I don’t know what Zwift does internally to test this stuff. I only started testing these because I’d heard complaints of unrealistic speeds, and because I was curious how they actually worked.

That said, I’ve been in touch with a Zwift engineer just today who is fixing the issues discussed in these speed tests! So that’s good news. My guess is we’ll see the fix pretty soon.

I was on that ride too and wondered how valid those times were. I’ve flagged it too.

Exactly my thought…..

This is the ride if you’re interested in digging into it. 27 kmph 🤯

https://strava.app.link/1BSgU8Nq9Hb

will remove if this is against site rules!

Yeah, your experience is a good one pointing to how it’s broken. Slower/weaker riders should logically be getting PRs on banded rides… that makes sense. But if the stronger riders get a Strava PR too… well, we have a problem!

Of course I don’t have the stats for others on the ride to apply any science but i checked some other riders Strava activities. People like Mark Beaumont and Chris Hoy who I would imagine were some of the stronger riders on the event (and theoretically should therefore be slowed down by rubber banding); they also had PBs.

I self-reported in the end on Strava as I didn’t want to break my segment PBs.