My Strava Eddington Number

by Malc Rawlins on 23 November 2023

Hi John. Quick question: 'My Strava Activity Analyser' says I've done 56 rides of 100 miles, or more, yet the Eddington Targets list says I need 45 more for E100. Only one difference, so no big deal, but I wondered why that might be? Cheers Malc.

by Keith Morical on 30 October 2023

On the E table, the distance (miles) for 2023 is under-reported by 1,200 compared to what it shows in Strava. I just updated the data. All previous years are also underreported in miles. Also, when I look at the nifty graph that shows rides per distance, it does not include any of my real long rides (e.g. 630, 605 miles) that took over 24 hours. Is it possible that these rides are being truncated? It would not make a difference for the E number but would make the table and graph more accurate in terms of distance (and supposedly time).

by Peer on 19 October 2023

my activities from 2021 and 2022 are not included. How can that be solved?

by Javi on 28 August 2023

Hi John,

First of all, many thanks for this tool.

Is there a way to stop receiving emails for a new Eddington number in a specific sport? Since you've changed the way the swim number it's calculated, I will receive an email every day. It was more realistic when it accounted for km instead of the current meters

by Jef Ott on 27 August 2023

After a ride on Friday, my Edd was 74. Yay!!! Now it is 73 Booo!!! What happened?

by Matt on 22 August 2023

Hi John. None of my rides from 2020 or 2021 are showing anymore. Is there a Strava setting I need to adjust? Thanks.

by Oliver on 19 August 2023

My gravel rides aren’t being picked up, I’m not sure my trail runs are either. Ideally gravel would be combined with road cycles and trail with road runs to get a proper e number for each.

by Dennis V. on 03 July 2023

Are virtual rides considered in your Eddington calculation? Or just outdoor rides?

by Adam on 01 July 2023

Any possibility of showing swimming in meters?

by Frank Z on 03 June 2023

Why am I in the top 34% in kilometers and top 24% if I switch to miles?

by Jane on 22 April 2023

Hi I’m rides from 2021 and 2022 aren’t showing anymore, I’ve tried disconnecting Strava and reconnecting again a few times but it doesn’t work. Is there anything else I can try?

by Steve O on 04 April 2023

My Eddington number page shows my total number of activities - over 5000.

The Going the Distance chart, though, only shows 3000+

Wondering why the discrepancy?

by KevinTrew on 20 February 2023

Hi

It appears that the count down in rides to achieve your next number is missing? E.G. You have 2 more rides of 84miles to achieve Eddy no. Of 84

by Michael Fitzsimmons on 18 February 2023

The app appears to be pulling data for only one of 3 bikes- The newest of the bikes.

by Osman on 06 November 2022

Great tool! What do the numbers in the "Count" and "Day Count" columns mean?

by Guido on 04 November 2022

Hi John, nice little tool. Thnks for it. Before I go much to deep into the calculation/ investigation. 74,99 km/mi or whatever the dimension is, its used as 74, not as 75? Think you can answer this quite quick!

by Matt on 03 October 2022

Hi John - this is a very interesting. My imperial E number is 62 but the metric number is 88. Is there a calculation error here?

thanks for the tool.

by Chris D on 15 August 2022

This tool and VeloViewer disagree slightly on E-number. I think it's because VV totals rides from the same day. I often have a road and MTB ride in one day (coaching HS MTB team) so I prefer VV's more generous algorithm. What do you think?

Thanks for this fantastic tool! I've been using it for years, and it's fun motivation to add an extra few miles to a long ride!

by Ausied on 10 August 2022

Hi John , at what point do do you get to the top 1% , friend of mine just cracked E100 and they are in top 2 %

by shane on 22 April 2022

Hi, is there a way to make it count activities which were manually added to Strava

by Jan Hrivnak on 25 January 2022

Is it possible to join all "Ride" and "Virtual ride" to one number? I ride outdoor but in winter only indoor Zwift. Thanks!

by Jon B on 16 November 2021

For me the Strava connection is broken. Worked 2 weeks ago. I have disconnected and reconnected to Strava and no data shows up.

by Riccardo on 07 August 2021

Nice tool, but the metric preference does not work consistently. For example clicking on a specific year still shows stats in miles. Considering that most of world use the metric system I think fixing this would be nice! Thanks!

by Mike Kear on 28 February 2021

If I've ridden 79 centuries shouldn't I need to ride 21 more to get a E of 100? My latest update says 19. I am misunderstanding something? Many thanks.

by Mike N on 15 February 2021

What a great little tool !

