The problem is that w/kg is here for now so that will be used rather than categories, but you could at least put cones on the cheaters.
They’re still trying to figure out how to do that well.
I had saw a comical situation in a B race where a Zwift developer I know who’s absolutely a legit B got cone-of-shamed halfway through the race. He wasn’t happy.
That’s funny 
But that’s why the cone is in Beta so they can fine tune it. I really wish they would start administering the ZHQ Anti-sandbagging green cones in more races! This technology was released in early April, it’s a half a year later! C’mon Zwift HQ throw us a bone and start expanding the races and series that use this technology!!
There are a number of admittedly good reasons why it hasn’t been rolled out more broadly. I actually wrote the code that does the “green cone.” But there are some significant limitations with it which is why it hasn’t been rolled out more broadly. I originally built it as an interim step to a larger system that was shelved; so now we’re doing the work to figure out what needs to be done to actually make this a more complete feature.
Thank you for your efforts on that project! And thank you for the communication here on the ST board. It’s genuinely appreciated.
I think It is sad to see many people have already posted on this thread that they stopped Zwift Racing for reasons stated in this thread. I haven’t though about quitting, but I have taken breaks from racing due to frustration. Maybe the small easy win is to simply implement some ZP Ranked races only. Simply take the guts of the existing ZP platform, as is, and integrate it (or directly link it if that’s faster/easier). If you want to do a ZP ranked race you gotta be on ZP and have a ranking… and you can only race upward from your assigned A/B/C/D rank. And assign a few race series like USA Cycling or Kalas series to this system.
I’ve no joke been in USA Cycling Series races where an A+ (yes A Plus) rider signed up for a C category race. There’s nothing stopping them. They lead out their C category friends on planned attacks and then end their race. That’s how competitive it gets. I don’t want to stop Zwift racing. Please try your best to do something. Whatever the lowest hanging fruit is there to enact change, let’s grab it. I think it might bring back some of these Zwifters who have stopped racing and are just training, and then before long they just might cancel. I think a small win would encourage people to see things are moving in the right direction and re-ignite the Zwift racing fire!