Question 1

What is rucking?

Accepted Answer

Rucking is walking or hiking while carrying weight in a backpack (called a ruck). Originally a military training method, it scales to all fitness levels and combines cardiovascular exercise with strength and load-bearing endurance.

Question 2

How is the Ruckfecta Score calculated?

Accepted Answer

The Ruckfecta Score is a per-workout 0-to-100 metric. It combines normalized distance (35%), elevation gain (30%), and relative load — pack weight as a percentage of body weight — (35%). Each factor is compared against the community 95th percentile so different rucking styles can be ranked fairly.

Question 3

What is the difference between Ruckfecta Score and Ruckfecta Rank?

Accepted Answer

The Ruckfecta Score is per workout and can move up or down with each ruck. The Ruckfecta Rank is your cumulative lifetime ranking — it grows with every workout you log, including unweighted walks, and only ever goes up.

Question 4

How do I log my first ruck?

Accepted Answer

Sign in, tap "Log Workout" on the dashboard, and enter the distance you covered, the elevation you gained, and the weight in your pack. Use any combination of miles or kilometers, feet or meters, and pounds or kilograms. The score is calculated immediately.

Question 5

How do I sync workouts from Garmin Connect?

Accepted Answer

Open Settings → Integrations → Garmin Connect and authorize Ruckfecta. New rucking activities recorded on your Garmin watch will sync automatically. Edits made in Garmin Connect (distance, elevation, weight, notes) propagate into Ruckfecta and re-score the workout.

Question 6

Why are my Ruckfecta Score and the leaderboard score different?

Accepted Answer

The Score Calculator scores a single ruck against per-workout community benchmarks. The leaderboard scores monthly totals against monthly community totals. Same formula, different comparison pool — so the two numbers will not match, and that is expected.

Question 7

What are achievement badges?

Accepted Answer

Badges are milestones you unlock for sustained training in distance, elevation, total pack weight carried, and consistency. Each category has four tiers: Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum.

Question 8

Is Ruckfecta free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Individual workout tracking, leaderboards, achievement badges, personal goals, teams of up to 25, Garmin sync, and the activity feed are all free with no credit card required.

Question 9

How much do Ruckfecta chapters cost?

Accepted Answer

Every chapter starts with a free 21-day League trial. After that, League is $49 per month for up to 150 members and 3 active competitions, Pro is $99 per month for up to 500 members with advanced analytics, and Enterprise is custom-priced for unlimited members.

Question 10

What is a team on Ruckfecta?

Accepted Answer

A team is a free group of up to 25 ruckers led by a captain. Teams have their own leaderboard and activity feed, and a single rucker can belong to multiple teams at once.

Question 11

What is a chapter, and how is it different from a team?

Accepted Answer

A chapter is an organizational group — a club, gym, military unit, or company — that hosts multiple teams and runs structured competitions with custom periods. Chapters get embeddable leaderboards on paid plans. Teams are smaller groups inside (or outside) a chapter.

Question 12

How do I join a team or chapter?

Accepted Answer

Open the share or invite link the captain or chapter admin sent you, or visit /teams or /chapters and use the join code. You can also browse public chapters on the Chapters page.

Question 13

How do I change my body weight or units?

Accepted Answer

Go to Settings → Profile to update your body weight (used to compute relative load) and Settings → Preferences to switch between miles/kilometers, feet/meters, and pounds/kilograms.

Question 14

Can I make my profile private?

Accepted Answer

Yes. In Settings → Privacy you can set your profile to public or private and toggle whether your workouts appear on leaderboards and in the activity feed. A private profile is excluded from search-engine indexing.

Question 15

How do Salutes work?

Accepted Answer

A Salute is a one-tap reaction on a workout in the activity feed — the Ruckfecta version of a kudos or a like. You can disable Salutes on your own workouts in Settings → Privacy.

Question 16

Can I embed a leaderboard on my own website?

Accepted Answer

Yes — chapters on the League plan or higher get an embeddable leaderboard URL and iframe snippet that auto-refreshes every 60 seconds. Find it under Chapter → Settings → Embed.

Question 17

How do I cancel a chapter subscription?

Accepted Answer

Go to Chapter → Settings → Billing and click "Manage Subscription" to open the Stripe billing portal. You can cancel or change plans at any time and your chapter will keep working through the end of the paid period.

Question 18

How do I delete my account?

Accepted Answer

Go to Settings → Account → Delete Account. Your account, workouts, and personal data are removed. If you only want to take a break, you can switch your profile to private instead.

Ruckfecta Help Center

Rucking and the Ruckfecta Score

Tracking Workouts and Garmin Sync

Teams, Chapters, and Account Settings