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MOM3NT

Eight weeks, seven tests, live leaderboards. No spreadsheet.

In use at one gym, by its members and coaches.

The story

Eight weeks of results, out of the spreadsheet.

MOM3NT runs one gym's eight-week performance challenge: seven performance tests plus a body scan, scored into points-based divisions, with real prize money on the line. It replaces the master spreadsheet the whole challenge used to live in.

It's for the gym's members and its coaches, who are often the same people: coaches compete too, so the app never assumes staff and members are different people. A real event on a fixed date, watched by people who'll notice if a number is wrong, keeps every feature honest.

The spreadsheet is the competitor, not other gym apps.

The rule I build it by: if a coach could have done it faster in a spreadsheet, the feature isn't done.

The hard parts

What it's built to handle.

  1. Live leaderboards

    Standings update the moment a result goes in, so nobody has to ask a coach where they stand.

  2. Station mode for coaches

    A coach runs one test at a time on a tablet: every athlete in a row, one number each, and a progress bar showing who's still to go.

  3. The TV on the wall

    A wallboard on the gym's TV shows the standings in big type beside a live feed of new results as they come in.

  4. Join from the wall

    Members join by scanning a QR code on the gym wall, right where they train.

  5. No passwords

    Members sign in with a one-time code sent to their email, so there's no password to forget between testing days.

  6. Body data stays private

    Body scan numbers are personal, so privacy is built into the data layer: private by default, with one place that decides what anyone else can see.

Screenshots Demo data

How it looks.

  • The MOM3NT leaderboard on a phone: ranked athletes with initials, points and how many of the eight tests each has scored
    The leaderboard on a phone
  • Coach station mode on a tablet: one exercise, a progress bar of athletes recorded, and a row per athlete with a number field and an Update button
    Station mode on a coach's tablet
  • The TV wallboard: a cohort's standings in large type beside a live "Just in" feed of new results
    The TV wallboard

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