Virtual Challenge Platform

Use Challenge Hound to Create and Track Virtual Challenges & Races

An Awesome Way to Track Group Challenges

Use Challenge Hound to create and track virtual challenges. You can create challenges based on a variety of activity types and structure them in a variety of ways.
  • Running
  • Jogging
  • Biking
  • Cycling
  • Hiking
  • Walking
  • Elliptical
  • Wheelchair
  • Tennis
  • E-bike
  • Pilates
  • Rowing
  • Kayaking
  • Inline Skating
  • Alpine Skiing
  • Snowboarding
  • Nordic Ski
  • Skating
  • Handcycle
  • Canoeing
  • Golf
  • Tai Chi
  • Yoga
  • Meditation
  • Workouts
  • Online Classes
  • Weight Training
  • Swim
  • Stand Up Paddle
  • Skateboard
  • Snowshoe
  • Rock Climbing
  • Football
You can also create a challenge around your
own activity types
such as gardening, chores, kindness, or anything else you can think up.
With Challenge Hound, you can create
distance
challenges,
elevation
challenges,
duration
challenges (log a specified amount of time),
activity count
challenges (log a specified number of activities), and
ranking
challenges (log as much as possible to climb the ranks). Challenge Hound also supports
point-based challenges
, which enables you to allocate points per activity types.
Challenge Hound supports
individual
challenges, as well as
team
challenges. In individual challenges, each participant completes the full challenge goal. In team challenges, the team's activities are aggregated to complete the challenge goal together.
Challenge Hound also supports
virtual race
challenges. Set any distance, choose various allowed activity types, and Challenge Hound provides a real-time race results leaderboard. The fastest activities logged win. Challenge Hound automatically qualifies activities and selects the fastest.

Simple Integration with Apps

Apple Health
Map My Run - Under Armour Connected Fitness
Fitbit
Health Connect
Map My Ride - Under Armour Connected Fitness
Map My Walk - Under Armour Connected Fitness
Garmin Connect
Map My Fitness - Under Armour Connected Fitness
Strava

Trusted By Thousands of Organizations

The Challenge Hound platform is used by non-profits, corporations, schools, churches, event companies, retail, athletic clubs, and for family/friend challenges. It is used for wellness, team building, races, training, fundraising, brand-awareness, and for friendly competition and motivation.
World Stroke
Aparto
Special Olympics of Pennsylvania
Midnight Runners
Cure Search
Race to Beat POTS
Runners Edge
Almost There Rescue

Map Based Virtual Challenges

Add an interactive map to any Challenge Hound distance challenge and track the challenge progress along a virtual route. With team challenges, a single team icon will progress along the map route. With individual challenges, each participant will progress along the route.
Virtual challenges on a map

Challenge Hound Core Features

  • Create personalized distance, elevation, duration, activity count, or ranking challenges
  • Create challenges based on a variety of activities
  • Every participant has personalized challenge dashboard with their progress
  • Individual based challenges - each participant achieves the challenge objective
  • Team based challenges - everyone in aggregate reaches the challenge objective
  • Team vs Team challenges - which team can aggregate more
  • Create virtual races for any distance and any activity types - fastest activities win
  • Automatically track the challenge progress
  • Receive emails after each activity with challenge status updates
  • Full historic challenge archive
  • Participant challenge trophy case
  • Manually add activities directly in Challenge Hound
  • Automatically sync activities with Garmin, Under Armour Connected Fitness (MapMyRun, MapMyRide, MapMyWalk, MapMyFitness), Fitbit, and Strava
  • With the Challenge Hound app, you can use Apple Health (iOS) or Health Connect (Android) to sync with practically any app. Read more.
The best way to track group challenges.
leader board
percent done

A Partner, Not Just a Platform

Thousands of challenges have been set up in Challenge Hound. We've got the expertise and the experience to help you create and run great challenges and races. We know what works, what motivates, and what engages participants in great challenges. Consider Challenge Hound not only a challenge platform to create and track your challenges, but also a partner in helping you create amazing events.

Available on Web, iOS, & Android

Challenge Hound Works Behind the Scenes

Once you join a challenge, Challenge Hound will automatically pull down your activities from the leading activity tracking Apps and update the challenge. You'll get an email from Challenge Hound with your challenge progress and everyone else in the challenge can see the results online. There is also an option to manually enter activities as well.