ZwiftMasters - Results and Points

In each race the first 15 places count for Overall and the first 6 for Category.

EVERYONE gets a Bonus point for finishing - the bonus is added to both the Overall and Category score. There are extra bonus points in the last four rounds.

Points can vary based on the size of the race field. The theory is that more riders means it's harder to finish higher, so you deserve more points.

Points are calculated by building a pool of points and sharing them in descending order. Every rider finishing the race adds to the pool - in Overall it's 10 points and in Category 5 points. For example:

A race has 20 riders with 4 in Cat C, 10 in Cat D and 6 in Cat E.
The Overall points pool would be 200 i.e. 20 riders x 10 points each.
The Category pools would be: Cat C 20 points (4 x 5 points), Cat D 50 points and Cat E 30 points.

The points are then shared with each place getting a fixed percentage - so the same placing can get more or less points depending on how many riders there were. There is a slightly higher weighting for smaller races but there are still more points available in bigger fields.

It's variable so hard to give a linear explanation but for example:

In a field of 3 the category pool is 15 points and winner gets half the points, or 7.5. That's roughly equivalent to coming between 3rd and 4th in a field of 8.
In the Overall a field of 9 (e.g. a smaller race) will get 18 points for the winner, then 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2. A larger field of 24 would see the points start at 30 and go down to 2 for 15th place. In a field of 36 the points would be between 2.5 and 3 times as many for each place as for the field of 9.

The best six results across the series count. So unless you have a perfect record of wins you can always improve your score.

There are five races each week but you don't have to enter the same one each week.

Riders can have fewer than six results but of course they have fewer opportunities to score.

The Bonus points don't stop at six. You get one per week (not one per race) for weeks 1-8 and 2 per week in weeks 9-13.

If you do more than one race in a week your best result that week will count, in overall and category respectively. However that becomes your week's score. If your second best result that week would have been among your Best Six it won't show up in the total.

There are 12 normal races in the series, plus we have a 13th special bonus race, probably a TT, with an extra points system (to be announced).

As there are five races each week it's perfectly possible people will have the same scores. If scores are level at the end of the series we will tie-break for 1st Place only.

In Categories the rider with the best Overall score will be declared the winner.
In Overall the rider with the highest finishes in their best results will be the winner starting with first places e.g. a rider with three 1sts and three 3rds will beat a rider with six 2nds.
If the placing is still even then the next result will be counted until there is a higher placing e.g. if two riders have four 1sts and two 2nds. We then look at their 7th result, if Rider A was 3rd and Rider B was 4th then Rider A would win.