Just finished doing Zwift’s Tour of London Stage 2, and knew that I had one of the better rides that I’ve done since registering for Xert, and had one of the highest peak watts that I’ve done in quite some time, so was somewhat excited to see what it would say for my breakthrough
So looking at my activity, I did get a breakthrough, but not where I thought I would have (I received it at the 20 minute mark). Where I thought I would get it was when I hit my highest wattage, but it shows that I only hit 686W.
In Strava, it shows that I hit 908W.
TrainingPeaks shows 864W for 5 seconds, and 608W for 12 seconds.
These are all using the same TCX file from Garmin.
In Xert, is the Peak a 1 second, or is it longer (10 seconds)?
If I remember correctly, Xert adjusts your PP if the max effort lasts (just over) 5 seconds - your 5 sec best from TP might just not be recognised by Xert.
As to the moment of your BT: if you go to the activity details and select Advanced MPA, you can (at the bottom) click Previous - it will show you a different graph, showing your effort against your previous signature, where the BT moment will be earlier in the graph.
@Cyclopaat is correct when he says Xert works on a 5 second (plus) peak but I still do not understand why Xert has picked up 686w and TP shows 864w. That is a substantial difference.
Does the advanced MPA sreen help you understand the reason @cjlebel? If so could you share the screenshots or link to the workout please as I woild like to understand the answer.
TrainingPeaks is saying that my 5 second was 864W.
Xert, under Advanced (and Previous), says that my Best Effort was 867W. But under the Power Duration, says that my 1 second was 869W, and the 5 second was 827W
I am not sure I follow. In your activity I can see the Xert reports a Peak Power of 908W. Which is the same as the Peak Power in your fitness signature. What was your Peak Power before this activity? Also is possible to see a 5 second average of 867W during your sprint. So to me it matches the numbers you mentioned you see on Strava and Training Peaks.
@johnnybike and @hezlava - Sorry and thanks for the help. Still new to the whole UI and what’s where and what’s what.
Bit confusing between the different views (Basic vs Advanced Current vs Advanced Previous) and how the numbers differ. Thought that the peak in Basic was my 1 second best, which lead to the initial confusion.
I’ll try to do some reading on here to get myself better acquainted with the application.
