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Monthly RHR Average does not add up

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‎12-07-2023 10:03 - edited ‎12-07-2023 11:40

‎12-07-2023 10:03 - edited ‎12-07-2023 11:40

The monthly RHR (Resting Heart Rate) average does not add up. For example, if I took the month of June, and added up my RHR using the data for each date, it would average to about 58. However, because the last week of the month was averaging 64, it shows the whole month as 64! Same with last December, where it literally made up a number (70) for the monthly average that was about 10  higher than it should have been.   In months, where there are no spikes at the end of the month, it seems to calculate correctly. 

I have now checked in both the Android and iOS app, since I have both phones. Same issue.

This problem predates the current version of the app, if that helps.

Please help!

EDIT: December was 9 higher than it should have been. Not 10. Photo below.

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‎12-07-2023 10:56 - edited ‎12-07-2023 10:57

‎12-07-2023 10:56 - edited ‎12-07-2023 10:57

This begs for a screen cap displaying it, particularly the case where you said made up number off by 10.

Before posting, re-read to see if it would make sense to someone else not looking at your Fitbit or phone.

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‎12-07-2023 11:39

In response to JohnnyRow

‎12-07-2023 11:39

dec2022.jpeg

The data points from Dec 1 - Dec 31, 2022 are:

60, 60, 59, 59, 58, 58, 59, 58, 58, 58, 58, 58, 58, 58, 58, 57, 58, 60, 61, 63, 65, 67, 66, 66, 66, 67, 67, 68, 71, 70, 69

That averages to 61 (rounded down, as Fitbit seems to do). 

Yeah, it was 9 more, not 10. Sorry!

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‎12-07-2023 11:59

In response to TravelTooMuch

‎12-07-2023 11:59

You are definitely correct.  I wondered if maybe seeing the data, I might see that you had misinterpreted something (no offense meant to you, but it does happen), but not the case here.  I have no explanation.  I just looked back through mine and, though I didn't do the calculations, mine all look reasonable.

Before posting, re-read to see if it would make sense to someone else not looking at your Fitbit or phone.

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‎12-07-2023 12:10

In response to JohnnyRow

‎12-07-2023 12:10

No issues @JohnnyRow!  It was a reasonable question. June 2023 is the same. The only thing I can see is that if the month overall is low and then it trends high during the last week, the Fitbit app just uses the last few days.  In fact, if you look at the Dec data, even the last week was not 70 as an average

 

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‎12-07-2023 12:18

In response to TravelTooMuch

‎12-07-2023 12:18

jun2023.jpeg

 

The data points from Jun1 - Jun 30, 2023 are:

58, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, 58, 60, 62, 60, 58, 58, 59, 60, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 65, 67, 65, 65, 66, 65, 64, 65, 65

That averages to 61 (rounded down, as Fitbit seems to do). 

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