Garmin Challenge - Export Data

Yes, you can get the raw data of the leaderbords of individual Group Challenges by calling an URL formed in the following way:

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/proxy/groupchallenge-service/leaderboard/activity/group/88888888?&start=1&limit=2000&metricId=17&startDate=2020-12-28&endDate=2021-01-03&actTypeId=2&todayDate=2020-12-31

You have to enter the ID of your group instead of the 8888888, and you can change the dates, and the actTypeId number to get diverse types of Challenges.

The output is then in JSON format that can be imported into many spreadsheet programs directly, or you can convert it for example at http://convertcsv.com/json-to-csv.htm 

PompeyKeith said:

so in speaking to my run leader it seems an ad-hoc challenge is set up each month

Sorry, I do not know what ad-hoc challenge is, and see no such option in my Group Challenges. The link I provided is for the regular Group Challenges (Steps, Walking, Running, Cycling, Swimming, or Calories), and the numeric ID is of a purely numeric type.

Edit: Sorry, I just see that I gave you a link for Weekly Leaderbords, not for the Challenges. The ID in the link is the Leaderbord ID. You can find the Leaderboard ID, when you go to Groups » Leaderboards, and select the corresponding Leaderboard (see the dropdown menu under the title Weekly Leaderboards.

For the ranking of the Challenges, there is a different link:

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/proxy/groupchallenge-service/groupchallenge/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/players?&todayDate=2020-12-31&start=1&limit=10000

Enter the hexadeximal Challenge ID instead of the XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, and adjust the dates accordingly. You do not need to change any other parameters, in this case

Excellent, I am almost there! One more question, what are the units for total number? We have our leaderboard in miles, and in pos 1 for Nov, 210.5 miles but in the table it is 338750.8 ?

The default measurement is the metric system, of course :-)  Meters, in this case

Thanks for clarifying, just divided the total by 1609.344 to get miles. Club had now got the leaderboard for last year... thanks for all your help and Happy New Year!

Hi, thanks for your help with this last year... has the syntax of the link changed?  I have managed to grab the hex ID for the months this year, but the link doesn't seem to work?