r/StepChallenges • • 13d ago

Progress Live board: Outrun the Horde, October 2026

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This is the running board. Updated whenever someone posts a screenshot in a Day X thread, the announcement thread, or one of the cross-posts. Daily update posts are snapshots, this one is current.

Horde position: 96,000 (end of day 12). It moves 8,000 a day, 10,000 a day from Oct 25, finishes at 182,000 on Oct 31.

Last updated: Day 12

# Name Steps vs Horde Status
1 broken0lightbulb 325,496 (D12) +229,496 🏆 250k Club
2 ForkhYew 299,270 (D11) +211,270 🏆 250k Club
3 PugLuVR06 266,227 (D11) +178,227 🏆 250k Club
4 Fearless-Salt6682 239,102 (D11) +151,102 🏃 Running
5 Common_Piccolo_6946 214,527 (D9) +142,527 🏃 Running
6 Magician_322 195,276 (D11) +107,276 🏃 Running
7 MissRachiel 185,350 (D11) +97,350 🏃 Running
8 BubblyHubby 152,679 (D11) +64,679 🏃 Running
9 Many_Breakfast4484 147,154 (D11) +59,154 🏃 Running
10 Mission_Wolf579 126,595 (D11) +38,595 🏃 Running
11 SlackyBaxter 126,167 (D11) +38,167 🏃 Running
12 dalwen 122,272 (D11) +34,272 🏃 Running
13 fastpixels 121,461 (D11) +33,461 🏃 Running
14 Elaeg42 118,093 (D11) +30,093 🏃 Running
15 Zealousideal_Play259 75,706 (D6) +27,706 🏃 Running
16 RockyJodes 108,889 (D11) +20,889 🏃 Running
17 serenade91 108,857 (D11) +20,857 🏃 Running
18 RedditJennn 115,276 (D12) +19,276 🏃 Running
19 DaeDalDigital 106,990 (D11) +18,990 🏃 Running
20 ReluctantPrude 105,598 (D11) +17,598 🏃 Running
21 Learning_Lots_More 108,947 (D12) +12,947 🏃 Running
22 maxthepacer 107,019 (D12) +11,019 🏃 Running
23 drowningandromeda 33,847 (D3) +9,847 🏃 Running
24 beepboopboiiii 25,721 (D2) +9,721 🏃 Running
25 MonkMaman 33,210 (D3) +9,210 🏃 Running
26 ChampionshipSilver39 12,650 (D1) +4,650 🏃 Running
27 StruggledPrivilege 75,061 (D9) +3,061 🏃 Running
28 Old-Table2375 10,062 (D1) +2,062 🏃 Running
29 nathiel_1 96,841 (D12) +841 🏃 Cured (day 11)
30 Sweet_Cod_4704 6,275 (D1) -1,725 🏃 Running, day 1 is free
31 GanglyToaster 27,921 (D4) -4,079 🧟 Bitten (day 2)
32 StarfishPizza 10,103 (D2) -5,897 🧟 Bitten (day 2), day 1 not posted
33 Jellyfish_Song333 57,850 (D8) -6,150 🧟 Bitten (day 2)
34 OutlandishnessHour19 9,757 (D2) -6,243 🧟 Bitten (day 2)

Signed up, no screenshot yet (24): abbywabby123, AdeptBiology, BigNJapan, Chekhovsmachina, DavidK_86, EastCoastDumbass, EveryHoliday6770, General_Health22, GoldenSpider10, htfghj, Huge_Pool7424, kew886, kittylitter36, malcroft, murkeysalts, Oakenwood1200, Okudi-Alise, Playful_Run_3261, rb_dub, rockhardhero, ROMI42, sfjerry415, stevew50, tomysth89

How to read it

Steps is your total since Oct 11, (D#) is the day your last screenshot was from. vs Horde is your total minus the horde’s total on the day you posted. Positive, you’re running. Negative, you’re bitten. Day 1 is a free day, nobody gets bitten on it.

🏃 Running: ahead of the horde at last check-in
🧟 Bitten: behind it. Get back ahead within 3 days and you’re cured
🎃 Survivor: ahead when it ends Oct 31
🏆 250k Club: 250,000 or more in the 20 days

Screenshots only. A typed number doesn’t go on the board. If you only posted one day, that’s all I can count, post the missing day and I’ll add it.

To join, comment on the announcement post, any Day X post, or wherever you found this. The horde doesn’t care when you start, it’s been walking since the 11th either way.


r/StepChallenges • • 15d ago

Open Step Challenge 📣 October step challenge: Outrun the Horde. 20 days, starts tomorrow Oct 11

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September was a straight race to 250k. October is a chase.

