Challenges

Challenges help you build habits together with friends. Whether you want to track total distance, time, or just show up consistently, challenges make it fun to stay active together.

Challenge Types

When creating a challenge, you choose how activities are scored:

Check-in Count

Every qualifying activity earns 1 point. Great for challenges focused on consistency, like "Who can complete the most workouts this month?"

Distance

Points equal the distance covered in meters. A 5km run earns 5,000 points. Perfect for distance-based goals like "Who can run the most kilometers?"

Duration

Points equal the activity duration in seconds. A 30-minute workout earns 1,800 points. Ideal for time-based challenges like "Who can accumulate the most exercise time?"

Challenge Rules

Each challenge has rules that determine which activities count:

Activity Types

Choose which activities qualify: running, cycling, walking, swimming, workouts, or any combination. You can also allow all activity types.

Minimum Duration

Set a minimum activity length. For example, require activities to be at least 15 minutes to prevent very short activities from counting.

Minimum Distance

Set a minimum distance requirement. For example, require at least 1km for an activity to count.

Daily Activity Limit

Limit how many activities count per day. Most challenges use a limit of 1, meaning only one activity per day counts toward your score.

Manual Activities

Choose whether manually logged activities count, or only activities tracked by connected devices.

How Scoring Works

Basic Scoring

For each qualifying activity, you earn points based on the challenge type:

Check-in Count: 1 point per activity
Distance: Points equal to meters covered
Duration: Points equal to seconds of activity time

Best Activity Selection

For distance and duration challenges with a daily activity limit, HAID automatically picks your best activity of the day.

Example: You set a daily limit of 1 activity for a distance challenge. You run 3km in the morning and 10km in the evening. HAID automatically counts your 10km evening run (10,000 points) instead of the 3km morning run (3,000 points).

This happens automatically. You don't need to do anything, HAID always picks the activity that earns you the most points.

For check-in count challenges, the first activities of the day count (up to the daily limit). There's no "best" concept since all qualifying activities earn the same points.

Timezone

Challenges use the creator's timezone to determine day boundaries. If the challenge creator is in New York, a "day" starts and ends at midnight Eastern Time for all participants.

Creating a Challenge

Open the Challenges tab in HAID
Tap "Create Challenge"
Choose a title and optional description
Set the start and end dates
Pick a scoring type (Check-in Count, Distance, or Duration)
Configure the rules (activity types, minimums, daily limit)
Invite friends
Review and create

FAQ

Why doesn't my activity count?

There are several reasons an activity might not count:

Wrong activity type: The activity type isn't allowed by the challenge rules
Too short: The activity doesn't meet the minimum duration requirement
Too short distance: The activity doesn't meet the minimum distance requirement
Daily limit reached: You've already recorded enough activities for this day
Better activity exists: For distance/duration challenges, a longer activity from the same day was recorded
Manual activity: Manual activities aren't allowed and you entered this one manually
Outside period: The activity was recorded before the challenge started or after it ended

I did two runs today. Which one counts?

It depends on the challenge type:

Distance or Duration challenges: Your longest (highest-scoring) activity counts automatically
Check-in Count challenges: The first activity (or first few, if the daily limit is higher) counts