November 8th Routes – Tiny Apple
This week, we continue celebrating the just-released New York map expansion by putting racers on custom-length versions of four new routes.
New this week: we’ll be grouping riders based on your 30-day best Zwift Racing Score. This should make racing more fair while also reducing the number of riders bumped into higher categories partway through the four races.
Note: Last week, a handful of riders were routed wrongly in race 2. We aren’t sure what caused this, but we recommend checking the titles of the events you’ve joined when you’re in the start pens, to make sure it says the current race number (eg, Race 2 of 4).
| Race 1: Spinfinity (6.043km, ends atop escalator leaving City Hall Station) A quick lap of Times Square, then into City Hall Station for a spicy finish. Although it’s possible, you won’t want to coast up the escalator! Powerup: Feather |
| Race 2: Watts the Limit (6.49km, ends at bottom of City Hall Station entrance ramp) Starting from Central Park, we’ll travel south, straight through Times Square for the fastest finish of our day on the ramp down into City Hall Station. Powerup: Anvil |
| Race 3: Double Span Spin (5.565km, ends at Manhattan Sprint arch) Starting in Prospect Park, we travel directly north and onto the Manhattan Bridge for an uphill sprint finish. Powerup: Draft Boost |
| Race 4: Fuhgeddaboudit (7.162km, ends leaving subway tube) Another Prospect Park start, but this time we’ll finish almost a full park loop, before heading north for a flat finish in the Brooklyn Subway. Powerup: Aero Boost |
What are the Tiny Races?
Our innovative Tiny Race format features four short back-to-back races within one hour. Each race is usually 4-7km long, so expect a big VO2 workout!
A single powerup is given as you start each race, and you earn points based on your finishing position in each race. The overall win goes to whoever earns the most points across all four races.
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ZwiftPower Results
Zwift displays the finish order 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 earn points based on finish position in each of the 4 Tiny Races. The category winner of each week is the rider with the most points across their zone’s 4 races. Here are the links for each zone’s latest results on ZwiftPower:
Rules
Tiny Race rules are simple, but still every week ~10% of our racers get disqualified. Don’t let that be you! Three simple 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.)
- Smart trainer/smart bike or power meter required. ZPower/Virtual power is not allowed.
Enjoy the Cooldown
Immediately following each final race, you’ll be taken into a 10-minute cooldown where you can chat with fellow racers and spin out those legs.
Zwift Insider Kit Unlock
Finish any Tiny Race and unlock the Zwift Insider “Ride Smarter // Ride Harder” in-game kit.
You can also buy our real-life kit from Verge Sport > (read review)
Questions or Comments
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