Zwift Co-Founder and CEO Eric Min Interview (Hill Climbers Podcast, Episode 15)
Samuel Huntington recently sat down with Zwift CEO Eric Min for a long chat about his origin story, Zwift as a force in the cycling industry, and much, much more.
Episode Description:
Zwift co-founder Eric Min was a tantalizing and wildly obvious guest candidate for a number of reasons that we’ll enumerate, however, we did not think he’d join us so soon! Last year Eric turned up in the Breakfast Club Slack, to our delight, and agreed to hop on a call to discuss an interview. We scheduled the interview for the fall, after the Zwift Ride bike launch, and Eric stayed true to his word. This is a milestone for us because of Eric’s prominence in the cycling industry, his role in bringing virtual riding and racing to the masses, the company’s sponsorship of the Tour De France Femmes Avec Zwift, the unicorn status achieved after the last funding round, and selfishly, our joy using the product. The interview covers a range of topics from challenges Zwift faced after making bets on a pandemic spike that did not last to Eric’s recommendations for folks who are just getting started on the platform, so there’s something for everyone.
Topics Covered:
Eric Min’s background and the founding of Zwift
The evolution of virtual cycling and the remarkably efficient training it delivers
Zwift’s initiatives to promote women’s cycling and Zwift Academy’s success
New Zwift features like steering and the cycling community
Looking for a challenge this indoor season? In this week’s top video, watch as one Zwifter tackles the biggest climb on Zwift.
We’ve also included videos about the top smart trainers, reaching higher categories on Zwift, how to supertuck, and completing the Rapha Festive 500 in one ride.
I Climbed Ven-Top For The First Time – Mont Ventoux on Zwift
Benji tackles Mont Ventoux on Zwift for the first time. Can he finish the longest and tallest climb on Zwift?
The Best Smart Trainer At Every Budget
In the market for a new smart trainer? Bike Radar shares their picks for the top smart trainers for every budget.
From C-Grade to A-Grade in 1-Week? Racing Zwift’s New Categories
The recent transition to a new Zwift Racing Score-based categorization system moved a lot of Zwifters into different categories. After being placed in Category C, Tilly is on a mission to get back to Category A.
Did you know Zwift’s Super Tuck has changed?
After seeing that many Zwifters don’t know how the supertuckreally works, Brian White has created a video explaining the requirements for entering a supertuck on Zwift.
Live Stream: Festive 500 in a single ride!
Tyler, aka The Vegan Cyclist, completes the entirety of the Rapha Festive 500 in a single ride. Watch his livestream as he completes this feat.
Got a Great Zwift Video?
Share the link below and we may feature it in an upcoming post!
This route brings us onto Jarvis Island for the first time in ZRL history, which is fun. It’s also quite flat, but with just enough climbing to keep things interesting! Let’s discuss route details, bike choice, and all things TTT…
Looking at the Route: Waisted 8
Watopia’s Waisted 8 is a figure 8 route that is 30.9km long, with 144m of elevation gain. The lap profile shows the course for what it is – a fairly flat route, with a handful of short climbs:
This route divides logically into 6 sections, which I’ve broken out below along with notes on key portions of each section:
Part 1 – Start to Jarvis (0-3.5km)
You’ve got a bit of a climb heading up toward the Esses, so be sure to give it a bit of extra gas to keep your speed up. Once you turn right toward the Volcano you’ll get a bit of flat/descent for recovery, all the way until the start of the Jarvis KOM.
Part 2 – Jarvis Loop (4-8.5km)
It’s ZRL’s first time in Jarvis! This loop is just under 5km, and the big feature is the Jarvis KOM Reverse, where climbing begins at 4.7km and ends at 5.7km, although it really feels like more of a two-part climb thanks to a bit of flat in the middle:
This is the single-biggest climb on today’s route, and valuable seconds will be given to teams who attack it smartly.
