While I enjoy setting up a 'Workweek Hustle' challenge among my friends and I, many of my friends are reluctant to join because they feel that I'd 'blow the curve'. My suggestion is to have effectively two scores:
The raw scores, which is how it currently runs. Each step counts towards your step total. This requires no further explanation.
The adjusted scores, which adjusts each player's score based on the average weekly step count entering the challenge.
This effectively works like a handicap in golf (just to illustrate the point, this is not a reference to folks with disabilities). So this is a proposed way to calculate it. Let's say everyone targets 10k steps a day:
For folks whose weekly average is less than 10k, each of their steps counts towards their 'adjusted' score.
For folks whose weekly average is over 10k, you must overcome the difference between your average score and 10k before their steps count towards their 'adjusted' score.
For instance, let's say you have three folks in the challenge:
Bob: 13000 weekly average, 11000 steps today.
Doug: 11000 weekly average, 7000 steps today.
James: 9000 weekly average, 9000 steps today.
James averaging < 10k (and not having a handicap), scores 9000 'adjusted' steps for today.
Bob (having a 3000 step handicap, 13k-10k), scores 8000 'adjusted' steps for today.
Doug (having a 1000 step handicap, 11k-10k), scores 6000 'adjusted' steps for today.
This allows everyone to compete on a more even footing and the scale slides on your level of activity.
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