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What is League and how does it work?

Pacer Support
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Pacer Leagues are dynamic leaderboard challenges that enable you to compete with others on Pacer through daily step counts and activity points, while pursuing your personal health and fitness objectives. The League system serves as a motivational ranking feature, allowing you to compete with other walkers at comparable activity levels.  The primary objectives are to encourage you to remain active, recognize your progress, and enhance the enjoyment of your fitness journey. 

 

Why Leagues are motivating

  • Friendly competition – You’re grouped with users who have similar activity levels, so everyone has a fair shot at climbing the rankings. 
  • Visible progress – Climbing from one league to the next (e.g., Bronze → Silver → Gold → Platinum → Diamond) shows you’re consistently meeting your goals and provides extra satisfaction. 
  • Community engagement – Sharing your league status encourages your friends to cheer you on and keeps you accountable.

 

How Pacer’s League system works

1. Eligibility and enrollment

  • Automatic Entry – Separate registration is not required.  
    • New users join a league on their second app open in a week (with at least 1,000 steps that day).
    • Users who have previously participated in a league will be automatically enrolled in a new league when the leagues reset the following week, unless they choose to opt out.
  • Every week you are randomly assigned to a league comprising 20 participants of the same level.

 

2. League cycles

  • Weekly cycles
    • Each League runs for one week and restarts every Monday.
    • The league week begins at 3 AM every Monday and concludes at midnight the following Monday. The results and data for the week are processed and finalized by 1 AM. Please note, joining new open leagues will be closed 12 hours before the league's conclusion.
    • Pacer splits users into three general time zones, which means the exact start and end times of each League may vary based on your device’s timezone.

 

3. League levels

Pacer Leagues have ten levels: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Amethyst, Pearl, Obsidian, and Diamond.

 

4. League points

League points primarily rely on your daily step count, with 100 steps equating to 1 point. The daily cap for step count points is 300 points, equivalent to 30,000 steps. 
 
Once you hit the daily cap, extra steps won't add more points, but you can still earn up to 200 bonus points weekly from:
 
  • Daily Boosts
  • Weekly Boosts
  • Go Outside Boosts
  • Virtual Adventures
 
You can find these boosts in the Pacer Shop.
 

5. Points Boost

The Points Boost is a special bonus mechanism in the Pacer League designed to encourage users to participate more actively in daily walking activities and app usage:
 
  • Daily Boosts
     
    The Daily Boost is a special bonus in the Pacer Leagues designed to encourage more active participation in daily walking and app usage.
     
    When active, it doubles the League points you earn from GPS or treadmill walks for up to 30 minutes. The Boost must be used on the same day you unlock it.
     
  • Weekly Boosts
     
    The Weekly Boost uses AI to create a personalized points multiplier for your League activity each week. The multiplier is based on your activity level, giving you tailored incentives to stay motivated and keep progressing.
     
    You qualify if your average steps are under 10,000 per day. In Gold League and above, a Premium membership is required to use the Weekly Boost.
     
  • Go Outside Boosts
     
    The Go Outside Boost is a daily reward for exercising outdoors. You can earn bonus League points by checking in at parks and even more by sharing park photos.
     
    Park Check-In Rules & Points: 
    1. Users can earn extra points from one park check-in per day.
    2. Only the first park check-in of the day counts toward league points.
    3. Additional points are awarded based on the following conditions.
      ActionPoints
      First photo in this park (ever submitted)50 points
      Park check-in (via any method)20 points
      GPS track park check-in bonus10 points
      Your first photo in this park10 points
      Add a photo in this park5 points
      You are the Park Ranger5 points
     
    Explanation of Point Conditions: 
    1. First photo in this Park: You are the first person to submit a photo for this park (no one has submitted before).
    2. Park check-in: You successfully check in to a park using any method (GPS or manual).
    3. GPS track park check-in bonus: You check in using the GPS track method.
    4. Your first photo in this park: This is the first time you submitted a photo in this park.
    5. Add photo in this park: You submit a photo for this park (even if not the first one).
    6. You are the Park Ranger: You become the Park Ranger after a check-in (e.g., by being the first to check in that day). You continue earning this bonus if you remain the Park Ranger on your next check-in.
 
  • Adventure Challenges
     
    Join in Virtual Adventure challenges and unlock checkpoints for extra league points. Only challenges set to allow "Only walk, run & hike (no manual input)" are valid.

 

6. Promotion and demotion rules

At the end of the cycle, top performers move up to a higher league, and bottom performers are demoted by one league.

  • Top 15 in Bronze League move up
  • Top 12 in Silver League move up
  • Top 10 in Gold League move up
  • Top 8 in Sapphire League move up
  • Top 7 in Ruby League move up
  • Top 5 in Emerald–Amethyst Leagues move up
  • Top 4 in Pearl-Obsidian Leagues move up
  • The bottom 4 (16–20) are demoted by one League.

 

If a League has fewer than 20 users, promotions and demotions are adjusted proportionally.

 

 

 

 

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