Lowest Strava Segment position ?

[derrick]

We have a group Strava that is a bit of fun, Certain segments we all go for, on a good day i do alright, We are all roughly the same sort of speed, Just pushes us along a bit.

 

[Effyb4]

My worst strava placing is 5,097 out of 5,424 near box hill. My best placing is 7 out of 80 according to veloviewer. I'm not that bothered about other people's times, I just like to see myself improving.

 

[Jenkins]

Here you go - 1729th out of 1729.

https://www.strava.com/activities/573655959/segments/13915686708

Although I had to change an inner tube in the middle.

 

[lazybloke]

Veloviewer puts my worst as 12121st out of 12416 on a South London segment. Speed was far from my mind as it was my first experience of London cycling, but I still feel slightly insulted to see the numbers.


I have a bit more success on a short sprints. Best currently seems to be 2nd out of 6,193, although some might say that using a racer on the Camel Trail is cheating.

 

[Stevec047]

I permanently aim for the bottom of the boards. Not intentionally but having just started riding and taking 15min to climb a hill that the top 10 do in 20mins it was always going to be the case.

Over the past few months I have seen steady progress and now in the bottom 1/4 for most of my results.

I personally don't worry to much about others just my pb's and where I am improving naturally over time my fitness and speed will increase and so will my rankings but I use it as a tool to track my progression only.

 

[Racing roadkill]

I permanently aim for the bottom of the boards. Not intentionally but having just started riding and taking 15min to climb a hill that the top 10 do in 20mins it was always going to be the case.

Over the past few months I have seen steady progress and now in the bottom 1/4 for most of my results.

I personally don't worry to much about others just my pb's and where I am improving naturally over time my fitness and speed will increase and so will my rankings but I use it as a tool to track my progression only.

That's the best idea.

 

[leedsmick]

I love strava but dont need it to tell me how average i am compared to younger fitter riders. The fact that they cruise past tells me that. Still love it but mainly for personal progress satisfaction.

 

[HLaB]

I think this is my lowest (2396/3168) but a single attempt of 16.6 mph in thick fog doesn't concern me I'm amazed so may people have doe it though It looks like it part of some Great Notts ride.

 

[Soltydog]

1221 out of 1223 is my fave https://www.strava.com/activities/325199339/segments/7693618647 I'm normally in top half & have a few local KOMs that regularly change hands between club mates, a bit of 'friendly' fun
But at 16st my biggest achievement on strava is 7th overall on a 0.8 mile climb https://www.strava.com/activities/386002118/segments/9231531073

 

[HLaB]

I use it to give me saved plotted routes. I couldn't care less about segment / sector times. I find it hilarious when people spit the dummy about having one of their precious K.O.Ms 'taken'. I had a segment from 2014, 'flagged' by some prat, who put in a follower request, specifically to flag a KOM segment, a couple of weeks back. Firstly, it was 2 years ago, secondly, it was at 6 o' clock in the morning, and I draughted a car transporter in order to do it. It astonishes me, that people are still risking the attempt, at busy times of the day. I didn't try to get the KOM ( I can't be arsed with all of that stuff ) I just ended up with it, because of circumstances, and it was a proper laugh, being able to get a speed like that, on a normally congested route. That's the power of Strava I guess.

I lost interest in segments when I was knocked down in London and spent the last two miles in an ambulance and got some KOM's, titled the ride so, with the note I'd have to crop it when I got home. It was flagged before I even got the chance too

 

[Racing roadkill]

I lost interest in segments when I was knocked down in London and spent the last two miles in an ambulance and got some KOM's, titled the ride so, with the note I'd have to crop it when I got home. It was flagged before I even got the chance too

It's the whole 'I'm telling on you' B.S. That cracks me up.

 

[fimm]

I think Strava has some kind of automated flagging system as I've seen "rides" flagged the moment they've been uploaded (for being 1.5km on a bike followed by 20-odd km on a train....)

 

[Racing roadkill]

I think Strava has some kind of automated flagging system as I've seen "rides" flagged the moment they've been uploaded (for being 1.5km on a bike followed by 20-odd km on a train....)

Ah, that's possible. Maybe not 2 years after the event though.

 

[Ihatehills]

I'm KOM on one segment, fastest by far ( #1 of 1 lol) unfortunately on segments other people have made I'm always disappointingly average normally bang on the 50% mark, although I am sneaking up the boards on a few normally when there's a storm force tailwind .

 

[Dirk]

I managed my lowest Strava position today. 1235th out of 1259, on the Stover Trail into Bovey Tracey on my folding bike.
Should have gone slower!