Understanding your Power Profile

Your Power Profile is the most transparent number set in Pedal Pulse — it's simply the best you've actually done, organised so you can see what kind of rider you are and whether you're improving.

What it measures

The profile tracks your best efforts at standard durations — from 5-second sprints through 1, 5, and 20 minutes up to an hour. Short durations reveal your sprint, middle durations your VO2max engine, long durations your sustainable power. The shape of the whole curve says more about you as a rider than any single number.

How it's built

Every number in your profile comes from a real recorded effort in a real ride. Ride hard with a power meter and your profile builds automatically. Two things keep it honest:

• Every effort is dated - each entry shows its age, so you always know whether a number reflects current you or the you of six months ago
• Recent riding counts most - your best efforts hold their full value for around 90 days; after that, an age discount is gradually applied, so the profile tracks your current form rather than an all-time highlight reel

Reading the Your Progress section

The Your Progress area compares your current numbers against the previous period, showing the change in watts and percent at each duration. One thing to know: this comparison uses the same age discount as the rest of your power numbers. That means you might see a decline at a duration even though you haven't got weaker — if your best effort there is now older than 90 days, the discount has started to apply, and the value gently declines until you set a fresh mark.

Read a dip like that as the app telling you your evidence is ageing, not your legs: it's been a while since you proved that number. The fix is a fresh hard effort at that duration — beat or even match your discounted value and it resets to full strength. This is deliberate: a six-month-old sprint PB shouldn't be presented as your current sprint forever.

Benchmarks and comparisons

Your efforts are shown with percentiles, benchmarking your W/kg at each duration against rider categories from beginner to professional — so you can see precisely where your training is working.

Where to find it

1. From the home page, tap the Body grid
2. Tap the Power Profile card

If your profile looks sparse, the fix is enjoyable: go ride some hard efforts across different durations with a power meter, and the profile fills itself in.