Originally Posted by
r_pad
Thanks for that, but I wonder if UA is handling status matches and challenges separately.
suggest reading the reference thread -- the terms status match and status challenge tend to be used interchangeably, since with very few exceptions UA no longer does pure status match. However many folks use the term status match when they really mean what UA does, status challenges.
The reference thread/post is a post about a new 1/1/13 status challenge which answers your specific question.