“Tropic Rush” Route Details (Makuri Islands)
Released in October 2025 to host Zwift Unlocked events, Tropic Rush is similar to Turf N Surf, but with a longer flat start and a spicy extra climb near the end! Read on for details…
Released in October 2025 to host Zwift Unlocked events, Tropic Rush is similar to Turf N Surf, but with a longer flat start and a spicy extra climb near the end! Read on for details…
Route Basics
Length: 41.2 km (25.6 miles)
Elevation: 328m (1,076‘)
+1.6km (1.0 miles) lead-in with 6m (20‘) elevation
Map: Makuri Islands
ZIMetrics
Rating: 21.0/100 🛈
Time Estimates 🛈
lead-in + first lap
2 W/kg: 83 minutes
3 W/kg: 68 minutes
4 W/kg: 62 minutes
Start & Finish
Begins with a lead-in from the arcade pens to the Tower Sprint Reverse, which also serves as the finish line for the overall loop.
Restriction: Event Only
Achievement Badge: 825 XP
Strava Segments
Bike Selection
Aero is everything on this flat route. Grab the fastest wheels and frame you can afford, and get going!
Route Description
Begin at Neokyo’s arcade pens with a short lead-in to the Tower Sprint Reverse arch. You’ll make your way around Neokyo’s (mostly) flat roads, hitting the longer Alley and Railway Sprints before heading out of the urban permanight and down the Slot Canyon toward Urukazi.
Once you leave Neokyo, the next ~20km almost perfectly match the Turf N Surf route, winding down the Slot Canyon and heading up to the Shisa Sprint before descending and coming back toward Neokyo via the Pain Cavern and its figure-8 climb.
Returning to Neokyo, you’ll turn left and take on the twisty bricks of the Castle Park Sprint Reverse before heading up to the Rooftop KOM, our final climb of the day.
Catch your break as you descend from the rooftop, then ride once more to the Tower Sprint Reverse whose arch marks the official start/finish of this route. You did it!
