Every runner starts equal.

A weekly running league where a handicap — the way golf does it — puts a beginner and a club runner on the same line. Then it lets them race.

This week · same group · example

Runner A

Handicap
34.5
Best pace
6:48 /km
Distance
18.2 km
Week score
30.8

Runner B

Handicap
21.0
Best pace
4:12 /km
Distance
19.0 km
Week score
30.8

Two and a half minutes per kilometre apart, and the week ends level. Your runs are scored against your own handicap, not against anyone else's pace. A beginner running well beats a fast runner having an ordinary week. That is the whole idea.

How a week works

One opponent, seven days, and an answer on Sunday night.

  1. Monday

    You are matched with one opponent in your group. Six runners per group, five-week seasons.

  2. All week

    Runs come in from Apple Health on their own. Every day scores separately — your best run each day counts, so six easy days can beat one hard one.

  3. Live

    The table updates as runs land. You can see the projected final score before the week is over.

  4. Sunday 23:59

    The week is settled. Three points for a win. After five weeks the season is done and everyone is re-sorted.

More than a table

Teams

Six runners pool their week against another six. Your bad week is somebody else's good one.

Private leagues

A league or a cup for your friends with a join code. Choose the length, the size and the house rules.

Challenges

Challenge anyone directly, over one week or three. Matchplay, card duel, and a few others.

House rules

Most kilometres. All seven days. The longest single run. They score on top of the week.

What it does not do

No route, no location. Sorva reads four things from a running workout: an identifier, the start time, the end time and the distance. Not the GPS trace, not elevation, not heart rate. Nothing is ever written back to Health.

No adverts. No tracking. No analytics. Everything in the app is free.

Some opponents are simulated. The app is new, so most runners in the public league are generated — otherwise the first person to join would have nobody to race. They are marked in the app wherever a name appears, and real runners take their places as they arrive.

Coming to the App Store

iPhone · requires Apple Health · free