# FTP vs 5min power discrepencies

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**Created:** [September 24, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/ftp-vs-5min-power-discrepencies/43385 "2020-09-24T12:01:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/ftp-vs-5min-power-discrepencies/43385/4 "2020-09-24T12:30:28Z")

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Kolie Moore’s FTP tests are your new best friend [Kolie Moore's FTP test protocol](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/kolie-moores-ftp-test-protocol/24686)

To your original point I think it depends on the type of riding you do. If you do lots of short to 5 min efforts, and not much sustained FTP riding, then your FTP result is likely to be fairly representative of your current performance. You do probably have lots of room to improve your FTP by working on it though

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