Data from racing when you DNF

Hi, I did a Chase Race last night and after about 25 mins had to DNF. I guess that’s why there’s no record on ZP, which is OK, but is there any way of analysing the data to see my power/wkg details, other than doing some maths with the data on the activity in Zwift?

Hi @John_Sanderson_7330

You can look at the data in Strava.

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Thanks Gerrie. What I mean is the detailed 15s/1min/5min power etc that ZP does so well. I hoped to avoid getting the calculator out.

Sadly, unless you upload the ride to a 3rd party like Strava, TP, or any of the other, like @Gerrie_Delport_ODZ said, there is an inability to truly analyze your data on the Zwift platform.

Why? I’m sure I read that some less-than-trustworthy folks end races before the 20min mark to stop their obv dodgy data affecting their ZP profile…or was that 20km? Or nothing like that and I made it up!?

If you install the strava Sause plugin you can see that data.

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Now with pen enforcement that won’t be possible anymore since Zwift use all the rider data even event that was not saved. :sunglasses:

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Out of interest then, why is this not included in ZP? If I do a 100km race and DNF after 99km is it all binned?

Because it isn’t is genuinely the best answer I have for you. it’s how it was designed initially and requires an event finish notification for that data to be used.

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install the Elevate browser extension and it’ll let you see your best splits for any strava activity among a bunch of other stuff

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Never fear, abandonned races are kept on record at ZwiftHQ to work out your category enforcement CP potential. :wink:

Yeah well, seeing as I was booted into A after my first crit race (where I had to bury myself to stay in the pack) I’m forever doomed to be in that. I dont mind, but it’s not much fun when I can’t even compete with B riders - I’m a paltry 59kg/265w FTP so right on the ‘f_ck you’ borderline.

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Im not sure you are on the borderline to be fair… You are well over the 250w threshhold and you held 4.6wkg in that Crit race you mentioned.
By most measures that is well beyond a current B cat rider.

Because it isn’t is genuinely the best answer I have for you. it’s how it was designed initially and requires an event finish notification for that data to be used.

Thas why my 5th stage of TOW ride did not show up in Zwift Power. The app crashed in the last 2 km before the finnish line and did not restore good enough to end the ride officialy. Put a lot of hard work in that ride :thinking:

It is in terms of numbers, but in terms of actual racing it most definitely isn’t. I’ve been well beaten by a lot of B’s in every race I’ve done. Fortunately, it’s made-up racing in a virtual world against people I don’t know, so I’ll live :wink:

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Im a B and think I was beaten by a D and about 5 Cs last night whilst putting out power PRs - It is what it is :slight_smile:

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Zwift racing is the only type where I’m actually losing out by being a lighter rider. If I weighed 70kg, I’d be able to put out the same ftp and would be in B level. This fundamentally makes Zwift racing quite flawed.

You not getting beaten due to your weight, you are getting beaten by your relative 1 min power.

One of your races you were in with me & got shelled on the climb at the same point I did (granted you held on a little longer than I did).

The Innsbruck after party race is all about that kicker and hanging onto the front group over that.

Id pick some proper hilly races or climbing series and see how you do, or work on that short range power, 4.5wkg should make you competitive regardless of weight.

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That’s the point though. IRL I’m not strong enough to be an elite or Cat 1, because I don’t have that power, so I stay at cat 2. In Zwift I’m simply placed in the top group based on my ftp/wkg despite not being anywhere near level required to compete.