Part 3 – Land Bridge to Dirty Sorpressa (8.5-11.2km)
Once you exit the Jarvis loop, you’ve got a flat run-in to the Dirty Sorpressa which begins at 10.1km. This snaking, short climb is made a bit tougher by its dirt surface, which rolls slower than tarmac. And it’s followed by a few short, climby rollers, making this 10.1-11.2km another key section where you can gain or lose valuable seconds based on your team’s pacing and positioning.
Part 4 – Descent to Ocean Boulevard (11.2-15.5km)
Get some recovery as you descend the snaking road to the Fishing Village, but be sure to keep the power up on the dirt sections so they don’t slow you down too much. You’ve got your final climb of the day just up the road…
Part 5 – Climb to the Desert (15.5-17.3km)
This two-part climb begins with the ~300-meter ramp out of the ocean tunnel, which is followed by a bit of flat road as you turn left and cross two bridges heading toward Titans Grove. The second part of the climb begins on the second bridge (@16.3km) and ends in the redwoods 1 kilometer later as you pass the turnoff to Titans Grove.
Neither of these climbs is particularly steep, so you’ll want to use the draft to keep your team’s speed high. (This goes for all the climbs on this route, in fact.)
Part 6 – Flat and Fast To the Finish (17.3-30.9km)
The last 13+ kilometers of the race are flat or downhill, apart from a bit of false flat @22.3 in the Oasis. This is where your team’s ability to hold formation and rotate smoothly will pay off, because fast pulls on the front coupled with efficient drafting behind are a deadly combination on flat, fast TTTs.
This week, bike choice is easy: grab your most aero TT setup! The CADEX Tri is the fastest frame in game by a solid margin, and the DT Swiss disc wheels are the fastest wheels. If you don’t have access to that setup (level 40+) then see this post to determine the fastest TT setup available at your level.
CADEX TriCanyon Speedmax Disc
Whatever you do, do not use a road frame. Because just like in real life, even a “slow” TT frame is much more aero than a road frame.
Route Recon Videos and Resources
Here are some recon videos from helpful community riders…
Flatter courses like this week give valuable seconds to teams with big pure-power riders who can keep their power high on the front while staying in single-file formation to conserve in the draft behind. A few extra seconds can also be grabbed if you ride smart and keep speeds high over short climbs and false flats that you’ll encounter on this week’s course.
Your goal in a ZRL TTT is to get four riders across the line in the shortest time possible. That means every team’s pace plan will differ based on the abilities of each rider. We highly recommend having an experienced DS on Discord directing your team, especially if your team contains some inexperienced TTT riders.
If you really want to go down the TTT rabbit hole, check out Paul Fitzpatrick’s zwift-ds.com site. We also highly recommend using Dave Edmond’s Zwift TTT Calculator tool.
Your Thoughts
Any insights or further thoughts on this race? Share below!
Zwiftcast Episode 208: Tour de Zwift, Prediction Games, and Cat Allen
The ZwiftCast team is back to wish you a Happy New Year with co-hosts Rebecca Charlton and Dave Towle, joined by a host of special guests.
Eric Schlange joins for the whole episode to bring us up to speed on everything we need to know in the world of Zwift, plus discuss New Year’s resolutions and why he loves them.
The incredible community member that is Cat Allen pops in for a chat about being the first woman to hit and exceed 300,000km on Zwift and it’s an incredibly inspiring chat.
Plus, it’s the annual return of Peak Zwift, the prediction game that always gets the Zwift aficionados competitive in January. It features predictions from Shane Miller, Nathan Guerra, Eric, and others… including a very special, surprise guest!
Zwift Racing Score (ZRS) went live as the de facto race categorization method on October 7, 2024. But that doesn’t mean Zwift has finished its work with ZRS! In fact, they’re working on lots of ZRS improvements in parallel, and it’s become rather difficult to keep track of what changes are being made, what’s in the works, and what Zwift is still considering for further changes down the road.
