I think this article is insightful in a lot of ways, but it actually doesn't even mention the easiest way to cheat: all you have to do is report your weight to

I think this article is insightful in a lot of ways, but it actually doesn't even mention the easiest way to cheat: all you have to do is report your weight to be a couple kilos less than what you are. This is so prevalent that your "Zwift weight" is basically a meme in the cycling community. This is actually even complicated a little bit further since you weigh a lot of things throughout the week. If you go for a long ride and are a bit dehydrated, you can easily weigh 2.5kg less at the end than you do after dinner, which means you can report an unrealistic weight without "lying". For me, this alone always made Zwift racing a really hard sell. Bike racing is already hard enough without having to grapple with doubts that the people ahead of you reported their weight correctly.