They put the price up already but I will pay did more to race only verify racer
People for are known in the community
They have two verification badges. Recently people who did verification tests for ZWS entry also got ticks.
The tick on an orange background is for those who do the videoed Three Sisters ride test, to verify competitors for Elite competitions. At least, thatās what it used to be for.
Edit - looks like it was expanded more recently - Zwift Elevates Cycling Esports Stars Verified Badge - The Zommunique'
Edit 2 - I think that perhaps there are two versions of this badge - the black border for just verifying who they are, and a white border through those go through the verified performance test.
Everyone had to redo it this year. Massive effort from clubs, zwift, and riders.
Some have done multiple tests where trainers were misreporting.
This is why expansion would require consistent funding.
But donāt lose sight of the fact that most of the cheating is hilariously obvious. Publishing crank length and calibration settings would cover most of the cheating.
The example I gave was not just some random with a bad trainer or so, it was actually a Zwift club member (and a well known person as well) who was accepting the congrats for the effort on Strava. 
It wasnāt a race (tour of Watopia on ADZ) but still.
By the way what exactly is needed for top level racing for power recording, one trainer and what, power meter pedals? I wouldnāt mind second recording via power meter pedals but havenāt got a clue how to use them - I suppose itās just a second recording to have?
Not that Iād bother racing but would like a second metric.
Automatic algorithms should be able to catch most cheating and stop it wrecking races or indeed just general Zwift riding.
I day general Zwift riding because the racers will probably say, let them cheat in normal riding, so long as our races are clean. Thatās an attitude Iāve observed at times.
The full verification is
- weigh in video very specific pattern
- Height video to a very specific pattern
- Perform set workout while on continuous video for the pairing screen and proof of trainer serial number
- Dual record pedals to a head unit
- Upload dual fit file to a verification site unaltered
The general verification process is just a dual to head unit and upload to zwift power.
Legitimacy also gets judged on a decent profile as well. No private data, linked strava, sensible weight history.
Iād also argue that if people are going to cheat to blow up a ToW ride then they are likely to cheat elsewhere as well.
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iāve been in races with those verified guys since ZRS went global and while they may show up to the prize money races all correct and accounted for, some of them sure arent doing it in the community races. i trust āreal recognises realā over any of that formal nonsense
i dont really wanna get into that though. AA etc do their best with the resources they have
A touch of āfun with Virtual Shiftingā
And a touch of ākeep a clean account and it looks betterā
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