Pacer's League system is designed to keep you active and engaged by tracking your steps and ranking you on a league leaderboard. Because leagues encourage consistent activity, there is no way to pause your league progress without leaving the leaderboard entirely. Unlike a challenge or workout that you can pause and resume later, your league level depends on continuous participation.
Why you can’t pause your League
- Fairness for all participants — Leagues reset on a weekly cycle. If users could "pause" their score, it would give them an unfair advantage over others who keep moving.
Encouraging consistent habits — Leagues are meant to motivate regular activity. Taking a break simply means your step count may drop, but you can always climb back up next cycle.
Does Streak Pause also pause my League?
No. Streak Pause and League are separate features. Activating Streak Pause protects your personal step streak but does not pause or affect your League score or ranking. If you need protection for your League standing, use League Protection instead.
What happens if you take a break
- Your weekly step total will decrease if you're not active.
- At the end of the league cycle, you might drop to a lower league or stay where you are if your rank is still high enough.
- When you start moving again, your steps will count toward the next league cycle.
Tips if you need to slow down
- Adjust your personal goal — Lower your daily step goal so you're not pushing as hard.
- Focus on other features — Pacer offers many ways to stay engaged (e.g., GPS activities, Coach plans, or Friend Streaks) even if you aren't competing in the league.
- Take advantage of cycle resets — Since leagues reset every week, you can always come back strong after a short break.
League Protection
If you need to take a short break from the League, League Protection prevents you from being placed in the Demotion Zone, meaning you won't drop down to a lower league level even if you don't actively compete that week.
Premium or Gems. League Protection is available to Pacer Premium members (one free protection per calendar month) or can be purchased from the Pacer Shop for 1,000 Gems.
Please keep in mind:
- You can only use one League Protection per calendar month (Premium) or purchase additional ones with Gems.
- You cannot stack multiple protections to extend your stay beyond a single extra week.
League Protection must be activated independently from Streak Pause — they are separate features.
Quitting the League
You may leave the League at any time by tapping the League tab → three dots (⋯) → Quit League. After quitting, your status will change to "Not in a League."
If you quit, you will be unable to rejoin until the following week.
Note: We are currently verifying the exact league level placement upon rejoining after quitting. This section will be updated once confirmed.
FAQs
Can I leave a league and rejoin later?
Yes, you may leave the League at any time. However, if you choose to quit, you will be unable to rejoin until the following week. Upon rejoining, you will be placed in a lower level, as you will not have any scores recorded from the previous week.
Can I hide my league status from friends?
Your League status is visible on your Profile page and cannot be completely hidden from all users. However, you have the ability to manage who can view your Profile, thereby controlling access to your League status.
- By default, your Profile is accessible to all users, which means that everyone on Pacer can view your League status on your Profile page.
- If you prefer to restrict visibility of your League status, you may adjust your Profile visibility setting to "Follower" under Settings > Privacy Settings. This configuration allows only your followers to see your League status on your Profile page. Additionally, other users will need to send a follow request to gain access to your Profile page.