Tiny Race Series – October 14 Routes and Last Week’s Results

The Tiny Races happen every Saturday, and they’re all about getting a hard, fun effort done in 1 hour. You race all 4 races back-to-back, with each lasting just 5-10 minutes, giving you a short break in between.

Check out DoomGuy’s great stream of his races in C category of zone 3. (His stream graphics are pretty amazing, with the Doom face getting more injured the harder he rides. Also, he took home the overall win!)

Got a great YouTube video of your Tiny Race experience? Post it in the comments and we may feature it on Zwift Insider!

This Week’s Routes: Short Circuit

This week’s short circuit theme finds us racing around tiny loops. Some are so tiny that we’ll race multiple laps, while others will just be a lead-in plus one lap. Either way, each course has its own challenges, spots for early attacks, and strategic finishes.

• Race 1: Downtown Dolphin (3 laps, 5.7km)
  Racers know this route well. The question is: who will go long, and can they stay away?
  • Powerup: Feather 2x
• Race 2: Volcano Circuit (1 lap, 6.9km)
  After a lead-in from downtown Watopia we’ll hit one hot lap of the Volcano, finishing at the banner. This finish is always an interesting one, timing-wise. Use your aeros wisely!
  • Powerup: Aero Boost 2x
• Race 3: LaGuardia Loop (1 lap, 4.4km)
  A quick lead-in, then a hot lap in Central Park that ends in a tricky sprint. The shortest race of the day will be fast… but you can catch your breath afterward in preparation for race 4?
  • Powerup: Anvil 2x
• Race 4: Mech Isle Loop (6.06km, ends atop dirt climb)
  This is approximately 1.5 laps, finishing atop the dirt climb. Gravel bike or road bike? Choose your weapon!
  • Powerup: none

Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/tinyraces

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/5am EDT/2am PDT)
• Zone 2 (3pm GMT/11am EST/8am PDT)
• Zone 3 (9pm GMT/5pm EDT/2pm PDT/Sunday 7am AEST)

Rules

Tiny Race rules are simple, but still every week 6-8% of registered ZwiftPower racers get disqualified and removed from the final results. Don’t let that be you! 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.
• Smart trainer/smart bike or power meter required. ZPower/Virtual power is not allowed.

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 their legs together and chat about how it all went down. Find them at zwift.com/events/tag/tinyraces.

Zwift Insider Kit Unlock

Finish any Tiny Race or a Chat & Chill ride and unlock the Zwift Insider “Ride Smarter // Ride Harder” in-game kit.

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