Sleep score low despite 8 hrs sleep

[whyjenn]

I'm confused as to how the sleep score works--I've read the article but still baffled. I slept over 8 hrs the other day and scored "poor"/56...the only thing I can think of was there was a longer period of being awake, but wouldn't have thought it'd affect the overall rating that significantly. Any thoughts?

[WavyDavey]

Hi @whyjennl,

Can you post the complete breakdown of that night's score--awake, deep/rem, etc.?

[whyjenn]

Yea absolutely please see attached image.

 

 

[WavyDavey]

Hmm, the only thing that jumps out is that large amount of wake time.You can also compare it to the Benchmarks for your age group to see if anything else is too high or low.

It's somewhat of a mystery how Fitbit calculates the sleep score. I honestly can't say from the chart why the score would be that low. I tend to just go by how I feel more than the score. If the score starts annoying me I just look at https://www.fitbit.com/sleep so I don't see it.

[whyjenn]

Haha fair enough, it was definitely more an eyesore than it was anything
truly bothersome. I felt quite good that morning so I'll ignore the score.
Thanks for taking a look!