Peloton is currently rolling out a brand new feature for the leaderboard on hardware devices: the ability to see where you rank in terms of distance traveled, rather than by output. This has been confirmed to be on both the Peloton Bike & Tread so far.
Since Peloton’s inception, the only metric used to rank members on the leaderboard was output, also known as power. On the Peloton Bike this is a combination of cadence and resistance; on the Peloton Tread this is a combination of speed and incline. This one specific number determined where members fell on the leaderboard and how they ranked against the rest of the class.
Moving forward, there is a new ranking available to members – one that allows them to see where they rank in terms of distance traveled. This ranking will be different than if measured by output, as has traditionally been done.
A new popup on Peloton devices is alerting people to the new feature. The pop-up reads:
See your distance ranking
Switch between output and distance view any time
In other words, members can now toggle between two options to view their leaderboard ranking: one that ranks members by output, and one that ranks members by distance traveled.
There are two new buttons on the top right corner of the leaderboard – one that indicates power, and one that indicates distance. These buttons can be used to select which metric will be used to calculate the leaderboard ranking.
Selecting the distance option will add a distance metric to the end of the number, such as “2.56 mi” – 2.56 miles (likely to be displayed as “km” in countries outside of the United States). Note that the distance view currently does not display a personal record, which the output view does.
It is currently unclear whether this update has been rolled out to all hardware device owners, or if it is a slow rollout. Members will likely need to install the latest software update in order to gain access to the new feature.
What do you think of this new feature and the ability to now measure leaderboard ranking by distance traveled?
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I like it. For the longest time, I wondered how some folks can output as much power as I’ve seen. I would speculate that their calibration was off, hence the Herculean numbers that they put up. Those numbers are worthy of elite Olymians…..
I suspect the proper way to differentiate the values is to take account of the users weight. It takes more force to move a heavier weight the same distance. I would be surprised if that is how they do the calculation though.
Didn’t see the need, LOL. Would’ve preferred the programming effort go toward an interface redesign instead.
In what situation will Person A with less output than Person B have a higher distance than Person B? In other words, how are output and distance not correlated?
I would love to see them give PR’s based on distance too!
I still don’t have it on my bike. I called over a month ago and they said it was still being rolled out!
My husband has it, but I don’t.
I don’t have it yet either and it is now the end of September. Talk about a slow rollout.