How long would it take to ride every Zwift route?

October 17, 2024

LAST UPDATED October 17, 2024

Here at Zwift Insider we recently introduced ZIMetrics which predict your finishing time on Zwift routes.

As of today we’ve entered and verified all the precise route details needed in order to compute ZIMetrics for every Zwift route, which means we can now do fun things like update our Printable List of Zwift Routes by Difficulty and put together this post!

Have you ever wondered just how long it would take to ride every single route in Zwift?

Here are the numbers, broken down by map, for every single route in Zwift, including those you can only ride in events and those which do not award an achievement badge:

Time Required To Ride All Zwift Routes

*Map*	*2 W/kg minutes*	*3 W/kg minutes*	*4 W/kg minutes*
Bologna	29	21	17
Crit City	8	6.4	5.8
France	989	775	679
Innsbruck	527	396	343
London	1606	1273	1138
Makuri Islands	1336.9	1082.8	974.9
New York	834.8	655.5	583.7
Paris	38	31	29
Richmond	310	251	225
Scotland	179.1	143.1	127.9
Watopia	3989	3131	2775
Yorkshire	304	237.9	210.1
Totals	169 hours, 10 minutes	133 hours, 23 minutes	118 hours, 28 minutes

If you’re just looking to do all the routes that award achievement badges, the numbers are somewhat reduced:

Time Required To Ride All Badged Zwift Routes

*Map*	*2 W/kg minutes*	*3 W/kg minutes*	*4 W/kg minutes*
France	706	543	469
Innsbruck	374	282	245
London	1252	993	889
Makuri Islands	1336.9	1082.8	974.9
New York	489	383	342.9
Paris	38	31	29
Richmond	251	204	184
Scotland	170.6	136.3	121.8
Watopia	3342	2616	2319
Yorkshire	271	211.9	187.1
Totals	137 hours, 10 minutes	108 hours, 3 minutes	96 hours, 1 minute

It’s pretty wild to think that a rider holding 4 W/kg could complete every badged route in 4 days. But it’s true!

Keep in mind the ZIMetrics time estimates predict how long it would take a semi-experienced rider, riding efficiently in a group, to finish one lap of the course, including any lead-in. The algorithm assumes you’re a 75kg, 183cm rider drafting on the flats, on a decently fast bike, and pushing harder on climbs than on flats and descents. Because of this, the estimates above are more of a “race situation” estimate than a free ride time estimate.

Also, it’s worth noting that the list above does not include any of the Climb Portals, which are a separate beast entirely and only rideable when they are scheduled.