Challenges are the heart of Vantage Fit. They're time-bound wellness programs created by your HR admin where you complete health tasks — steps, water, meditation, custom habits — individually or in teams. You compete on leaderboards, earn points, and build healthy habits along the way.
Finding Challenges
Open the Challenges tab (bottom navigation) to see three tabs:
- Ongoing — challenges currently running that you're part of or can join
- Upcoming — challenges that haven't started yet
- Past — completed challenges with your results and certificates
You'll also see active challenges on your Home screen in a carousel.
Challenge Formats
Your company can set up different types of challenges:
| Format | What It Is | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| Custom Challenge | Multi-week with different themes and tasks each week | Ongoing wellness programs |
| Race Challenge | Simple step competition — pure leaderboard race | Quick, competitive events |
| Journey Challenge | Visual milestone map — progress through landmarks as you walk | Engaging, story-driven challenges |
| E-Marathon | Steps converted to distance (e.g., 1000 steps = 1 km) | Virtual marathon events |
| Streak Challenge | Hit a daily step target — maintain your streak | Building daily habits |
Some companies may also have Level Challenges, Marathon Events (real GPS tracking), Weight Burn challenges, and Training Plans.
How to Join a Challenge
You may be added to a challenge automatically, or you can join yourself:
- Auto-enrolled — your admin added you based on your department, location, or other criteria. You'll see it in your Ongoing tab.
- Invited — you'll receive an email or notification. Tap to accept or decline.
- Self-join — browse Upcoming or Ongoing challenges and tap "Join."
Tip: You can join a challenge even after it's started. Your leaderboard score counts from your join date forward.
Completing Tasks
Each challenge has one or more tasks with targets. How you complete them depends on the task type:
- Auto-tracked (steps, distance, calories, active minutes) — syncs from your phone or device automatically
- Manual log (water, mood, weight, yoga, etc.) — tap the log button and enter your value
- Custom activities — employer-branded activities, logged from the challenge task list
- Adherence/habits — daily check-in (e.g., "Did you avoid sugar today?")
- Content (watch a video, read an article) — completion tracked when you view it
Leaderboards
Every challenge has a leaderboard ranking participants by score:
- Individual leaderboard — your personal score
- Team leaderboard — your team's average score (if teams are enabled)
- Weekly and Overall time periods
- Filterable by department and searchable by name
You can opt out of the leaderboard for privacy — you still participate but are hidden from rankings.
Teams
If the challenge supports teams:
- A captain creates a team and invites colleagues
- Or your admin pre-creates teams
- Team score = average of all members' scores (not the sum — so inactive members lower the average)
- Separate team leaderboard alongside individual
Rewards
You can earn:
- Leaderboard points — on task completion (real-time)
- Vantage Points — redeemable for gift cards (if your company has rewards enabled)
- Completion certificates — auto-generated with your company's branding
- Badges — for specific achievements
When a Challenge Ends
- There's a 3-day buffer for late step syncs after the challenge ends
- Certificates are auto-generated (if enabled)
- Results stay visible in the Past tab indefinitely
- Your HR admin picks top performers for recognition
Need more help? Contact support from Settings → Help in the app.
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