“Electric Break” Route Details (Makuri Islands)
Released in October 2025 to host Zwift Unlocked events, Electric Break keeps riders in Neokyo, apart from a little out and back through Pain Cavern…
Route Basics
Length: 17.8 km (11.1 miles)
Elevation: 190m (623′)
+1.8km (1.1 miles) lead-in with 13m (43′) elevation
Map: Makuri Islands
ZIMetrics
Rating: 10.2/100 🛈
Time Estimates 🛈
4 W/kg: 29 minutes
3 W/kg: 33 minutes
2 W/kg: 40 minutes
Start & Finish
Starts with a lead-in from the Neokyo harbor pens to the Castle Park Sprint. Ends atop the Rooftop KOM.
Format: Point-to-Point
Ride Achievement Badge: 355 XP
Run Achievement Badge: none
Strava Segments
Route Description
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The first half of this route is flat or downhill. Easy peasy. But the second half has two key VO2-length climbs, and that’s where the selections will happen in a race.
Begin at the Neokyo Harbor start pens with a lead-in to the Castle Park Sprint arch, then loop around and head toward Makuri Islands’ Urukazi area by way of a descent through Pain Cavern.
Once your eyes adjust to Urukazi’s tropical sunlight, look around and take it all in. You won’t be here for long! You’re heading to the Mangrove Maze for a quick CCW loop which turns you around to head back on the same road, up through Pain Cavern to Neokyo.
This subterranean climb is the first big selection point of the race. Be ready for a hard push here, particularly on the figure 8 section near the end of the climb. If you’re dangling off the back as the climb eases, put in the work to dig deep and grab a wheel. It’s worth it, because there’s a lot of flat road just ahead!
Next, you’ll retrace the lead-in roads that started this route, before making a right and heading up to the finishing climb on the Rooftop KOM. This is a very draftable climb, so sit in the wheels if you’re struggling, especially near the bottom of the climb. You’ve got this!
Again a fast race… climbs are not steep enough for me to have an advantage I think… I guess pure watts will win over W/kg… unless you’re leading most of the race 😅
Rode this today on the Zwift Unlocked stage 2, but at no point did I have the full route profile below the mini map – anybody else have this issue?
i got the credit for the stage and route completion, so no dramas, and no one else commented on it during the ride, so guessing it was probably just me?
attacking up the cave climb is a no-brainer, but with the longish stretch before the rooftop KOM, there might still be a group at the base of the final climb.