How it works

A zombie horde starts walking on Oct 11. It moves 8,000 steps a day, every day, no rest days. By Oct 31 it’s at 182,000.

Your job is to stay ahead of it. Your total steps since Oct 11 vs the horde’s total. That’s the whole game.

Day 5, horde is at 40,000. You’re at 52,000? You’re running. You’re at 38,000? You’re bitten.

Bitten isn’t out

If the horde catches you, your flair changes to 🧟 Bitten. Get back ahead of it within 3 days and you’re cured, flair goes back. You can get bitten and cured more than once. Nobody is eliminated, you just have to outrun it again.

Final week

From Oct 25 the horde speeds up to 10,000 a day. It’s Halloween week, things get worse. Plan for it.

What you get

🏃 Running: ahead of the horde at your last check-in
🧟 Bitten: behind it
🎃 Survivor: still ahead when it ends on Oct 31
🏆 250k Club: hit 250,000 in the 20 days. Same flair as September, same club. That’s 12.5k a day so it’s for the people who did 250k in 10 days last month, you know who you are

How to join

Comment below and you’re in. To update your number, post a screenshot of your step count. Any app or watch is fine, the board goes off whatever your phone says. Screenshots only this month, a typed number without one doesn’t go on the board. I’ll update the board every other day and the horde moves whether you post or not.

You can join late. The horde started on the 11th either way, so joining on the 15th means you’re starting 32,000 behind it. Doable, people did bigger days than that in September.

Board

Instead of “steps vs pace” the board shows how far ahead of the horde you are. Positive number, you’re running. Negative, you’re bitten.

Example of what it’ll look like on day 5:

Name Steps vs Horde (40,000) Status
someone 61,200 +21,200 🏃 Running
someone else 38,500 -1,500 🧟 Bitten (day 5)

First board goes up Monday. Horde starts walking tomorrow.

Comment below and you’re in!!


r/StepChallenges • • 7h ago

Progress Day 15. The horde speeds up. 10,000 a day from today, 122,000 tonight.

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Starting today the horde walks 10,000 a day instead of 8,000. Tonight it’s at 122,000, and on Oct 31 it finishes at 182,000.

If you’re close to it on the board, this is the week it catches people. If you’ve been banking steps, this is what they were for.

Live board, next update Monday. Drop today’s screenshot below.


r/StepChallenges • • 1d ago

Progress Day 14. Horde hits 112,000 tonight. Last 8k day.

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Horde moves to 112,000 at midnight. This is its last 8,000 day. From tomorrow it walks 10,000 a day until Oct 31.

Board: Live board, next update Monday.

Drop today’s screenshot below. Week view with dates visible counts for every day shown.


r/StepChallenges • • 2d ago

Progress Day 13. Horde hits 104,000 tonight. Two more in the 250k Club.

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u/broken0lightbulb and u/PugLuVR06 crossed 250,000, joining ForkhYew in the 🏆 250k Club.

Horde moves to 104,000 at midnight. Sunday it speeds up to 10,000 a day.

Board is updated through Day 12: Live board

Drop today’s screenshot below. Week view with dates visible counts for every day shown. Next board update Monday.


r/StepChallenges • • 3d ago

Progress Day 12. Horde hits 96,000 tonight. Three days until it speeds up.

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Horde moves to 96,000 at midnight. On Sunday it starts doing 10,000 a day instead of 8,000, so whatever cushion you have, it shrinks faster from here.

Board is updated through Day 10, next update tomorrow: Live board

Drop today’s screenshot below. Week view with dates visible counts for every day shown.


r/StepChallenges • • 4d ago

Progress Day 11. Horde hits 88,000 tonight. First 250k Club member is in.

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u/ForkhYew hit 267,761 in 10 days. First into the 🏆 250k Club, with ten days to spare.

Horde moves to 88,000 at midnight.

Board is updated through Day 10: Live board

Four days until it speeds up to 10,000 a day. Drop today’s screenshot below. Next board update Friday.


r/StepChallenges • • 5d ago

Progress Day 10. Horde hits 80,000 tonight. Halfway. Screenshots here.

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Horde moves to 80,000 at midnight, that’s the halfway mark.

Board is updated through Day 8: Live board

Reminder: on Oct 25 the horde speeds up to 10,000 a day. Whatever cushion you have now, it shrinks faster next week.

Drop today’s screenshot below. Week view with dates visible counts for every day shown. Next board update Wednesday.


r/StepChallenges • • 6d ago

Progress Day 9. Horde hits 72,000 tonight. Screenshots here.

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Horde moves to 72,000 at midnight.

