Two changes take effect on September 15 — we updated the formula for calculating URX Points for race results, and the model for moving up career levels. Both are about fairness: a strong, large field should be reflected in your finish points, and your career level shouldn’t depend on your team.
Career: an independent model
We reworked how regularity, pace accuracy, and PRO requirements are calculated.
Reaching PRO-II and PRO-I
The headline change: your level no longer depends on your team. PRO-II and PRO-I used to require recruiting people into your own team — 10 and 100, respectively — and that requirement is gone. If a team was the only thing standing between you and these levels, check your career: your level may have changed right away, and by a lot.
Rebalanced Discipline
We also recalculated the Discipline standard: the ideal running interval is now once every 2.5 days instead of once every 2 days, and for swimming — once every 3.5 days instead of once every 2. The system is now more forgiving of gaps between sessions.
Adjusted the pace-consistency score
Accuracy is now calculated from the median of your recent sessions rather than the average over the period. This keeps easy, non-speed sessions from dragging the score down.
URX Points: a more balanced formula
We revised the formula for how competitor strength affects your finish points. Previously it only factored in their level; now it also factors in the size of the field — the more strong competitors you beat, the higher your score, and the more accurately URX Points reflect the place you earned. For example, winning a race of 100 people with a strong field used to earn about 1380 URX Points; for the same result now, it’s about 2360.
The projected points for 1st place on the race page are calculated with the same formula, so you can use it as a guide. Past results were not recalculated — the new formula applies only to future results.