So I decided to create this page as an up-to-date tracker of Zwift Racing Score development. First we’ll list work Zwift is currently doing with ZRS, and below that you’ll see potential work Zwift is considering. Lastly, I’ll list the changes Zwift has completed.
Current ZRS Projects
Score History View
Zwift keeps a record of each rider’s racing score changes, but that history isn’t visible anywhere… yet. Riders have been asking for a way to see this history since the early days of ZRS testing, and Zwift informed us in January 2025 that they are actively working to create such a chart.
Potential ZRS Projects
The following changes are being discussed by Zwift staff, but are not currently being worked on:
Improvements to the volatility of score movement at lower ranges (est Dec 2024). Scores in the lower ranges aren’t moving as quickly as Zwift would like to see, so they’re looking at ways to change that.
Looking further back than 90 days for the seed score (est Jan 2025). This is an important change in regards to seeding riders accurately and thus reducing cases of underseeding, which negatively impacts race experience in the lower categories.
Arrow indicators when min effort mechanism kicks in (est Feb 2025)
A historical view of how your score has changed over time. Zwift said in this post “We are planning to introduce a view for viewing your score history. We’re already tracking full history in our backend, it’s just a matter of implementing a view of this.”
Dynamic pens: dynamically grouping riders based on signups to automatically provide for the most competitive and race groups.
Completed ZRS Projects
The following changes have all been completed since ZRS originally launched under Zwift Labs in June 2024.
Re-introducing Zwift Racing Score Decay, Rewarding Personal Bests with Instant Score Updates, 30-Day Max Score for Category Enforcement, Score deltas in race results (September 25, 2025)See forum post >
Event Category Range Revisions (January 2025): Zwift modified their ZRacing category ranges, creating three different events. A new set of “Advanced Category” races for riders with a Zwift Racing Score of 650+ was created, and races for riders at 700 and below now feature tighter, alternating category ranges.
Tiny Race Scoring Improvements (January 7, 2025): Because Tiny Races are short races in quick succession, there was an issue where scores weren’t updating fast enough race over race, causing inaccurate results until the score finalizer ran 12 hours later. Now you will see a more accurate score ahead of the final processing. See forum post >
Score Finalization Fix (January 7, 2025): Zwift says, “An issue was fixed with scores calculated from races held between Dec 30 – Jan 6. We identified an issue where scores weren’t finalizing as expected during this period and have fixed the issue (and our error alerting). During this window, you may have seen scores that didn’t correctly consider past race results and therefore were off by a few points. All results from this window are now fixed.” See forum post >
New Seed Formula (December 4, 2024): The previous seed formula was based on your 90-day power bests for 30 seconds and 10 minutes, but Zwift changed it to be based on riders’ 5-minute power, both in pure watts and w/kg. Seed v2 launched December 4, 2024 (see forum post), then v3 launched December 6 (see forum post).
Race Requirement Lowered To 1 Activity (December 2, 2024): Zwift added an activity requirement in late September so riders had to have at least three 10-minute activities recorded in the last 90 days before racing a scored event. In December, Zwift reduced this requirement to just one 10-minute activity because they “received feedback that the barriers to race are too high.”
Requiring a Minimum Effort (Anti-Tanking) (December 2, 2024): With a small minority of racers purposely “tanking” their scores by entering races and essentially soft-pedaling to get a bad result and lower their ZRS, Zwift implemented changes to detect and stop this sort of intentional score manipulation. The first release of Zwift’s anti-tanking measures went live in December, and you can spot it in the race results… if the result has no arrow that means anti-tanking kicked in and their result was not scored.
Decay Turned Off (October 29, 2024): “The original intention with decay was to account for decays in fitness after going an extended period of time without riding. After evaluating the functionality and reviewing feedback, we have decided to disable decay for now since it doesn’t seem to be providing the intended value. We may turn this back on later after making some improvements to the mechanism.” People will see small increases in their scores once it is turned off.”
