Challenges that group participants based on fitness level

[JonDavidL]

My subject isn't totally the right one but the best I could come up with.  One thing I loved about my Garmin was that challenges weren't dependent on only challenging people you knew.  Their weekly step challenge is a whole community challenge.  Meaning Garmin puts you in a group with 9 other Garmin users who are at about your same level (ie Garmin knows you average 35,000 steps a week for example).  They don't have to be people you know, so it allows a much larger pool of people to compete with.  I really liked that.  I wish fitbit would do a similar thing.  There could be a setting that allows you not to be included in the community challenge pool of people if you didn't want to be paired with strangers.  Much like the way the community posting works.  You can always set yourself to "private".  Just an idea.  Hope others find it interesting and vote for it!  But I think step challenges with others, in this vast fitbit community of users, would be fun. 

Moderator edit: Subject for clarity

[Mike.b93]

Hi there,

i think challenges against a group of anonymous people would be a nice feature to keep me motivated. Also rankings which are filtered. If i can filter people around my age living in my country and then see which place I’d be regarding steps, active minutes, etc. that would be nice 🙂

regards .

[DayleK]

Love this idea

[YojanaFitbit]

Hi @JonDavidL, and thanks for taking the time to share your suggestion about having the option of start challenges not only with friend but with other Fitbit users using the average of steps! We rely on feedback like yours to help us develop products and features that we know our community wants to see. If your suggestion receives votes from other customers and gains popularity, it will be shared internally with various teams at Fitbit. To learn more about how Fitbit decides which suggestions get developed, visit our FAQs.

Watch this space for status updates! In the meantime, try visiting our Lifestyle Discussion Forum to talk with other members about all things health and fitness.

[TessCu]

I'm a little late to the party, but am loving this idea!
Voted 🙂

[MatthewFraser]

Definite wish this were a feature.

[QooVie]

It's great,such a nice idea

[Dajjer]

Tremendous idea. Thumps up. They should hire you.

[Heather-S]

I love this idea!

[LizFitbit]

Hi everyone, and thanks so much for sharing this suggestion! While we don’t currently have plans to release this feature, we always appreciate the passion and creativity that comes out of this Community. Since we know this idea is important to many of you, we have left voting open to continue tracking interest and will post another update if anything changes. To learn more about how Fitbit decides which suggestions get developed, visit our FAQs.

We're always striving to enhance Fitbit products and services, and your input is a big part of that process. We truly thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us.

[asbjorneliassen]

I know workweek hustle is supposed to be a friendly competition, but it would be nice with some kind of common goal too, perhaps a group total steps or a average. This could encourage the lower step members to give more effort. Fitbit could calculate this based on the group members earlier merits.

[YojanaFitbit]

Hi @asbjorneliassen, thanks for taking the time to share this suggestion about having the option to participate on Fitbit Challenges based on fitness level. This feature suggestion already exists, so I’ve moved your post here. Click on the thumbs-up to show your support. 

While we don’t currently have plans to release this feature, we always appreciate the passion and creativity that comes out of this Community. Since we know this idea is important to many of you, we have left voting open to continue tracking interest and will post another update if anything changes. To learn more about how Fitbit decides which suggestions get developed, visit our FAQs.

I hope to see you around.