Just finished the race “SROZ’s the avatar is FINE, I’m Dying”. (22:45 GMT+1) A 20min timed TT. Which based upon companion I ended 1st in D and 2/10 all groups. With 12km in 20minutes on Fugis.
To my surprise when I go to Zwift Power though it shows the #3 in D as the winner. She did an average wattage of 169 and did 10.4km versus my 263 watts average and 12km.
Am I missing something or is Zwift Power just broken? Also gives me a finishing time of 19:29, while it gives the #3 a time of 18:44. Which seems to me odd as it’s a 20minutes effort. 
Not a Race. lock this done. @Paul_Southworth
ZwiftPower can’t handle timed events. Those results are also pretty weird but I wouldn’t expect it to handle anything properly where the event is based on time rather than distance.
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I appreciate the response, good to know. I thought I joined a regular TT at first. Next time won’t select one.
You should expect that a TT that is based on distance rather than time will be OK. ZwiftPower is kind of a dinosaur at this point so there is a lot of stuff that it should do that it doesn’t and probably won’t.
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I don’t quite get why Zwift as gamified as it is, isn’t implementing into Companion: Zwift Power and ICU interval like data.
Finding clear data, which Zwift itself is way too simplistic in. While tracking your racing achievements. Makes it more gamified. While it doesn’t have to alienate those who want to train and get better without competitiveness of racing.
Despite the responses that you have received at first glance they all appear to be wrong 
This appears to be a VTTA classified event so times are adjusted based on an age handicap.
More information about VTTA can be found here: https://www.vtta.org.uk/
This has absolutely nothing to do with gamification.
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That’s interesting and definitely a good way to make racing appealing for different age categories. Yet without the event stating anywhere something like ‘VTTA rules apply’. 
It just feels off to me.
The zwift companion results showing distance indicates that it is indeed a time based event.
If anyone knows the age handicap formula they can probably work out how old each competitor is using 20 minutes as the actual finish time.
It does make me wonder what percentage of participants had any idea how the event was operated. It’s sort of like “mystery race”.
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Yes, the organiser should definitely make that information clearer!
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I was confused by ZwiftPower showing times that were different, but this may have been down to the VTTA settings.
That’s indeed the important part, I doubt many were. Outside of the classes, I enjoy the idea having riders of all ages being able to compete for the victory. Does need to be clear for all participants though that this is the case. If it states 20minutes TT, the winner is the one with the most meters in. Having to ride likely 290+watts average to beat someone in D category to overcome the age modifiers. Seems to me to beat the whole purpose of category. As that would’ve beat also the C category winner in this event by quite a margin.
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If results will be sorted by age then in a TT event I don’t really see the importance of putting people in W/kg or racing score categories at all.
Personally I am not that into age group events since I’d rather fight with people who have power somewhat similar to my own. I’m apparently a little above average for my age so in that sense it helps but I don’t have a problem with beating 30 year olds who have similar power and there are absolute beasts in the 55-60 age range who I could never touch, plus people with shoddy trainers.