Podium Bonuses: The top 3 finishers in each scored race are now receiving a podium bonus meant to help move racers up a category faster if they are regularly winning.
Finalized Subgroup Score Ranges: Zwift has defined the score ranges they will use for Zwift-owned races and recommend for community organizers. (For more information, see this forum topic.)
Faster Score Calculation: Scores are calculated and adjusted as each racer crosses the finish line, instead of being finalized after 12 hours to account for DNF’s. This will eliminate issues where individual scores would drop when checking the day after a race.
3×10-Minute Activity Requirement: Riders must now have at least three 10+ minute activities recorded in the last 90 days in order to race a scored event. This helps ensure an accurate seed score, to improve initial subgroup placement.
ZwiftPower Score Range Filters:ZwiftPower.com will be updated so users can continue tracking General Classification (GC) standings after event series like the Zwift World Series move to score-based subgroups.
Bug Fix for Stuck Low Scores: Zwift says they’ve “fixed an issue where scores that drop too low get stuck with low values even after winning several races.”
New indicator icons in race results to show if you hit your floor value or had a major jump based on setting a new 30s to 600s best (Aug 22, 2024)
Score volatility fix: “We will also be fixing an issue that prevented score from moving as quickly as they should when a new 90-day power best/floor is established”
Fixing web results so up/down arrows display correctly
Slowing the rate at which your ZRS decays (July 8, 2024)
Showing your updated score when you return to the game homescreen after a race
Changing ZRS-based bands in Zwift-owned events to use different score ranges: these score ranges have been modified several times as ZRS has developed over the past months.
Forum Posts from ZHQ
Zwift staff shares information about ZRS updates via the Zwift forum. Here’s a log of these update posts:
New Ride Announcement: 100km Thursday Pizza Burner with James and Eric
Saturdays are typically my long days on the bike, but lately I’ve been looking for one more long ride each week to help build my endurance base. With that goal in mind, I’ve collaborated with James Bailey to add a new weekly 100-kilometer ride on Zwift’s calendar: The Thursday Pizza Burner with James and Eric.
The ride happens on Thursdays at 1:05pm UTC/8:05am ET/5:05am PT.
Where
We will rotate between courses, sticking with routes that are flattish but not so flat that we get bored.
This week’s kickoff event (January 9) is on 25 laps of the Volcano Circuit, so finishers will unlock the Warmed Up, HotHead, On Fire!, and 100 Clicks badges if you haven’t already done so. (Each of these badges includes a healthy XP bonus.)
Why
While most events on Zwift are less than 60 minutes long, experienced cyclists know that longer rides are an essential part of building fitness, endurance, and overall performance on the bike. These longer efforts are often called “base” rides because you’re staying in zone 2-3 and building your aerobic “base” which is required if you want to sustain efforts at even higher intensities.
Long rides also build mental toughness and resilience, which are useful qualities that prove beneficial in other areas of life.
Fun Stuff
Each week’s ride will feature something a bit fun or different, including silly bikes (big wheels, perhaps?) and rare unlocks. This week’s ride will feature big heads, and finishers will unlock the coveted pizza socks.
Pacing
While you aren’t required to ride this event at a certain pace, it’s always more fun to do these long rides with the helpful draft of others. With that in mind, James and I will both have yellow ride leader beacons over our avatars for easy visibility. I will ride at ~2.5w/kg and James will ride at ~1.8 w/kg.
Voice Chat
Longer rides always pass faster with voice chat, so join us on Discord if you’re able! Find us in Zwift Insider’s Discord server at https://discord.gg/zwiftinsider
About the Ride Leaders
James was an avid Zwifter and community race organizer well before he got hired on at Zwift. He now works in Zwift’s Content Team as a Content Manager, which in practice means creating many of the events you see on the calendar. He also provides support to other areas of the business in terms of competitive features, like Racing Score and ZwiftPower.
