AWP Explainer

One fair score for everyone. Physics based. Transparent. Leaderboard ready.

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What is AWP? Why use it?

We convert distance and time into Work Points (WP) via the Concept2 power-pace curve. Then we apply published gender and age factors, and for verified lightweight entries an AIRC25 LW Booster, to get Adjusted Work Points (AWP). Result: one fair leaderboard for everyone.

Fair comparisons across ages and genders.
Universal leaderboards: raw times remain, AWP provides the ranking.
Scalable: single events or multi day challenges.
Effort centric: rewards actual output.

How scoring works

1. Power from distance d and time t

P = 2.8 x (d / t)^3

2. Work Points (scaled work proxy)

WP = (P x t) / 100

3. Gender factor (G)

Male: 1.00 | Female: 1.39

4. Age factor (A)

A = 1.000 at age 27, lower for juniors, higher for masters.

5. AIRC25 LW Booster (B)

B = 1.05 (only for verified LW entries at threshold)

Men's LW threshold (AIRC25): <= 75.0 kg
Women's LW threshold (AIRC25): <= 61.5 kg

Booster applies only when the athlete is entered as Lightweight and meets the on day threshold; otherwise B = 1.00.

6. Final score

AWP = WP x G x A x B

All calculations use full precision, no mid step rounding.

The AWP Stack

Your Stack is the sum of your best AWP from each event: 2000 m, 1000 m,500 m, 1-Minute. You can submit multiple attempts in any event. Only your best AWP per event is counted. If you skip an event, that segment contributes zero.

Rules

Best AWP per event is used.
Four events added for your Total AWP.
Missing event equals zero for that segment.
Ties on Total AWP display as ties.

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See it liveOpen Stack leaderboard

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AWP 1,970.0Widths show contribution to your total.

Age factor (A)

A equals 1.000 at 27, lower for juniors, higher for masters.

Highlight age

Legend

Line = factor by age. Red dot = your highlight.

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Age	Factor (A)

Evidence and methods

Transparent and auditable: sources, equations, and worked examples that reproduce known performances.

Data sources

Formulae

P = 2.8 x (d / t)^3WP = (P x t) / 100AWP = WP x G x A x B

G: Male = 1.00. Female = 1.39. A: published table (A = 1.000 at age 27). B: 1.05 for verified LW at threshold, else 1.00.

Reference	Gender, Age	2k	Watts	WP	AWP
Open 2k WR (M)	Male, 28	5:35.8	592	1,987	approx. 2,009
Open 2k WR (F)	Female, 25	6:21.1	405	1,543	approx. 2,204

Notes: examples above are Open class (B = 1.00). For verified LW at threshold, multiply by B = 1.05.