Thanks a lot for this.

by Robert Armouru on 11 January 2021

The buttons for virtual/walk/run show various values but, when clicked on, do not render in the same way as the 'ride' button

by Pedro Q on 13 December 2020

Hi John,

Love your work! I noticed that some of my runs in 2019 were not picked up, especially in the second half. Everything else seems fine (from 2011 to 2020). It's just a few months in 2019 that seem troublesome.

by Carl J on 17 November 2020

Hi John,

For some reason, looks like my Eddington is stuck on miles, even though the preference is showing Kms.

Tried to press the Update button and also so a refresh, but no go.

by Peter on 21 October 2020

Hi John,

I just discovered this page and it's very interesting! But, setting a "Distance preference" to "km" I'm still getting E-numbers in left column in imperial, not in metric. At least, "Metric Ride Eddington Number" and "Ride Hour Record" as well. Or am I missing something?

by andy on 13 October 2020

Hi

Is there somewhere you can add rides that were not on Strava from a while ago? Ive got 9 on Strava of 100 mile plus but have another 15 in history.

by Malcolm Rawlins on 08 September 2020

Hi John, is the Help Guide link broken? I get 'about:blank#blocked' when I try to follow it. Kind regards Malcolm

by Allen Horrigan on 26 June 2020

Hi. My eddington number is 64 but if I do a search of rides over 64 it only shows 58 I have disconnected and started again but the same.

It says I need 3 more rides to get to 66 but says I have only done 59 at 66 miles.

Thanks though it's a great site.

by Gordon Smith on 09 June 2020

Hi.

My stats seemed to have frozen at October 2019, with an error code of Strava Authorisation.

Checked my Strava privacy settings and they are set at everyone.

Did a reset from scratch and have lost all data now.

Can you help?

Thanks

Gordon

by Javi on 24 May 2020

It would be interesting to have a multisport Eddington number. For triathletes, there are plenty of Brick workouts

by Johan on 16 May 2020

Could there be a miscalculation when switching to metric?

My imperial nr is 69, that is equivalent to 112km.

However, my metric eddington nr is 98, and although i rode several 100km rides since my promotion, the eddingtonnr didn't change.

I do understand the difference between 69 times 69 miles vs 112 times 112 km's, that's probably the answer?

by Mark Worthington on 07 May 2020

Great app, thanks for your contribution to the cycling community!

For clarity, if I upload to Strava 2 rides for the same day, a morning commute and an afternoon commute, does your app pick this up and sum them to achieve daily mileage? Sorry if it's a dumb question, and I'm sure the answer is obvious...

Second question is what happens when a ride starts one day, and finishes the next?

Thanks!

Mark

by Reuben C on 27 April 2020

There are a couple Strava plugins that'll update your ride description with the weather or similar info after you save it. Any chance that you can look into adding a "New Eddington number = x" or something tag if that day's ride ups my E#?

I don't always think to come check after I have a long day, and I think it'd help popularize the idea of the Eddington number as well.

by YJ on 27 April 2020

Hi John,

I've clicked the orange Connect to Strava button and it shows on the list of authorized apps on the Strava site, but every time I return to the Eddington number page the orange Connect button is still there, and there isn't a number. Am I doing something wrong?

by Mehdi on 09 April 2020

I had a bunch of activities on a different app. I just uploaded them to Strava. But I still don't see them here. What is the way to trigger a "pull" so these numbers get updated?

by Al Horrigan on 18 January 2020

I like looking back at my 100 mile rides on strava but they take a long time to find on IOS.

Is there a function that could pull all the 100milers out to view on here

Thanks

by Jackie on 25 December 2019

Hi John. Is there any chance of showing how many more days you need to do to get to the next few E numbers per year like you do for all time? It is only really needed for the current year but it might be nice to see how far off you were in previous years of getting a better one. My example: coming up to the end of 2019 I have an E number of 43 but I don't have any idea if I need to do just 1 or many more rides to get to 44 before 31st. The breakdown per year only shows what has happened in relation to your current E number.

I might be missing it somewhere else but if not, then I think it could be a nice addition.

Of course I don't expect you to look into this before the end of this year! Thank you very much for all your work on this site. It is really nice to use to track my progress.

by Douglas on 17 November 2019

Any sight on a solution for the strava authorization error? It is almost 31/12 and i have to see if my eddington goal is achieved.

by Javier on 19 October 2019

It seems activities are not fetched since October 15. Could you take a look at it? Great job by the way. Thank you very much for this awesome tool

by James T on 25 August 2019

Really appreciate the website - thanks for this!