Eric is the founder and chief bidon-washer at Zwift Insider, which in practice means losing Zwift races at a startling rate while blogging about all things Zwift.
Zwift version 1.81 begins its phased rollout today. While not a major release, it includes some new route badges, including nods to upcoming new routes, plus increased speeds for three Shimano road wheelsets. Let’s dive into the details!
New Badges
Zwift’s update note says, “Badges are now available for seven previously event-only routes and are now available to free ride.” To be clear, five of the seven routes Zwift lists already had achievement badges in game – but they were event-only routes, meaning you couldn’t free ride them:
Our guess is that these routes will be used for the upcoming Zwift Games races. We’ll publish dedicated posts for each of these routes once we have more details.
Faster Wheels
Today’s update notes say, “Improved the aerodynamic performance of the Shimano C40, C50, and C60 wheelsets.”
Shimano’s wheelsets have long shown lackluster performance in Zwift (see our wheel performance charts for details). In fact, they rank 35th, 36th, and 37th out of 40 wheelsets in our stacked percentile rankings!
Watch for a separate post detailing the updated performance metrics for Shimano’s in-game wheelsets.
Windows PC + AMD App Freeze Fix
Zwifters using Windows with AMD graphics cards have been reporting app freezes more frequently in recent weeks. Zwift released version 1.81.2 quickly following the 1.81.0 release which supposedly resolves this problem.
Today, Zwift announced an update to the game’s route time estimates. While past estimates were universal across all riders and rounded to the nearest 30 minutes, the new estimates are more precise and based on your individual FTP.
Comparing Estimates
I checked route estimates for a 75kg rider at various in-game FTP settings. Here are the new time estimates supplied by Zwift, along with our ZIMetrics time estimates:
Zwift 2 w/kgFTP
Zwift 3 w/kg FTP
Zwift 4 w/kg FTP
ZI 2 w/kg
ZI 3 w/kg
ZI 4 w/kg
Tempus Fugit
45m
35m
30m
32m
28m
25m
Road to Sky
2h
1h 15m
1h
1h 40m
1h 9m
55m
Three Sisters
3h
2h 30 m
1h 45m
1h 58m
1m 32m
1h 22m
Without spending hours digging deep into the new route estimation algorithm, it would appear Zwift is estimating route completion times based on riders holding around 75% of FTP for the duration of the ride.
(It’s entirely possible that Zwift’s algorithm is much more complex than this, though. Since the estimates are rounded, it’s hard to pin down exactly what’s happening behind the scenes.)
FTP Setting, Restart Required
If you’ve never set your FTP in game, you may want to double-check to make sure it’s accurate so your route time estimates will be accurate. Do this by going to “My Profile” and changing the “FTP” field:
Don’t know your FTP? It’s worth noting that, thanks to a recent update, the game now auto-detects your FTP using any effort in the 8-60 minute range. So you can do an actual FTP test to estimate your FTP, or simply go out and smash a maximal effort for 8-60 minutes and let the game estimate your FTP based on that effort.
(Pro tip: set your FTP unrealistically low in your profile before doing an FTP test/effort, to make sure the game detects an increase and sets your FTP automatically).
It appears that the game needs to be restarted in order for your route time estimates to be updated after your FTP setting changes.
Rounding
The new time estimates get more rounded the longer they go. That means 5-minute rounding if the estimate is 60 minutes or less, 15-minute rounding for 1-2 hour estimates, and rounding to the nearest 30-minutes for 2+ hour estimates.
Questions or Comments?
What do you think of Zwift’s new personalized time estimates? Share your thoughts below!
How did you get into cycling: I came into cycling out of necessity. I was desperate to lose some weight for health reasons and started looking into ways to go about it. I’d tried running outdoors and found it totally awful, so my partner convinced me to take up cycling. Got my first bike and learnt to ride it on my street. Safe to say, it was a love-hate relationship… but here I am, 10 years later!
