In an instance where a rider does not ride outside, they can provide dual recorded verification from in game. This may be done specifically for the purposes of verification, or be a previous ride provided the ride is recorded in such a way that meets the following criteria.

Before Starting

• Setup a camera to simultaneously show you, your bicycle, your trainer and the Zwift screen throughout. This can be done with a webcam and streaming software (such as Streamlabs OBS), or a mobile device.

During the test

• Start streaming from the point of login. In particular, your stream must include the pairing screen and selection of the smart trainer (or smart bike), cadence sensor, and heart rate monitor. If these are automatically selected on logging in, then you must unselect them, and then reselect them.
• Setup Zwift to record the power from the trainer, and a separate cycle computer to record from a separate power meter (usually, power cranks / pedals).
• Setup both Zwift and the cycle computer to record cadence and heart rate, but these can be from the same sensor for each.
• Set the “Power Display” option in the Zwift settings menu to “instant” (i.e., not “3 second average”).
• Set the cycle computer to record at 1 second intervals.
• Set the Trainer Difficulty to a minimum at 50% for the full duration of the test.
• Ride a 10-20 minute warm up of your own choosing.
• Perform spindown of trainer (if applicable) and calibrate zero-offset of power meter after the warmup (follow spindown and zero-offset calibration instructions below).

Test details

• Ensure you are appropriately rested, hydrated and fed to do maximal efforts over the time periods requested.
• The test is composed of an effort over the power duration requested by race control, this will vary depending on your individual request. It is important that you try and achieve the best possible power output for the entire duration of each effort.
• For any effort of 2+ minutes you will need to pace yourself to produce your maximal power output for that specific duration. In other words you do not want to “fade out” significantly in the second half of the effort. The efforts can be completed seated or standing or a combination out of both.
• For efforts of 1 minutes or under, you will need to do an all out or near all out effort, no need to pace yourself. Again, seated or standing is fine.