How this numbers can be right?

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Hi Francisco,

First of all, I appreciate you taking the time to look into this matter.

Regarding the guide you provided, I reported the rider as soon as I finished the race. As for the form in the “Reporting Suspicious Performance”, I’m not sure if I can fill it out because the rider in question does not have a profile on ZwiftPower.

On another note, is it recommended to have a profile on ZwiftPower? I wasn’t aware of that until today.

Thanks

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Hi @J_Tortuero, Thanks for keeping me posted!

Great question! While it’s not mandatory to have a profile on ZwiftPower, it’s highly recommended if you’re interested in seeing detailed performance stats and race results. ZwiftPower also allows event organizers to apply unique rules for their events and provides overall results for event series.

If you’re participating in a race series that uses ZwiftPower, you’ll need to opt-in at https://www.zwift.com/eu/settings/connections to link your Zwift account with ZwiftPower. After connecting, log in using your Zwift credentials. Keep in mind that only events you participate in after linking your accounts will appear in ZwiftPower.

It’s a great tool for tracking stats and enhancing your race experience.

For more info, you can check this article to dive deeper into:
ZwiftPower FAQ
Connecting to ZwiftPower

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Thanks, I have already created my profile In ZwiftPower for future races.

So, is it not possible to submit a detailed report if the rider does not have a profile on ZwiftPower?

Just out of curiosity, why is it necessary? It seems that cheaters could participate in races that don’t require ZwiftPower and be protected from being reported through this form (which I find very good due to its depth in details).

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Today on ADZ one rider with ZRS of 88 and D grade category is punching 495w, does a lap of 39 minutes. Does a second lap, seems to get flagged and disappears, then comes back 30 minutes later with a new ride up ADZ punching same 495-500w with 101kg weigh calculated by watts divided by watt per kg.

Then another one blasting someone else in the chat for cheating, but the person doing the blasting was doing 210w at 4.2w/kg with no HR. Maybe possible but maybe not…

So it’s clear the flagging isn’t worth the bother.

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Yesterday in the Zwift Games Downtown Eruption a rider from the C class entered the 690-1000 race and averaged 521w, 5.9 w/kg, to win solo in a time of 27 minutes.

He bested his typical race wattage by almost 300 watts, basically riding a 27 minute Zone 6 interval (in the screenshots you can see his power profile is all red)

It seems odd that nothing in the system was able to flag this and remove him from the race before he falsified the result.

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What is really necessary is automated measures to take dubious performances out of Zwift while they are doing that. So they are not destroying the leaderboards of Ventop or Alpe du Zwift or blowing apart races or other events.

See the post above this one, or my earlier one.

I invite you to ride on Alpe du Zwift daily for two weeks and see what goes on - then you’ll see the scale of the problem and see why filling out a form after the problem isn’t enough.

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100% this… the flagging option and form is just a bandaid for Zwift HQ so users feel like they have power to clean up the platform, when in reality it does nothing and the flagged user has no consequences.

Oh but don’t say a swear word or something “naughty” in the chat becuase that will actually get you a shadow ban and is completely automated. Somehow Zwift can detect bad language and take immediate action, but do 700 watts for an hour and its fine… make it make sense!

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It is actually funny they ban for bad words. Image the level of snowflake they can’t handle swear words.

Better bubble wrap them before they walk outside.

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