Weekly VäljaQtse 9 — how long can you stand on one leg?
Published 22 September 2026
Hello!
Week eight of the Weekly VäljaQtse, the super breakfast week, is done. 12 people brought 15 breakfasts on stage — thank you! The contest itself goes on: you can submit entries and give plates until 3 October. See the entries.
Weekly VäljaQtse IX: the balance test
The week nine challenge is short, but it tells you a lot: how long can you stand on one leg? FitQ now has a new balance test, timed by your phone or computer camera. No stopwatch needed.
This week’s challenge
21.09–27.09. Do the FitQ balance test on both legs and save both results to your account. Once both your left and right leg results are saved, you earn a VäljaQtse draw ticket.
You earn the ticket for doing the test and saving it — your time does not affect it. Five seconds and forty-five seconds earn exactly the same ticket. You can also do the legs on different days. The result is saved with the date you do the test, so both legs need to be saved by Sunday, 27 September at the latest.
Why balance matters
We usually notice our balance only when it lets us down: on an icy road, on the stairs, on a bus, or while pulling on a sock standing on one leg. The good news is that balance can be trained at any age, and it gets noticeably better with practice.
Standing on one leg is the simplest way to see where you are today. Often it turns out that one leg is clearly steadier than the other. That is worth knowing, because that is the leg to practise with.
How the test works
Put your phone on a steady surface, ideally at eye level. Your whole body and both feet need to be in the frame. A laptop webcam works too.
Choose your standing leg and allow the camera. Stand on both feet with your arms crossed over your chest. Once you are still, a 3–2–1 countdown starts.
Lift your other foot. The timer starts by itself when the camera sees you lift your foot and stops when the foot comes down. No need to touch the screen. One attempt lasts up to 45 seconds.
Do both legs and save. Make as many attempts as you like; your best time counts for each leg. You can save the legs together or separately, even on different days.
The whole test takes a couple of minutes. The video stays on your device: we do not store or send any images or body landmarks to our servers, only the attempt times.
Camera timing is still in an early stage. If detection gets it wrong, simply repeat the attempt — a camera glitch does not mean you lost your balance.
Before you start
Keep a wall or a sturdy support within arm’s reach. If you lose your balance, just hold on.
Choose a flat, non-slip floor and enough space around you.
Skip the test if you feel pain or dizziness. If you have fallen recently or your balance feels unsteady in general, do the test with someone beside you or leave it out this time.
45 seconds is the test’s measurement ceiling, not a health threshold. The result is not a health assessment — it is your personal starting point to compare yourself with later.
The test is on the FitQ website. If you use FunTastyQ Fit, log in with the same account, because it is the same account.
Missed an earlier week?
No worries. You can catch up on it whenever suits you. The only condition: you must finish before 4 October! Pick a past week on the VäljaQtse page and you get 7 days in a row to complete it. The last day to start is 28 September.
Weekly VäljaQtse vol. 9 runs until the end of Sunday, 27 September. This is the ninth of ten weeks.
Stay steady on your feet!
The campaign runs from 27.07–04.10.2026. Each successfully completed weekly challenge earns one ticket for the grand prize draw, which will take place on 4 October. The grand prize is a €1000 Estravel gift card.
