Anyone see the new Strava Power Skills? Apparently I’m a world class sprinter 
Feeling so special right now……
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It’s insane how inflated it is! The % makes sense but the labels are pure fluffing of the egos. It also looks at all time power pb’s
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Yeah, I echo this, the percentiles are helpful for comparison with general population, but the labels don’t fit actual competition. I would have a good sprint (800w) for size (145lbs) but nowhere near competitive for any level.
UPDATE: MVP just contacted me after Strava released this update and wants to add me to the Alpecin train. So you on the flipside boyzzz!
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I’m a national star - this may be come as a surprise to all my fellow cat 3 pack fodder friends 
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I’m a world class sprinter too. There’s no greater proof that this feature is useless than that. It is just your power pb’s for each given time, but I’m not sure how relevant it is that I once sprinted hard in 2013 for 15 seconds. And of course they didn’t bother giving you the ability to pick a year or anything like you can in TrainingPeaks. Just……here’s the best we’ve ever seen from you, even if it was from that on the wheel janky trainer ten years ago.
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Just checked the new feature as well.
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The Power Skills feature is a direct copy from the Breakaway app Strava purchased earlier. Unfortunately Strava uses all available historical data for showing the PS, so any errors in data will cause the issues talked in this thread. The Breakaway app is more polished and does not get confused by the bad data.
Jeez, I’m only semi-pro.
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That’s even more funny then. They couldn’t make this crappy thing by themselves and had to buy it? Haha. I’m still waiting for the day when they add a filter to my feed. I’ve been asking for it in every survey for years. I don’t really want to see pickleball and lawn mowing on my strava feed, even if it is from my friends.
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Honestly, I’m just so happy for all of us 
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Not available if you don’t pay for it. They never earned my dollar, but I definitely dropped them a long time ago when they couldn’t figure out how to find motivation to flag false efforts.
Better ways to waste my money.
It’s OK. I’m sure you’re a National Star!
I don’t see it yet, they can’t have rolled it out to the UK. I’ll have to make do with the current AI to boost my ego for now and then deflate it 
Higher power zones are above Z1-3 IMO
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well shhhheiiiittttt. I’m just a peasant.
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I just noticed the have a new power zone distribution chart for 7 days, 1 month and 3 month time spans. That’s kinda cool to look at I guess?
I’m in the UK and have it…
On the app it’s under “you > progress” towards the top.
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Found it on my phone its under Me>Subscription Overview and if I scroll down to “Train”, “Power Skills” are there with a NEW next to it 
Lol, its going back to a March 2019 trainer session for me. Just before my Bowel cancer op and probably infused by iron to combat the chronic iron deficiency it caused #legal Doping
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What exactly were you taking for this iron deficiency? Asking for a friend.