Interesting position in my stats right now. Looking at metric, I have an Eddington number of 74, and the targets beneath say that I "need 4 more days (of 76 km or more) to achieve an Eddington number of 76". What about 75? If the 76 target is correct, then surely I only need three more rides of 75km to hit 75 - but this is missing from the list if targets???

by Simon on 13 August 2019

Hey all

Just letting you know, Ive uploaded all my rides from mapmyfitness to strava - actually worked!

Thanks all

Simon

by Rudi Mayr on 05 August 2019

John, it appears if I record a ride that takes more than one day, it is all credited to the day the ride begins. Is there a way to credit the distance ridden to the day it was ridden?

So, for example:

www.strava.com/activities/2533797889

This ride took place over 4 days:

day 1 61.8

day 2 236.1

day 3 206.4

day 4 124.8

Thanks!

by Tim Doran on 04 July 2018

John - does the calculation take in to consideration multiple rides per day? Many of my rides include a break to go to work (sad times). My average journey is 7/8ish miles each way. I think that the calculation should sum the distance for the entire day. Happy to eat my cycling cap if I am wrong.

I love your work, thanks very much

by captainkickstand on 13 May 2018

And I have one more observation: as I mentioned, I am trying to bring my e-number up to 50 by late August. So I imported to Strava three old rides I had recorded on Map My Ride. I downloaded them from MMR as .TCX files and then uploaded them to Strava. All were from 2015 and each was more than 50 miles but they had no impact on the number of rides I needed to get to 50. In other words, before importing, my number was 40 and I needed 23 more 50 mile rides and after the import, I still needed 23. It seems like it's ignoring them. Thanks again for putting this together!

by Mark M on 19 February 2018

Hi John, your calc does not seem to include virtual rides on Zwift - is this your long term intention, or might you include them? Thanks!

by Jesse on 03 January 2018

It seems I'm now seeing someone else's data instead of my own

by SLS on 22 November 2017

Thanks for adding ads so that we can continue enjoy your site!

But the data table in the new layout makes it difficult to scan the data. If you remove the units from each data point and instead add the unit in the header, it will be easy to compare all the numbers.

by Joe Wein on 27 September 2017

My Eddington number shows as:

Ride: 103 Hike: 5 Run: 4 Walk: 1 Workout: 1

The single "Workout" is listed for September. All my September events are rides, though there is one ride that matches the distance and time listed. It was accidentally initially uploaded as a "Workout", after Strava changed the default activity type for uploads. I edited the activity type later. This app doesn't seem to re-read the activity, even when I unauthorize it and re-authorize it (which leads me to believe that all local data is retained when you revoke Strava authorization).

by Greville on 03 May 2017

Is it me, or is there a problem with this page? It does not display my Eddington details, only invites me to connect (although already connected). Strava dashboard shows current overall E number, but "details" brings me back to invitation to connect!

by Doug Bruce on 02 May 2017

Something seems to be amiss with the link "Switch to Metric". I am no longer getting a number displayed when I do click that link, whereas I was ... up until today.

by Randy Schulz on 24 April 2017

Hey John - Perhaps my understanding of E-number is wrong, but I thought that with my number at 51 my 61-mile ride today would have brought my E-number up to 52, right? But it did not (I did click the re-calculate link).

by Jan C on 30 March 2017

You can also compute a weekly Eddington number: the number of weeks you have biked at least as many miles (kms). It varies a little depending on the day you decide to start the week. I have used Sunday, Monday, and 'any day that gives the best result.'

You can also define an elevation Eddington number: the number of feet (meter) you have climbed in as many days.

by David Baxter on 15 March 2017

Cool free tool. Thanks for putting this together!

One quibble: It says my Eddington number of 110 puts me in the top 0%. Shouldn't that be the top 1%?

by Phil Millham on 20 February 2017

Hi John, without giving any names away, is there a chance you could tell us what the highest Eddington number is (Imperial of course)at the moment based on your users. I'm at 99 at the moment with 4 more rides to get to the magic 100 (think I'll retire after that), just curious anyway. I'd assume its some 'animal' like Steve A, up near 150 or so? Totally understand if you don't want to say.

by John S on 17 January 2017

Hi, still enjoying these Eddington tools - thank you. One question that shows I still don't understand how the number is worked out. In imperial, it says I am in the top 37% of the distribution, but in metric, this changes to the top 8%. I don't mind about the absolutes - 37% sound more right - but I am struggling with how a relative position in a distribution of the same rides everyone has done could change so much (or at all) with a change in units. Thanks if you can help me understand!

by James on 16 January 2017

John,

Have you (or anyone else!) considered an analog of the Edddington Number for altitude? Say number x days of x hundred meters climbed for runners/cyclists?

