“WhatYumeziWe’reLost?” Route Details (Makuri Islands)
Launched in August 2026 as an event-only route for ZRacing, WhatYumeziWe’reLost? is a point-to-point route that begins with a climb… and ends with one as well!
Route Basics
Length: 17.4 km (10.8 miles)
Elevation: 280m (919′)
+0.1km (0.1 miles) lead-in with 8m (26′) elevation
Map: Makuri Islands
ZIMetrics
Rating: 11.2/100 🛈
Time Estimates 🛈
4 W/kg: 30 minutes
3 W/kg: 34 minutes
2 W/kg: 45 minutes
Start & Finish
Starts at the Yumezi Castle Pens, heading uphill. Finishes atop the Temple KOM.
Format: Point-to-Point
Ride Achievement Badge: 350 XP
Run Achievement Badge: none
Leaderboard Segments |
| Country Sprint (0.13km, 0%) |
| Temple KOM (2.5km, 3.6%) |
Strava Segments
Route Description
Starting from Yumezi’s main start pens, you turn right to head uphill toward the castle. This punchy little climb will quickly thin the herd in a race, so make sure you’re warmed up and ready before the flag drops!
Once you turn right to head into the castle’s market area, you’ve got a nice stretch of flats and descents taking you all the way through the Country Sprint. Rest up a bit in this section, because there are plenty of slack climbs and a finishing effort up the road.
Through Village Onsen, then up through the Fishing Village, you’ll turn left to begin the Temple KOM. But this is a much shortened version, as you’ll turn the next right to hit the cutoff road that takes you across to a descent of the other side, back to the castle area. Then you loop back and turn right to begin the Temple KOM again.
Does it feel a bit like you made a wrong turn and now you’re back on the right road? That’s probably where Zwift’s James Bailey got the name for this route…
This time up the Temple KOM, you’re staying on the climb all the way to the top. This is the finishing climb for the route, and it’s going to be a banger in a race!
The route ends at the Temple KOM arch at the giant mystical tree. Sprint to the arch, then soft pedal the descent for a few extra kilometers and a cooldown. You’ve earned it!
Ridealong Video
Since the last third of this course is two gravel climbs, anyone have ideas about using a gravel bike instead of road frame?
I wouldn’t fancy my chances of hanging on to the group on the fast downhill coming into the Country Sprint!
Wondering if bike swap would be prudent before that first gravel climb if not in a large group at that point (i.e. no draft benefit).
Going to be brutal, regardless!
Not before the first gravel climb, but it may very well pay off switching to a gravel bike before the final climb up the Temple KOM.
Zwifterbikes reckons the best bike for the temple KOM is the Aethos, SuperX is second best… weight trumps rolling resistance?
Ha ha! Nope… gravel bike handily beats the Aethos on the Temple KOM.
The dirt climb on this route is the most miserable stretch of road in the entire game. It perfectly simulates riding in mud into a headwind.
Yeah, I have no positive feelings about Makuri Island. None at all. I’ll do the routes for the XP bump and then back to ignore.
The temple slog is just sad and ugly.
Yeah, run your fastest TT rig until you begin the full Temple KOM that finishes this route. Swap to your gravel rig for that final climb.