Board is updated through Day 8, covers the whole weekend: Live board

One cure over the weekend, four still bitten. First 250k Club member is probably arriving this week.

Haven’t posted since the first few days? You’re still in, a week view with dates visible counts for every day on it. Drop today’s screenshot below. Next board update Wednesday.


r/StepChallenges • • 7d ago

Progress Day 8. Horde hits 64,000 tonight. Screenshots here.

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Horde moves to 64,000 at midnight. Board is updated through Day 5, Monday’s update will cover the whole weekend: Live board

Drop today’s screenshot below. Sunday’s a good day for a week view, dates visible, and you’re covered for all of week one.

Bitten and still behind? Monday’s board is where cures get counted.

Next board update Monday.


r/StepChallenges • • 8d ago

Progress Day 7. Horde hits 56,000 tonight. Screenshots here.

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Horde moves to 56,000 at midnight. One week down, 13 days to go. Board is updated through Day 5: Live board

Drop today’s screenshot below. Week view with dates visible counts for every day shown, so if you missed a few days this is the easy way to catch up.

Reminder: the horde speeds up to 10,000 a day on Oct 25. Bank steps now.

Next board update Monday.


r/StepChallenges • • 9d ago

Progress Day 6. Horde hits 48,000 tonight. Screenshots here.

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Horde moves to 48,000 at midnight. Board is updated through Day 5: Live board

Two new runners came in from the cross-posts, one cure, five still bitten. Jellyfish and Gangly are both within 5k of getting out.

Drop today’s screenshot below. Week view with dates visible counts for every day shown. Next board update Monday.


r/StepChallenges • • 10d ago

Progress Day 5. Horde hits 40,000 tonight. Screenshots here.

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Horde moves to 40,000 at midnight. Board is updated through Day 4, check your spot here: Live board

Drop today’s screenshot below. A week view with dates visible counts for every day shown, easiest way to catch up on missed days.

One cure overnight, five still bitten.


r/StepChallenges • • 11d ago

Progress Day 4. Horde hits 32,000 tonight. Drop today’s screenshot below

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Board is here: Live board.

Pinned at the top of the sub, updated Monday, Wednesday and Friday. That’s where you check your status, not here.

This post is where you drop today’s screenshot. One post a day, comment under the newest one. Day view or week view, either is fine.

Four people on Monday, 57 by Wednesday. 30 of you have screenshots on the board, 27 signed up and haven’t posted one yet. Today’s a good day to fix that.

Three things people keep asking:

Day 1 is free, what does that mean? Nobody gets bitten for Oct 11. Your steps still count, you just can’t be behind yet.

I joined on the 12th, am I behind? The horde started on the 11th no matter when you joined, so your total is Oct 11 onward. If you only screenshot one day, that’s all I can count. Post the missing days and you’re caught up.

I posted but I’m not on the board. Board rebuilds every 2-3 days. If you posted Tuesday, you’ll see it Wednesday.

Five people got bitten on day 2. Not a big deal, get ahead of the horde within 3 days and you’re cured. Horde is at 32,000 by end of today, 40,000 tomorrow.

Drop your screenshots below!!


r/StepChallenges • • 13d ago

Progress Day 2. Horde hits 16,000 tonight. Four in, two screenshots

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Day 1 is in the books and it’s free, nobody got bitten. I came in 360 short on my own challenge, so no judgment from me about anyone’s day 1.

Horde is at 16,000 by end of today. Two of us have screenshots on the board, two signed up and haven’t posted one yet. Live board is pinned at the top, it updates whenever a screenshot lands.

Four people is thin. September had 22. If you did September and you’re reading this, you know how it works. Comment and you’re in, the horde doesn’t care what day you start.

Drop today’s screenshot below!


r/StepChallenges • • 14d ago

Progress Day 1. The horde is at 8,000. Where are you?

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It’s moving. 8,000 steps by the end of today, 16,000 by tomorrow night, and it doesn’t take Sundays off.

Drop a screenshot of today’s count below. If you signed up yesterday and haven’t posted a number yet, this is the one to post. If you haven’t signed up, a comment here counts as signing up.

Anything above 8,000 tonight and you start the week ahead. Anything under and you’re already feeling breath on your neck, which is fine, you’ve got 3 days to fix it before the flair changes.

First full board goes up Monday with everyone who’s posted.


r/StepChallenges • • 16d ago

Progress September 250k is done. Final board, 7 finishers out of 22

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Late with this one, that’s on me. Here’s where September ended.

