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<Tommy>
Illegitimi non carborundum
- Location
- Camden, London
I do find it odd that I’ve done two races. Come middle of the pack in both really, and am ranked higher than you Andy. Haven’t you come near the top in multiple races? I thought you may of even won one. I also assumed that you would have a higher w/kg than me.
It’s no big deal at all. I just like to know how things work I guess. So I’ll have a read up on it later. That and I’m used to ranking systems that are based solely on results over a given time period on a point system like snooker, golf or tennis etc.
bobinski
Legendary Member
- Location
- Tulse Hill
Yeah, I have been looking at other results-what better thing to do on a monday morning at work?
-and i tend to agree. Those of us who have raced less might benefit initially from the 95% of 20m but after that things should even up and most of us will be pretty close together. Andy, I expect you to pull away from me in wednesdays race and so will be interesting to see how your quicker time will then impact on points.
I was promoted to a win in cat C a while back. My recent B cat results have been improving, getting around top 10 finishes. It will work out your W/Kg and make comparisons as well I suspect. Most of you have superior W/Kg to me, so my best races are always going to be flat courses. Not really an all-rounder.
bobinski
Legendary Member
- Location
- Tulse Hill
I had a great ride on the Zsun social yesterday. Got bored after 3o min and took off after those had had jumped from the off. I joined with a guy and we worked as a team to jump to and overhaul each small group ahead of us. Hard work at times especially given i was a little stronger than him/her but really showed how straightforward it is to draft even when there are only 2 of you working together in rotation. We managed to make over 2 minutes on the blob of riders behind us albeit they were not really motoring.
uclown2002
Guru
- Location
- Harrogate
Zwiftpower has updated the code so rankings and FAQ changed.
Note new Cat boundary rules!
1. Initial category is assigned based on your first WKG value.
2. Starting points for each category are
D = 1000
C = 1500
B = 2000
A = 2500
3. Riders are upgraded when they have gained 1000 points.
D = 2000
C = 2500
B = 3000
4. Riders are downgraded when they have lost 500 points.
A = 2000
B = 1500
C = 1000
5. Exceeding category boundaries will result in an automatic upgrade.
These are calculated as follows:
A = FTP >= 4.0 && 5min >= 4.5 or 5min >=5.5
B = FTP >= 3.2 && 5min >= 4.0 or 5min >=5.0
C = FTP >= 2.5 && 5min >= 3.2 or 5min >=4.0
If we do not have 5 minute power available a 0.2wkg leeway is applied to your FTP calculation.
A = 4.2wkg
B = 3.5wkg (think this should be 3.4)
C = 2.7wkg
Still work in progress so expect a few more changes before implementation.
Note new Cat boundary rules!
1. Initial category is assigned based on your first WKG value.
2. Starting points for each category are
D = 1000
C = 1500
B = 2000
A = 2500
3. Riders are upgraded when they have gained 1000 points.
D = 2000
C = 2500
B = 3000
4. Riders are downgraded when they have lost 500 points.
A = 2000
B = 1500
C = 1000
5. Exceeding category boundaries will result in an automatic upgrade.
These are calculated as follows:
A = FTP >= 4.0 && 5min >= 4.5 or 5min >=5.5
B = FTP >= 3.2 && 5min >= 4.0 or 5min >=5.0
C = FTP >= 2.5 && 5min >= 3.2 or 5min >=4.0
If we do not have 5 minute power available a 0.2wkg leeway is applied to your FTP calculation.
A = 4.2wkg
B = 3.5wkg (think this should be 3.4)
C = 2.7wkg
Still work in progress so expect a few more changes before implementation.
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Seems reasonable. It puts me at ~1700, right in the C group which is where I race.
bobinski
Legendary Member
- Location
- Tulse Hill
Crashed and burned tonight, lungs felt really tight. The pace was hard but not unbearable. Dropped out after 5 miles.
Best take it easy Andy.
bobinski
Legendary Member
- Location
- Tulse Hill
I am not surprised I have dropped down. Time to do some lumpy races.
As Dave alluded to, it's a work in progress. I will need a period of time to collate the figures to give a true reflection. I know I'm fitter, faster than last September. A recent drop in power stats is in comparison just before Xmas where I was in a purple patch of form. I just need a few races where I'm in the running at the finish to bump up those numbers.
uclown2002
Guru
- Location
- Harrogate
If you have not done so, click on your Profile tab. I think that is looking pretty sexy right now with the information displayed.
