I agree, we want to encourage kids, but to play devil’s advocate, the way to do that is to have a format kids enjoy, on a level playing field. Artificially inflating something so they are excited to win isn’t setting them up for success. If Zwift wanted to market to and encourage kids there is a lot they could do, give them a cool jersey for completing a route, give them badges for certain accomplishments, etc.

His big advantage is that speed is not just a factor of W/kg. Straight up pure Watts is huge factor. So his 2.4 W/kg is double the actual Watts for my same 2.4 W/kg. Looking at just Watts, as Zwift does at some point, he goes faster than I do. I believe Eric wrote about this a few years back.

There should be an option to reset all your stats (not level or drops, just PBs, all-time best power curve, etc.). Hide it away and put a double confirmation dialog on it (“Are you sure?”, “Are you really really sure … can’t be undone”) but that would be really useful not just in your case. There will also be people coming back from injury that might not want to get constantly reminded of how much performance they have lost.

I think the separate leaderboards would be comparable to women’s leaderboards. These are usually also not very densely populated. It doesn’t stop my daughter and my wife from going for those … occasionally.

kg vs. lbs confusion? 🤔😆

It doesn’t really matter that it’s only 2.5w/kg, the fact that he, as an obese person, has an FTP that would put most pros to shame is insane. I don’t care how heavy you are, you’re not getting an FTP of 432w without being seriously fit and very strong.

Weird, maybe it’s which dumb trainer you used. I tested it and was pegged at 400w the whole ride.

Speaking for myself (level 56 on the cheapest possible setup) – 1) Nope, and I get them only when I’m basically alone on the map. 2) No way, I’m well aware of how it works, so I don’t even expect it. I do keep my average values pretty close to real life though.