Zwift racing – well thats annoying

I dont normally indoor race, but when i do i like a hilly TT. Not used Zwift over summer, last time was last March.

So tonight, onto Zwiftpower, whats the TTs tonight. Ah, a Bologna, super. Lets go enter.

Gets greeted with this in the entry screen. Im uncategorised just now because the gap, but cant even enter the Open A category as standard! Got to do a few rides first. Thats a new one on me, and the ‘scored races’.

I would have thought A would have been open to everyone regardless of category.

You need to do 3 sessions of 10mins+, any effort, then you can enter Racing Score events.

And then you get the fun of the new crappy Zwift Racing Score categorisation. I’m firmly stranded in the 180-350 category, my seed scores won’t let me get relegated, I’m constantly getting humped by cat C/B racers (I’m a decent cat D) and races that end up as pretty much ITTs aren’t any fun after I watch people that can put down way more power waltz off into the distance.

Looks like i need to read up on this new scoring then.

Just read it, looks like i’ll stick to doing routes on mywhoosh.

Im shortl, and light, so a decent hill climber with >4.5w/kg so hold my own very well in B, but because my top end FTP isnt so good, get killed by the A’s – especially on the flats. So think i’ll watch on the sidelines to see how the new scoring works out……

Seed scoring is based on 10 minute and 30 second power outputs not FTP so it may work for you.

Got to say I much prefer the racing score way compared to the cat system, once you’ve done a few and found you’re level it’s much more bunched up, and all those people who claim they are 30kg and ride around at 20w/kg can have their own little battle when they get a score of 1000

So think i’ll watch on the sidelines to see how the new scoring works out……

why? Does your Zwift score actually matter or something?!