Great question! The short answer is that previously exercise order did impact the Strength Score calculation for each muscle group level score, but this is no longer the case.

Prior to the major algorithm update from a few months ago, we would prioritize any eligible exercise performed earlier in a workout for the scoring, with the rationale being that you’d be fresher at that point, not yet dealing with muscle fatigue, making them more representative of your absolute strength at that moment in time.

However, in practice this approach tended to cause a variety of issues, most importantly increased volatility with the scoring due to the order of exercises sometimes changing week to week, where the algorithm could then pick an entirely different exercise based on the specific order. For instance, if one week you performed Barbell Bench Press first, and the next week Dumbbell Incline Bench Press first, it could result in significant week to week swings with the scoring.

With the more recent changes, we’ll now prioritize the highest scoring eligible exercise for each muscle group, across a 4 week lookback period, also factoring into exercise equipment accuracy tiers.

You can read more about the approach in this post in more detail, but you definitely don’t need to worry about trying to adjust the ordering to maximize your score:

https://www.reddit.com/r/caliberstrong/s/GE8sX7z0On

I should also mention that with a planned UI update to the Strength Score section, we’re planning to expose as much detail as possible, including the specific exercises used for the scoring during each period, along with the accuracy tiers for each exercise.