Tiny Race Series – May 20 Routes and Last Week’s Results

Last week’s Tiny Races resulted in some very close overall points competitions. In fact, we awarded the first ever DOUBLE WIN (aka, a draw) to the D category mixed group in Time Zone 3, where the two top riders both won 2 firsts and 2 seconds in their races.

(Typically we give the overall win to the rider with the highest single race placings, but in this case we couldn’t since they both had the same single race placings!)

Rather than bringing it down to finishing times, we decided to award the first-ever overall tie, to celebrate this unique occurrence. Well done, David White (EVO) and Craig Harcombe!

This Week’s Races: 1 Route, 4 Powerups

To celebrate/highlight/test Zwift’s newly rebalanced powerups, this week, for the first time, we’re racing the same route for all four races. The only difference between the races is the powerup you will receive near the start of the race.

How will powerups change the race? And will riders learn and improve on this very technical finish after taking it on race after race? Let’s find out!

• Race 1: Volcano Circuit CCW (4.84km, ends at Volcano Circuit lap banner)
  • Powerup: Feather (1x)
• Race 2: Volcano Circuit CCW (4.84km, ends at Volcano Circuit lap banner)
  • Powerup: Draft Boost (1x)
• Race 3: Volcano Circuit CCW (4.84km, ends at Volcano Circuit lap banner)
  • Powerup: Burrito (1x)
• Race 4: Volcano Circuit CCW (4.84km, ends at Volcano Circuit lap banner)
  • Powerup: Ghost (1x)

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ZwiftPower Results

Zwift displays preliminary race results in game when you cross the line, but points are computed after all four races are finished, with final results on ZwiftPower. (We have to do some data processing on our side to compute results, so if your rankings don’t show up right away, be patient.)

Riders will earn points based on finish position in each of the 4 Tiny Races. The category winner of each week’s series is the rider with the most points across their timezone’s 4 races. Here are the links for each timezone’s results on ZwiftPower:

• Zone 1 (9am GMT/5am EDT/2am PDT)
• Zone 2 (3pm GMT/11am EST/8am PDT)
• Zone 3 (9pm GMT/5pm EDT/2pm PDT/Sunday 7am AEST)

Rules

Tiny Race rules are simple, but still every week 7-10% of registered ZwiftPower racers get disqualified and removed from the final results. Don’t let that be you! Four races, four rules:

• You must have a ZwiftPower account, because final results are processed by ZwiftPower (learn how to sign up)
• No skipping then returning. These races are meant to be raced as a set of 4. If you need to leave early, that’s fine… but once you miss a race in your hour’s set of 4, don’t come back and race another or you’ll be disqualified from that race since you rested while others were racing! (Example: racing only races 1 and 2 is fine. Racing 1, 2, and 4 is not – you will be DQ from race 4. And if you race 2, 3, and 4, you’ll be DQ from all those races, since you skipped race 1!)
• Heart rate monitors are required for podium finishers
• ZPower/Virtual power is not allowed. Smart trainer/smart bike or power meter required.

Join a Chat & Chill Cooldown

Immediately following each hour’s racing, we’ve scheduled 30-minute “Chat & Chill” events where riders from all categories can spin their legs together and chat about how it all went down. Find them at zwift.com/events/tag/tinyraces.

Zwift Insider Kit Unlock

Finish any Tiny Race or a Chat & Chill ride and unlock the Zwift Insider “Ride Smarter // Ride Harder” in-game kit.

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