.
Active-day threshold (active-day & combined challenges) #
Fields: move_amount + move_kind
Applies to: Active-day challenges and combined challenges.
Defines what counts as one active day (awards 2 points per active day in combined scoring):
| Unit | Example |
|---|---|
| Minutes | 30 minutes of activity |
| Kilocalories | 300 kcal burned |
| Kilometers | 5 km distance |
Daily steps threshold (combined challenges only) #
Field: move_amount_steps
Applies to: Combined challenges only.
Minimum steps on a calendar day to award 1 bonus point (in addition to active-day points from sports). Default: 10 000.
Combined scoring = active-day rule + daily steps rule + step game tasks + accepted sports workouts.
CO₂ per km #
Field: co2
Applies to: Non-step challenges.
Default: 0.2 (kg CO₂ saved per km).
Used on eco / CO₂-themed challenges to estimate carbon savings from participant distance. Shown on results when the challenge displays environmental impact.
Accept manual workouts #
Field: accept_manual_workouts
Applies to: Non-step challenges.
When enabled, participants can submit manual activities (no GPS file) that organizers or rules can accept. Stored as accept_unknown on the challenge.
Pair with challenge rules — manual entries still pass validation when accepted.
Child subaccounts #
Field: subaccounts
Applies to: Non-step challenges.
Allows parents to register children below the minimum age as sub-accounts:
- Parent creates a DistantRace account
- Parent adds a child sub-account and registers them
- Parent connects a sports app
- Parent submits each child activity manually from Profile → My Activities → activity detail
Children do not sync activities independently until they have their own account.
Allow multiple distances #
Field: allow_multiple_distances
Applies to: Distance-kind challenges with published distances.
Lets one participant enroll in more than one distance within the same challenge. See Multi-distance challenges.
Top results in team #
Field: top_in_team
Applies when: Teams enabled.
Limits how many top individual results count toward each team's total. Prevents one super-active member from carrying the entire team score.
Uses the same metric as result ordering for ranking contributors within the team.
Results hidden from / till (step challenges) #
Fields: results_hidden_from, results_hidden_till
Applies to: Step challenges only.
Timezone: Club timezone.
Temporarily hide the public leaderboard between these datetimes — useful for surprise announcements or end-of-challenge reveals.
hidden_from must be before hidden_till. Leave blank to show results normally.
Disable daily email (step challenges) #
Field: daily_email_disabled
Applies to: Step challenges only.
Turns off automated daily summary emails to participants (step totals, rank changes). Marketing campaigns are unaffected.
External signup URL #
Field: signup_url
Applies to: All challenge types.
Optional HTTPS link shown to participants as an external paid registration path (white-label clients). Leave blank for standard free DistantRace apply flow.
After saving #
Saving advanced settings triggers result recalculation for all participants (and team totals where applicable). Large challenges may take a minute to update standings.
Related #
- Combined challenges
- Step game
- Challenge rules and activity limits
- Competition advanced settings — parallel page for races