Tiny Race Series – Results and February 4 Routes

Last week’s Tiny Races were another tough mix on the theme of training for Worlds. We ran into a hitch with race 3, when everyone who was running the current Zwift version was routed incorrectly, while those who hadn’t updated were routed properly. Ha!

Watch Titanium Ben and his admirable reaction to the bug in his A race:

(Because of the bug, we removed race #3 from the results entirely, for all zones.)

In other news, Chris Hoelzl of WattFabrik, a dominant B Tiny racer, decided to take on all three zones in his final Tiny Races as a B. And he won all three! Congrats, Chris, and good luck in the A’s.

This week we’re mixing up the routes a bit, with some flatter stuff for the sprinters. Next weekend we’ll be in Scotland for something a bit different from our standard Tiny Races… stay tuned for details!

Last Week’s Results

Overall Winners

Women’s Winners

This Week’s Route(s): A Tiny Mix

After a couple of extra-tough weeks, we’re back to a more typical mix of flatter and rolling routes.

• Race 1: Bigger Loop (6.75km, ending at rock underpass heading into the Ghost Town)
  Starting off with our flattest route, you’ll climb to the desert from downtown Watopia, pick up your powerup at the rock arch, then sprint for the custom finish line beneath the huge rocks as you enter the Ghost Town.
  • Powerup: Aero Boost
• Race 2: Beach Island Loop (6.166km ends at JWB Sprint)
  This will be a wild finish! Everything will kick off when we hurt the Dirty Sorpressa which snakes up to the Italian Villas. But wait – you’ve got some cobbled road following the Sorpressa, plus the JWB Sprint! Where do you use your powerup? Where do you attack?
  • Powerup: Steamroller
• Race 3: Seaside Sprint (5.676km ends at Volcano Circuit arch)
  This one is a bit of a roller coaster, starting on The Esses, down across the JWB sprint reverse, down the Dirty Sorpressa, then finishing inside the Volcano on one of Zwift’s most technical and challenging finishes. Lots of powerups will keep this fast and encourage attacks.
  • Powerup: Draft Boost x2
• Race 4: The 6 Train Reverse (1 lap)
  A rolling counterclockwise circuit of Central Park’s inner loop, this route has an uphill finish up Cat’s Paw Hill that requires timing and punch for the win.
  • Powerup: none

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ZwiftPower Results

Zwift displays preliminary race results in game when you cross the line, but points are computed after all four races are finished, with final results on ZwiftPower. (We have to do some data processing on our side to compute results, so if your rankings don’t show up right away, be patient.)

Riders will earn points based on finish position in each of the 4 Tiny Races. The category winner of each week’s series is the rider with the most points across their timezone’s 4 races. Here are the links for each timezone’s results on ZwiftPower:

• Zone 1 (9am GMT/4am EST/1am PST)
• Zone 2 (3pm GMT/10am EST/7am PST)
• Zone 3 (9pm GMT/4pm EST/1pm PST/Sunday 8am AEDT)

Rules

Tiny Race rules are simple. Four races, four rules:

• You must have a ZwiftPower account, because final results are processed by ZwiftPower (learn how to sign up)
• No skipping then returning. These races are meant to be raced as a set of 4. If you need to leave early, that’s fine… but once you miss a race in your hour’s set of 4, don’t come back and race another or you’ll be disqualified from that race since you rested while others were racing! (Example: racing only races 1 and 2 is fine. Racing 1, 2, and 4 is not – you will be DQ from race 4. And if you race 2, 3, and 4, you’ll be DQ from all those races, since you skipped race 1!)
• Heart rate monitors are required for podium finishers
• ZPower/Virtual power is not allowed. Smart trainer/smart bike or power meter required.

Join a Chat & Chill Cooldown

Immediately following each hour’s racing, we’ve scheduled 30-minute “Chat & Chill” events where riders from all categories can spin out their legs together and have some fun chatting about how it all went down. Find them at zwift.com/events/tag/tinyraces.

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