How does Categories work?

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I was promoted to B, before being truly competitive to win a C Race. Now I’m close to 4 W/Kg, which is close to promote to A and I’m still not even top 75% on Cat B Races.

How is it possible that in Category Enforcement races there are B Cat riders with consistent 4,5 W/Kg??

Example of top 1 in Cat B Zwift Games:
zwiftpower profile: 1552934
Normalized power always over 4,5 W/Kg why he’s not a A Cat?

Will be nice to feel competitive in our own levels at some point.

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https://support.zwift.com/en_us/category-enforcement-faq-rJ5CQrpvc

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The rider you mention has zFTP below the Watt floor for A category. This is common for riders who report very low weight. As long as his zFTP remains below 250W he will never be A.

https://support.zwift.com/en_us/pace-group-category-enforcement-rkhtvQuqT

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By the way, the VirtuSlo events put on by @DejanPresen do not have a Watt floor so you probably would not end up racing against people like that. Check if any of these race times work for you:

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