Per-unit-time

Divide a total by the span of time it accumulated over, turning a lump sum into a rate. That makes stretches of unequal length comparable, so a longer day stops looking like more effort than a shorter one.

Divide a total by the span of time it accumulated over, turning a lump sum into a rate. That makes stretches of unequal length comparable, so a longer day stops looking like more effort than a shorter one.

Example

Your 12,000-step Saturday looks far better than your 8,000-step Tuesday until you divide by waking hours: 16 hours awake gives 750 steps per hour Saturday, 11 hours gives 727 Tuesday. The weekend surge nearly vanishes.