How many years have you been racing on Zwift: I’ve been on Zwift since January 2020 but didn’t start racing till a year later. I was initially only interested in the training aspect of Zwift but coming from a gaming background, was also curious about this other racing world within the platform. However, I found it all a bit intimidating y’know… like you had to be near pro-level experienced to race or really know your sh*t! And it didn’t help that at that time, there weren’t any black women racing on Zwift. Anyway, I eventually tried a Crit City race and to my surprise, I did very well and loved it! A few months later I decided to dip my toe in a couple of series… Iceni and later, HERd SHEries (now, Zwift Women’s Series). I made loads of new friends along the way while learning a lot more about racing. My first Zwift Racing League wasn’t until January 2022 with the lovely ladies of team RAVE so I think of that as my official start to Zwift racing. 😉
Are you part of a virtual team: Yes… I’m with the phenomenal Synergy Ladies Racing team!
What do you love most about racing? Honestly, everything! But I especially love that racing is as much mental as it is physical. At some point on Zwift, you WILL be humbled by a race. You come in with great legs, high hopes, perfectly fuelled, thinking, “this is my kinda course… I’ve got this one!” Then the race kicks off, you’re in your head, your legs are looking at you looking at them and you find yourself bumming super hard! 😉 But really, I love when I’m able to impress or surprise myself in a race. The pre-race and post-race banter with friends/competitors are always fun too. And… you’ve got to love Guerra and Towle! They make every race coverage come alive!
What is your favourite style of racing: Easily sprint points racing, no doubt! I absolutely love a good sprint and find a repeatability with them before tiring out.
I also love TTT with my Synergy teammates and while my physiology isn’t remotely suited to time trialing, I love the camaraderie of a TTT. It’s the support of one another, shared suffering, and the banter, for me.
What is your favourite Zwift women’s race series: Zwift Racing League (Women’s division) … there is virtually no greater buzz than ZRL! Even the lead-up to it is exciting: from the course announcements, endless debates over categorisation/sandbagging, old friends across time zones returning… even that temporary crash of WTRL’s site post-race cause everyone’s too eager to check placements. ☺ It’s its own kind of special, y’know. However, the start of a ZRL season is equally bittersweet cause it marks the beginning of winter… for me anyway. But yeah, aside from ZRL I do enjoy racing Zwift Women’s Series and Iceni.
What is your most memorable racing experience, inside or outside or both:
Hmm… I tend to remember something from every race and every interaction on Zwift, so this isn’t an easy question. But one that stands out is a points race I did last year.
It was a women’s series finale with a pretty small field of about eight or so women. Four laps of Innsbruckring with segments at play. Five of us broke away from the onset and I was busy sprinting my little legs out on Legsnapper and the sprint segment. But when we got to the final lap, I’d completely run out of steam and had nothing left to get to the finish line so found myself dropping back.
However, this one American lady racing for COALITION dropped all the way back, mid race to lend me her wheel. I messaged her to pls go on and win the race as I had no energy left but she insisted on hanging back, saying I’d been doing so well and still can win it. So, we rode together, caught up with the other riders ahead and as undeserving as it felt, I won that race!
This is what makes Zwift different. It’s the community spirit and kindness that sets it apart from other training platforms… even ones peddling free subscriptions and prize money! 😉
What is your favourite food to eat post-race: Earlier in the year, I kept getting weird cravings for foods I grew up eating… one especially – Efo Riro, a West African delicacy made with mixed vegetables (spinach, pumpkin leaves, kale etc) and spices. Turns out I needed more iron in my diet… lol. But anyway… in reality, I do most racing in the evenings on weekdays and finish around dinner time so it’s mostly straight to whatever (equally wholesome) meal we’re having. In any case, there’s always a tub of SiS Recovery powder (strawberry flavour) around the house for my other non-racing activities and workout. Blend that with some ice cubes and you’ve got yourself the perfect recovery smoothie.
