Today, Zwift made some noticeable changes to their RoboPacer setup.
First, they added a 10th cycling RoboPacer named “Sofia” at 0.8 W/kg (63 watts), “designed for new and lower-FTP users.”
Next, they’ve modified and expanded the list of routes used by RoboPacers “to include more pacer-friendly routes from our recent world expansions.” This means you can expect to see a much wider variety of routes, especially on maps with lots of routes like Watopia, Makuri Islands, and New York. And you can expect to see newer routes in the rotation, especially on recently-updated maps like France and New York.
See the current RoboPacer schedule >
As an example, here are the routes Zwift was formerly rotating through in Watopia, and the routes being used this week:
This is an entirely fresh set of routes, although it appears that we’ll be seeing the old routes rotated in as well. So instead of Watopia’s RoboPacers just rotating through the same 9 routes (changing weekly), they will be rotating through, perhaps, 15-20 routes.
Another good example is France, where RoboPacers are now mostly on routes that include the new cobbled roads from the April 2025 expansion:
While three of the routes on France’s new rotation were included in the old rotation as well, I have a hunch we’ll see this and other maps’ rotations change in the coming weeks as Zwift tightens up their route selections based on user feedback and metrics.
What do you think?
What do you think of Zwift’s RoboPacer changes? Share your thoughts below!
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