Not sure how everyone feels about the new feature being developed. This is the Category Enforcement System.
I personally feel that this system takes one of the joys of racing on any category you wish. Assuming everyone consciously races the category that best fits their ability; this system takes away the freedom to race in any category. If you enjoy this feature use the Zwiftpower portal.
I think implement a new age based category would work best-40+, 50+. As you get older you don’t want to get stuck in a category you can’t compete.
The categories you can enter are based off of your actual performance, so you can compete in them.
What you are advocating for, the option to enter any category you want, is precisely the problem with the “old” system. Many people would choose a lower category so they could easily win, also called sandbagging or cheating. The new system prevents that and makes racing much more fair.
I’ve had my trainer stats reset on zwiftpower, does the cat enforcement take this into account or will it still be using invalid data from the old trainer that was over reading? I did ask in the other thread but did not get an answer
The issue is this assumption is not valid. With no category enforcement you will very often see a C capable rider in D, or a B capable rider in C etc… This is because in general it’s more fun to win than to lose, and there are only a few categories, so a pretty wide range of abilities. When a C rider races in D it makes the race less fair for all D racers in that race etc.
It’s bonkers that fixing dodgy data wasn’t implementable before rolling out Category Enforcement, we cannot be the only two Zwifters with issues!
Pause your current subscription account, create another to use until dodgy data is out of the 60 day window? You will quickly get assigned out of A in the new account if your new data shows you aren’t an A, simply do a legit 8min+ interval, in freeride/workout/race and you won’t have to wait long for any re-assignment.