Here at Zwift Insider we recently introduced ZIMetrics which predict your finishing time on Zwift routes.
Read more about ZIMetrics here >
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.
Questions or Comments?
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I think it would take me 169 hours just for the London PRL Full alone…..
I am currently 7th on the Veloviewer leaderboard and It’s taken me 2 days 18 hours 55 minutes and 43 seconds to ride all the routes according to Veloviewer excluding the Rebel Routes and this weeks new Richmond route whcih will take an hour I guess.
Watopia (Short) 00:23:20:32
Watopia (Long) 01:18:29:58
London 00:14:17:43
New York 00:4:20:23
Yorkshire 00:01:32:16
Innsbruck 00:03:11:10
Richmond 00:01:05:13
France + Paris 00:07:41:09
Makuri 00:13:42:35
Scotland 00:01:07:59
Nice going!
I see you’ve got Bologna up there. Was just thinking yesterday that I hadn’t seen it available for a long time and wondered if it was still a Thing?
Sure, still a thing! It’s always been event-only, so the only time it’s ridden is when ride organizers plan it.
Eric;
I love the list of routes. Some I have taken a break to complete, not going to lie. My question is, out of the 247 badges availabe, I currently have 198 badges with 12 left to get, leaving me with 37 to obtain but no way of knowing what they are. Is there a master list of badges as well?
Here you go: https://zwiftinsider.com/badges/
The 210 might just be cycling. I have a few running ones and that’s why I’m at 220, but everything I don’t have is a running badge.
GCN did a video where they attempted to ride Hank road every road not route on zwift in one go.
Can I Ride Every Road On Zwift In One Go?
We’ve set Hank some pretty mean challenges in the past and somehow we’ve roped him in for more! We’ve set him the task of …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lBZZXjrExg
Global Cycling Network
2 left to do. The Richmond loop and the new Scotland BrEaK route.
Just spend 15 minutes searching what the missing route was, since I have 170 routes in my Sheet. But that is the Repack Rush one which isnt a route badge but a special one. You had me scared for a moment 😂
It was a route badge but needed a steering device to enable it to be selected, it was downgraded to an achievement badge several releases back.
The recently added events, such as Richmond Loop Around, Shisa Shakedown, Yorkshire Double Loops, and BRAEk-fast Crits and Grits, are seldom available for riding. I am now missing five. Some have no scheduled times, while others are changed to a different route at the last moment. It’s disappointing because one should be able to regularly complete badge routes.
What to do?
You could lobby your favorite club. That should work. There is a definite vision your statement that should not be unique to you. 😀
Or volunteer at a club ride compatible with riding those routes to get enough influence to get those routes in the group ride schedule. The would would work pretty quickly.
The ZIMetrics estimates are definitely an interesting and potentially useful new piece of info for routes, however they do still seem to be somewhat on the high side if they are supposed to be taking into account group riding with drafting involved rather than solo riding.
For instance for Downtown Dolphin it estimates 3wkg riding would take 3m12, yet when I was 74kg I did it in 3m06 at 2.4wkg, and more recently at 71kg I did it in 2m44 at 3wkg. Even on a bit of a longer circuit like Douce France it estimates 37mins for a 3wkg rider yet the last time I raced that course the 2nd place finisher was a 76kg rider who averaged 2.9wkg and finished in 33m39.