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 | ✓‡ | ✓‡ | ✓‡ | ✓‡ |
| Team invites (link / QR) | ✓‡ | ✓‡ | ✓‡ | ✓‡ |
| 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.
Daily rules assign a workout to its start date in the challenge organization's timezone. When daily steps and an on-foot workout cover the same movement, DistantRace counts the larger daily distance instead of adding both. See Combined challenges.
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.
Team invites (link / QR) #
Field: team_invites_enabled
Applies when: Teams enabled.
Allows every registered team member to share a team-specific link or QR code from the website and mobile app. Opening a valid invite preselects that team during registration.
A team invite can bypass the event's private password, join password, or invitation code. Enable it only when team members should be trusted to invite others. Invites are offered only while registration is open and participant capacity remains available; a member sees an invite only for their own team.
See Joining a 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