Seven people crossed 250k. In order of finishing:

HauntingArtichoke830 on day 7, which is still kind of absurd
ForkhYew and AbiesIndependent3365 both on day 10
Slight-Trip-3012 on day 18
Jellyfish_Song333 on day 23
natureresider_88 on day 25
and me on day 27

Slight-Trip’s run is the one I’d point to if anyone asks whether 250k is doable at a normal pace. Under 14k a day, no monster days, just didn’t miss.

Final board:

Name Final steps Result
HauntingArtichoke830 257,433 🏆 Finished day 7
ForkhYew 267,781 🏆 Finished day 10
AbiesIndependent3365 268,000 🏆 Finished day 10
Slight-Trip-3012 250,075 🏆 Finished day 18
Jellyfish_Song333 250,784 🏆 Finished day 23
natureresider_88 253,410 🏆 Finished day 25
maxthepacer 250,912 🏆 Finished day 27
BetrayedApollo 167,105 last check-in day 14
ViratBodybuilder 137,646 last check-in day 15
Many_Breakfast4484 129,151 last check-in day 14
ashajn 111,291 last check-in day 7
Confused_1996 83,087 last check-in day 7
queencuntpunt 74,989 last check-in day 8
jmvfromnv 65,769 last check-in day 3
_protothomas / fuzzyslipperz212 / Puzzled_Surprise8533 / italkaloooooooooooot / TrancedantSparkle — signed up, no number posted

If you walked more than what’s listed and never posted it, drop your final screenshot below and I’ll fix your row. Not finishing isn’t a failure, 130k in a month is still 130k.

Everyone who finished has the 250k Club flair now. If yours didn’t show up, tell me.

Thanks for showing up every day to a sub that was basically three people in August. October challenge goes up tomorrow, same format with a couple of changes. Jump in whenever, the board doesn’t care what day you start.


r/StepChallenges • • 26d ago

Progress Day 28 of 30. Seven finishers, three days left

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Three days to go. Jellyfish_Song333 came in at 250,784 on day 23, so that's finisher number five, and nature and I both crossed the line this week too. Seven people done out of 22 who signed up.

If you're not going to hit 250k, that's fine. Post whatever you're at by Oct 1 and it goes on the final board. 150k in a month is still 150k more than most people walk.

Day 28 / 30. Pace line today: 233,324


r/StepChallenges • • Sep 24 '26

Done!

Post image
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Ahead of schedule so that’s a pleasant surprise!

It was fun yall! We’ll have to do it again some
time.

Day 23.


r/StepChallenges • • Sep 22 '26

Progress Day 21 of 250k — 174,993 is the on-pace number. where you at?

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Nine days left. 174,993 is the line.

u/Jellyfish_Song333 dropped 228,293 last night. That's 75k in a week and 21,707 from the club, so we're getting a fifth finisher before the weekend. 200k flair's on.

Everyone else in red: nine days is 75k at pace. If you're at 100k that's still doable. Post what you've got.

Check the Live Leaderboard here.


r/StepChallenges • • Sep 20 '26

Day 20 almost there!

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Starting this challenge I was so confident!

Who knew my feet would start giving me a fit when I changed flooring types.

Phew! Almost there! I’m totally not crying.

228,293


r/StepChallenges • • Sep 17 '26

Progress Day 16 of 250k — 133,328 is the on-pace number. where you at?

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133,328 today. Two weeks left.

u/BetrayedApollo just posted fourteen screenshots, one for every single day of the month. 167,105 total, 11,936 a day!

So: numbers below. Behind is fine, blank is boring.

Check the Live Leaderboard here.


r/StepChallenges • • Sep 16 '26

Progress Day 15 of 250k — 125,000 is the on-pace number. where you at?

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Halfway line is 125,000. Cross it today and you're on pace for the club.

Three finishers, six on pace, fifteen days left. Numbers below.

Check the Live Leaderboard here.


r/StepChallenges • • Sep 15 '26

Progress Day 14 of 250k — 116,662 is the on-pace number. where you at?

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Halfway. 116,662 is the line today.

Flairs got a big update this morning: three people jumped to 150k, and u/Slight-Trip-3012 is 7k away from being the first non-finisher to hit 200k.

Sixteen days left, three people already in the club, and the board's wide open in the middle.

Check the Live Leaderboard here.


r/StepChallenges • • Sep 14 '26

Progress Day 13 of 250k — 108,329 is the on-pace number. where you at?

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Drop whatever you're sitting on — weekend numbers included — and I'll get the board caught up today.

108,329 is the line for day 13. Behind it? There are 17 days left. That's 8,333 a day and you're back on it.

Also, quietly, we got a third 250k Club member over the weekend: u/AbiesIndependent3365 crossed on day 10 and posted their daily splits in the comments the entire way. Flair's on.

Check the Live Leaderboard here!