# Bizarre FTP score

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**Created:** [May 28, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/bizarre-ftp-score/16438 "2019-05-28T01:50:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![bhrylski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/bhrylski/32/25759_2.png) [@bhrylski](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/bhrylski)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 11:20am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/bizarre-ftp-score/16438/16 "2019-05-28T11:20:45Z")

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> [@How does powermatch work?](https://www.trainerroad.com/forumt/how-does-powermatch-work/11930/9):
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> Here goes from a former control systems engineer (I used to design much more complex control systems that had to work in much more critical environments): Here’s the simplest control system: You feed a desired input (the requested power), you measure the “actual” power [from the power meter], you multiple that by some gain, and that signal gets fed to the trainer. The trainer than increases / decreases resistance to try and get the delta between the input and the measured “actual” power to be …

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