Compete Against
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Help
Common questions
This article is available in English only.
- Do I need an account?
- No. There is no account, email or password. The app makes a random install ID on your phone, and Settings shows it as your Player ID. You can play right away. A nickname is needed only to post a result to the leaderboards; you set it in Settings or the first time you post.
- Are the other athletes real people?
- No. The 32 athletes in every tournament are virtual, made on your phone from reference data for your age and division (and your weight class, for lifts). Their names are made up, and the app always says so. Real people appear only on the leaderboards, under the nicknames they chose.
- How is my place worked out?
- Every tournament has 33 entrants: you and 32 virtual athletes, spread from the 3rd percentile of people your age and division up to the 97th. Your score is compared with theirs, and Results shows your place out of 33 and your percentile among people your age. Finish ahead of all 32 to be Champion. Some fields are stacked and some are soft, so the same score can finish 9th one day and 12th the next.
- Which events can I enter?
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- Bodyweight: push-ups in a row or in 1, 2, 5 or 10 minutes, pull-ups, chin-ups and sit-ups
- Holds: plank and dead hang
- Strength: back squat, bench press, deadlift and overhead press, by weight class
- Running: 1 mile, 3K, 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon
- Rowing: 2,000 m on an indoor rower
- How are reps and times counted?
- For push-ups, lay the phone flat on the floor under your face and touch it with your nose or chin at the bottom of every rep; each touch counts one, with a click and a vibration. You can also count yourself. The phone times your holds. Run with the stopwatch, or log a time from your watch or a race. For lifts, log the weight and reps; 2 to 10 reps give an estimated max, always marked as estimated.
- How many tournaments can I play for free?
- One a day, in any free event. The free tournament comes back at 00:00 UTC, the same moment for everyone, and Home counts down to it. Opening an event and looking at the field costs nothing; the entry is used when you press START, or when you save a logged result. If you stop within 10 seconds of START with nothing counted, you get the entry back. After that, leaving counts as DNF (did not finish) and the entry stays used.
- Does it work offline?
- Yes. A tournament never needs a connection, and your result is saved on your phone the moment you finish. If you tap Post while offline, the post waits and goes when you’re back online. Videos download on Wi-Fi by default; you can change that in Settings → Video downloads.
- How do the leaderboards work?
- Tap Post on Results to put a result on today’s board. Boards rank real players by age-graded percentile, and you can filter by division, age group and weight class. Each player’s best result per event counts each day. Monthly boards add up points for your daily places and start fresh on the 1st. Days run on UTC.
- Nickname rules
- Nicknames are 3–16 characters: letters in any script, numbers, spaces, hyphens and underscores. Keep them friendly: no slurs, no sexual, hateful or violent names, no links, and no pretending to be someone else. Names and scores that break the rules are taken off the boards, and the player can be banned from them.
- How do I report or hide someone?
- Tap the player’s name on a daily leaderboard. Report sends us the row and a reason (nickname, score or other); we review it and may remove the result or ban the player. Hide stays on your phone and takes that nickname off your boards; you can unhide it from Leaderboards or Settings. You can also email contact@stealthlaunch.com with the nickname and where you saw it.
- What is Compete Against Premium?
- An optional monthly subscription, sold through the App Store or Google Play. It gives unlimited tournaments every day, plus the Half marathon and Marathon tournaments. Your history, My Rankings and the leaderboards, both reading and posting, stay free for everyone. There are no ads in either version.
- How do I restore my purchase?
- Open the Premium screen (Settings → Premium, or the Premium banner on Home) and tap Restore purchases. Make sure you are signed in to the same Apple Account or Google account that bought the subscription.
- How do I manage or cancel Compete Against Premium on iPhone?
- In the app, open Settings and tap Manage subscription. Or open the iPhone Settings app, tap your name, then Subscriptions, choose Compete Against Premium, and change or cancel it. Cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends to avoid the next renewal. Refunds for App Store purchases are handled by Apple.
- How do I manage or cancel Compete Against Premium on Android?
- In the app, open Settings and tap Manage subscription. Or open the Google Play Store app, tap your profile picture, then Payments & subscriptions → Subscriptions, choose Compete Against Premium, and change or cancel it. Refunds for Google Play purchases are handled by Google.
- I reinstalled the app (or got a new phone). Where did my history go?
- There is no account behind the app, so your profile and tournament history live only on the phone. Deleting the app or moving to a new phone starts over with a new Player ID, and your history and nickname can’t be carried over. Results you posted stay on the boards under the old nickname. Your Premium subscription belongs to your Apple Account or Google account, so use Restore purchases to get it back.
- Who is Compete Against for?
- Adults 18 and up. Warm up, stop if anything hurts, and use a spotter or safety bars for heavy lifts. If you have a health condition, ask your doctor before you start. Compete Against is a game, not medical advice.
- How do I remove my results or data?
- Email contact@stealthlaunch.com with your Player ID (in Settings). If you no longer have the app, send your nickname and, if you can, the event and day of one of your posts. We’ll delete that player’s nickname, every posted result and their reports within 30 days, and confirm by email. See Delete your data.
- Privacy
- Read the Privacy Policy.