The Estimated course completion times are very inaccurate, it makes it difficult to plan which ride I can complete in my allotted time. Many courses that say 90+ min, actually take me under 60 min, but then La Reine today told me under 60 min estimate, and it was probably closer to 90 min.
You should have data on each riders average W/Kg, it would make since to give each rider a custom estimated course completion time based on their avg W/Kg.
In the meantime, another reliable option is available at https://www.bestbikesplit.com/zwift-routes
It’s been a long standing, well documented issue.
@shooj any update to this ticket about estimated completion times?
If we’re talking about the Duration column on the Route Selection screen - those times are estimated values for the “average” Zwifter. They are static numbers that are the same for everyone. The times are not dynamically customized for each Zwifter based on past performances, w/Kg, route profile, or anything like that.
@Dan_Kothlow
The thread you quoted me on was specific to that game release when the Watopia Rebel Routes were made full-time, official routes. The ticket I was talking about corrected the erroneous Duration numbers for those routes only.
I think this would be a good idea, particularly for newer riders (new to riding, or just to the platform). Eventually, if you look at that estimated time and also at the elevation for the route, you can start to get a good idea of what your own estimated time will be. I don’t even look at the Estimated Time column anymore–I know what sort of climber I am and how I do on the flats, and so the Distance and Elevation columns let me make a pretty accurate estimate. But that comes with a lot of data from my own rides, right? A dynamic estimate based on our power curves would be pretty cool.
I’m bumping these because every Zwift training day, I spend a lot of time calculating completion times for the workout I want to do and various potential courses.
It would be neat to have that for courses - but I doubt it would be accurate for longer routes.
For shorter ones like Road to Sky - that’s a bit easier. I know if I’m doing that then on normal pace will probably be done in less than an hour from start to the banner at the top and probably 80min including the roll back down to the bottom.
Could this be done on courses you’ve ridden by averaging the times you’ve done then tacking on another 5 minutes to be certain?
