What is a Level Score?
Your Level Score is how NestEgg measures your weekly performance. Here's how it's calculated — including how the tiered taper and Effective EP work.
Your Level Score
Your Level Score is the percentage of your weekly EP target you’ve achieved. It’s the single number that feeds into your Nest’s performance.
Level Score = (EP ÷ Weekly Target) × 100The EP used in this formula is either Raw EP or Effective EP (tapered), depending on how your challenge is configured:
- Raw EP mode — your full, uncompressed weekly EP total is used directly. No taper applies.
- Effective EP mode — a tiered taper is applied to EP earned above your target before calculating your Level Score (see The Tiered Taper below).
In both cases, when your EP is at or below your weekly target, Level Score and Raw EP give identical results — the taper only activates above target.
What you see in the app is always your Raw EP — your true, uncompressed exercise output. The Effective EP calculation happens behind the scenes when the taper is enabled.
If you’re Level 5 (target: 400 EP) and you earn 440 EP in a week, your Level Score is 110% in either mode. If you earn 320 EP, your Level Score is 80%. The ring you see filling on your Home screen is your Level Score accumulating through the week.
How your Level Score feeds the Nest
Your Nest Score is the average of all 5 Level Scores in your Nest. Not the total — the average.
Nest Score = (Level Score₁ + Level Score₂ + Level Score₃ + Level Score₄ + Level Score₅) ÷ 5This design is deliberate:
- One superstar can’t carry a Nest
- One struggling Egg doesn’t sink it
- Everyone matters equally
The leaderboard
Nest Scores are cumulative across the entire Challenge. The leaderboard ranks Nests by Total Nest Score — the sum of weekly Nest Scores over all 4 weeks.
| Week | Your Nest Score | Cumulative Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 95% | 95% |
| 2 | 102% | 197% |
| 3 | 88% | 285% |
| 4 | 107% | 392% |
The Nest with the highest Total Nest Score after Week 4 wins.
A fair competition in action
Here’s how the Level system makes your Level Score fair:
| Egg | Level | Target | EP Earned | Level Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couch Egg | 1 | 150 | 180 | 120% | 1st |
| Weekend Warrior | 4 | 300 | 330 | 110% | 2nd |
| Fitness Enthusiast | 7 | 600 | 600 | 100% | 3rd |
| Elite Athlete | 12 | 1,700 | 1,600 | 94% | 4th |
Couch Egg is at the top. They worked harder relative to their capacity than anyone else. The absolute EP numbers are irrelevant — what matters is the effort relative to the Level.
The Tiered Taper and Effective EP
When a challenge is configured to use Effective EP for Level Score calculation, a tiered taper applies to any EP earned above your target. This keeps the leaderboard competitive without penalizing any workout.
The taper converts your Raw EP into Effective EP by applying decreasing credit rates to each band above your target:
| EP Band | Credit Rate | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| 0 → next Level’s target | 100% | Full credit — this is the promotion zone. Everything earned on the way to a promotion counts fully. |
| Next Level → +2 Levels above you | 50% | Half credit |
| +2 → +3 Levels above you | 20% | Steep discount |
| Beyond +3 Levels above you | 10% | Minimal credit |
Level Score (Effective EP mode) = Effective EP ÷ Weekly Target × 100If your challenge uses Raw EP scoring, the taper does not apply — your Level Score is simply Raw EP ÷ Target × 100. The taper band rates are configurable per challenge by your Flock Leader.
Worked example: Level 5 Egg earns 650 EP
Level 5 target = 400 EP. Level 6 target = 500. Level 7 = 600. Level 8 = 750.
| EP Band | EP Range | EP in Band | Rate | Effective EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base → Level 6 target | 0 – 500 | 500 | 100% | 500.0 |
| Level 6 → Level 7 target | 500 – 600 | 100 | 50% | 50.0 |
| Level 7 → Level 8 target | 600 – 650 | 50 | 20% | 10.0 |
| Total | 650 | 560.0 |
Level Score = 560 ÷ 400 × 100 = 140%
Raw EP = 650. Effective EP = 560. Level Score = 140%. The taper compressed a raw 162% down to 140% — which is still a strong week, just not distorting the leaderboard.
Key properties of the taper
- Every workout still contributes. There is no point at which effort stops helping your Nest. The rate decreases above target, but it’s always positive.
- The first band is the promotion zone. Full credit applies all the way up to the next Level’s target — so everything you earn on the path to a promotion is scored at full value.
- Two separate settings control scoring. Your challenge has an Exercise Points Scoring System setting (which controls the taper and the demotion threshold) and a separate Level Promotion / Demotion Method setting (which controls whether Raw EP or Effective EP is used to determine EarnedLevel for promotions). These can be configured independently.
- Taper band rates and the demotion threshold are configurable per challenge. The default rates (100% / 50% / 20% / 10%) and the default demotion threshold (50%) may be adjusted by your challenge organizer.
See Understanding Your Level for how promotion and demotion work in detail.
What you see on your Home screen
Your Home screen shows:
- Level Score ring — the percentage filling up through the week (based on whichever EP type your challenge is configured to use)
- EP earned vs target — your Raw EP numbers, always uncompressed
- Workout count — how many sessions this week
- Strength count — qualifying strength workouts
- Nest card — all 5 members’ Level Scores side by side
The Nest card is where Social Gravity lives. You can see who’s put in the work this week and who might need a nudge.
The bottom line: your Level Score is effort, relative to you. Hit your target, help your Nest. That’s the whole game.