The aim isn’t to win at all costs, but to get moving, have a laugh and build team spirit. To ensure it works for everyone, fairness between teams is essential. Here’s what counts as cheating.
Multiple accounts. Logging into a colleague’s phone to rack up points on top of your own doesn’t count. Everyone must play using their own account.
Step simulators. Pendulums, motors, electric scooters registered as bikes… the app relies on the phone’s actual movement, so these techniques always end up being spotted.
Unauthorised indoor activities. Treadmills, home trainers, exercise bikes: these aren’t counted, as there’s no GPS. Some indoor activities may be permitted depending on the challenge.
Fake Strava activities. Creating an activity without actually having done it, or editing it afterwards to inflate the distance, skews the rankings for the whole team.
Manually adding steps. Your steps are automatically synced via Health (iOS) or Health Connect (Android). But if you add them manually in these apps to inflate your step count, they’ll appear as normal but won’t earn you any points: our anti-cheating detection system spots them and neutralises them.
Possible sanctions:
- Cancellation of the activities or points in question
- Deduction of points, particularly from missions
- Exclusion from the challenge, as a last resort
- A warning sent to the captain
The aim is not to go on a witch-hunt, but to ensure everyone continues to enjoy themselves. The real winning strategy: working together and enjoying the journey more than the rankings.