Hi,
i cannot see any race in zwift academy.
It always says “There are no races available within the next hours. Check back later”.
(I’ve already done 4 workouts in the Zwift Academy)
Am i doing something wrong?
Thanks
Giacomo
they aren’t available yet
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It would be nice if the tabs in-game showed accurate dates. The same issue existed during ToW, feels like it should be a pretty easy fix.
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Race #1 available from Monday 20th November 1800 GMT, two laps of Rolling Highlands, ~23Km.
Link to 1800 GMT, which has over 100 pen D signups already, including riders not registered on zwiftpower! 
I’m being blind regarding Race #1 showing in Companion! 
Given that all Zwift Academy workouts are on the Canyon Aeroad, at least Race #1 at 1800 GMT today does not specify the same bike will be used.
Wouldn’t it make sense to force the same bike in these races too?
185 signups now showing for pen D at 1800 GMT today, I can’t recall the last time such a number signed up, far more than a good zone 1 or 2 Tiny Race!
I see that event in Companion on iOS. Check your search filters. Restart Companion… ?
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Anyone else noticing the huge number of WKG disqualifications for Academy races over the last two days?
If a rider’s average exceeds the pen W/Kg zFTP threshold (2.625 for D; 3.36 for C; 4.2 for B ?), they are being disqualified, when only a tiny minority of them will get a CE pen promotion after such a race dq.
Pen D are only doing one lap races at each location and will take approx 18-22mins for the top Category Enforcement racers to complete, in a normal Category Enforcement race they could average approx 2.75-2.85 W/Kg for that sort of time duration and not get a zFTP promotion to C.
It’s affecting strong W/Kg light righters too, who in pen D, have a zFTP under 150W. Many women and youngsters getting WKG.
I’ve never seen an official ZwiftHQ race set up like this since Category Enforcement came along, suggesting to me it’s an event setup oopsie.
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Agree seems odd for Zwift to be adding in this WKG dsq.
Same thoughts re these WKG:
No obvious upgrade in category (so far anyway) for many of them.
Some have done higher 20 min and race average power in past 90 days and were eligible to enter the category they raced in.
How many will still be able to enter another ZA race in the same category.
It does look like these ZA races are encouraging riders to put out high (or higher than normal ?) race power w/kg. IMO WKG dsq shouldn’t be used but hopefully a few upgrades.
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I’m not showing any in the 2024. Race 1 should be available by now .
From the Zwift site:
Race 1 will be available August 30, 2024 - September 8, 2024, and Race 2 will be available October 4, 2024 - October 13, 2024.
I’m not seeing any either, any solutions?
See above reply - it’s not yet August 30.
It’s only 28 August here today. A few more days to go.
Zwift Hacks link to ZA races
Why is it that every time there’s an event like this all the time slots are clustered around peak times?
Does zwift know that people live all around the world, and not everyone can ride at those times?
There’s not even any drafting for this one, any other competitors are pace guides at best.
Is there any way to let this be done as a solo effort outside those times?
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Unless time based races have been fixed in the last two years, the position results for 30mins up Ven Top will be nonsense.
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Yes, they are very poor times. Either at dinner time or at times when I’m outside doing a real bike ride, which is more important and meaningful than ZA. If they had a 5:30pm AEST time that would be useful for the Australian folks to slot in before dinner.
Suppose it would be possible to set up a bot to roll up Ven-top at 1.2w/kg so it doesn’t impact anyone else. I wasn’t going to do race effort on the races anyway because half the people are probably 39kg and doing 6w/kg.
And I’m sure as hell not riding at 3:30 or 4:30am in the morning.
I finished the rest of Zwift academy a long time ago already so the interest has faded.
However I do like the “no drafting” requirement. That’s very good.
As expected, the results from the first running of a 30mins timed race up Ven Top are nonsense… For example, Ludo was almost 1Km clear of the rest of D!
Sounds like “Big Spin” for ZwiftPower ranking points 
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At least ZRapp has put in a filter to stop them impacting vELO ratings
With the amount of 600 ranked racers in D, the odds of a Zwiftpower rank boost aren’t great!
Imagine if this was using Racing Score. 