What advice would you give to a woman entering her first Zwift race:
My advice would be to someone like me 3-4 years ago, and inexperiencedcyclist who is completely clueless to Zwift racing.
Don’t sweat the small stuff! It’s okay if no one is of your ethnicity or background… we’re all just avatars on screen and the Zwift community is one of the friendliest corners of the Internet.
Start off with a scratch race like the Z-monthly races… they’re relatively short and a simple race-to-the-finish-line. Zwift is evolving so much that you’re now more likely to be paired with folks of similar racing ability.
Then try a few other styles of races such as the Zwift hill climb racing and sprint races like SNOW series or Meathead series… that way you give yourself every opportunity to know if you truly enjoy racing and where your strengths lie. If you think racing is for you, join some women’s groups/racing groups on Facebook and similar clubs on the Companion app. Some things will come to you organically the more races you do, but also ask questions. There’s a fountain of knowledge on Zwift and the ladies (and gents) are always super helpful. This website right here – Zwift Insider, is the holy grail of Zwift… use it! More importantly: make friends, cheer people on (in-game messages, ride-ons, emotes, activity comments etc) … do it with love and kindness, it’ll come back to you in folds!
And if racing is not for you, that’s okay too. But please stick around. Group rides/workouts and events are equally fun. Just keep the pedals turning when you can. You signed up to Zwift for a reason so whatever you do, my one take will be – do it consistently. No wahala!
Any upcoming race you are looking forward to: I haven’t ventured into the world of real-life racing (yet!), but I do have a couple of sportive events scheduled I’m looking forward to. The first is the London to Brighton ride and the following weekend, Femme Cheshire. I’ll also be raising some funds for a charity I work with. And on the virtual front, whatever community-level racing Zwift’s got planned for the new season, I’m down for it! Most especially ZRL!
As we head into deep winter in the new year, rides are stretching long and we’re putting those resolutions to work. See below for five group rides selected for this weekend, ranging from 50 to 173km in length!
The popular Doddie Aid rides are back, raising funds and awareness for the “My Name5 Doddie Foundation,” which aims to find effective treatments for the currently incurable MND/ALS. Join Sir Chris Hoy and friends on a Sunday social ride every week, and you can donate here.
🤝 Starting 2025 with a Bang 💥! … Achieving your Personal Best 100km!
✅ Unique Ride ✅ Popular Event ✅ Record Attempt
This unique event is organized by Team 3R, Valhalla, and GoG, and “fueled by Vikings and friends.” The goal? Set a PB for the 100km distance on Zwift!
Everyone will be on Tempus Fugit. Category A will be chasing a 100km record time attempt, while category B is for any other riders who simply want to pursue their own PB. Both groups will start at the same time, and everyone will be on the fastest setup in game – the Cadex Tri frame with DT Swiss disc wheels. Drafting is enabled!
✅ Popular Event ✅ Endurance Challenge ✅ Kit Unlock
Still need to earn the longest route badge in Zwift, on London’s “The PRL Full“? Here’s a group ride to help you get it done. Sponsored by the German ENJOYYOURBIKE group, there are lots of riders already signed up!
Still need to earn one or more of the Volcano Circuit multi-lap badges? Join this ride to earn all three (5, 10, and 25 laps)! Finishing all 25 laps will take just over 100km.
We choose each weekend’s Notable Events based on a variety of factors including:
Is the event unique/innovative in some way?
Are celebrities (pro riders, etc) attending/leading?
Are signup counts already high, meaning the event is extra-popular?
Does the ride include desirable unlocks or prizes?
Does the event appeal to ladies on Zwift? (We like to support this under-represented group!)
Is it for a good cause?
Is it just plain crazy (extra long races, world record attempts, etc)?
Is it a long-running, popular weekly event with a dedicated leader who deserves a shout out?
In the end, we want to call attention to events that are extra-special and therefore extra-appealing to Zwifters. If you think your event qualifies, comment below with a link/details and we may just include it in an upcoming post!