This might be mixed up with distance, so how about Eddington number conditioned on a certain amount of climbing -- Eddintgon number given all days have at least x hundred metres climbing.

Just a thought!

I've enjoyed using some of your strava tools!

by Ausied on 01 January 2017

How do I add pre strava / Garmin recorded rides so that they count on my Eddington number

by coma_g on 13 December 2016

This reports that I am in the top N%. Can you tell me what this relates to please? I would assume the set involved is those users that have used your site to calculate their E number rather than a wider Strava population?

by Simon Burge on 05 December 2016

Similar problem to Phil... On Oct 15 my Eddington number was 74 (needing two more days of 75 miles to get to 75), but today it's back to 73 needing two more 74 mile days to get back to 74. I've done three 74 mile rides since Oct 15. It's hard enough going forward without going backward :).

by Philip Plummer on 03 December 2016

My Eddington was the last time I looked was 53 but today when recalculated it's gone back to 50 ?

by SS on 29 February 2016

I really like this tool! Unfortunately, it rounds down each strava activity which incorrectly calculates the daily total mileage. This is not such a big deal for cycling, but for hikes which are of shorter duration, this can make a difference. There are a number of people who hike multiple peaks in one day and are losing up to 10% of some days. Would it be possible to fix this?

by dean gaudet on 29 February 2016

i understand you round down, but if there are multiple tracks in the day do you round down once for the day or once for each track?

by my calculation i have 12 hikes of 13 miles, this is based only on sorting my strava activities by distance and counting. i have days with multiple tracks totaling 13 as well... but the tool indicates that i have 3 more days to go for hike=13.

3 more seems to be at odds both with the sorted-by-distance activity view, and also at odds with the days which sum to 13 .

by Andrew W on 25 January 2016

Hi

Thanks for doing this, it has given me an impetus to ride for longer. I'm slightly puzzled by the overall figures - Strava has my total for this year so far as 285.9 while you have it as 276. The difference for last year was in the region of 100. Am I correct in thinking that this is because you round down (which would make perfect sense)or is it about privacy zones? Thanks

by Chris OHearn on 02 January 2016

Hi John,

Thanks for setting this up and adding the metric version too - it's a fascinating number to track.

Is it possible to look at all rides together - at the moment it is showing 'Virtual Rides' as a separate category.

That probably comes from Strava as they have separated them from challenge totals and so on but for people who ride indoors on programs like Zwift and want to look at everything together it would be good to look at it combined.

Thanks, Chris

by Dave Warnock on 01 January 2016

Oddly on my tablet this page misses the actual Eddington Number tables unless I ask for the desktop site.

Would be helpful to at least display a message on the mobile version of the site that the detail is only available on the desktop version of the page.

by Simon on 19 November 2015

Hi, I'm getting an Eddington number of 85/metric and 61/imperial, 85 km = 52 miles doesn't it?

by Tony Houlihan on 15 November 2015

My 2012 cycling results don't appear in the recalculated figures. I have checked Strava and the data is there. Can I do anything to correct this from my end?

by Chai on 11 November 2015

I think there is something amiss.

Veloviewer says my eddington is 31.

Your calcs says

"My Ride Eddington Number is 28!"

However, in the next section, it says,

"Here are some targets for you...

You need 4 more days (of 32 miles or more) to achieve an Eddington number of 32"

- which is my next Eddington number. Not sure if this is a coincidence.

by James M on 07 November 2015

Can you check the targets are correct? I've done 24 days of 23 miles or more, and 23 days of 24 miles or more, but the target suggests I need two more days to reach E24. If the targets went to the upper bounds of my distance, they'd say I need 106 more days to reach 106 miles when in fact I need 105 more days. Not absolutely certain I haven't got the wrong end of the fence post here though.

by John Seton on 05 November 2015

Just discovered this at same time as started using Strava again to log rides - really useful addition - thanks. I am a bit confused by the difference between Imperial and Metric. They both show the same number of rides, hours and total distance (in miles /km as appropriate), but the Imperial cumulative number is 15 at the moment, but the metric is only 8. I would have expected the Metric to be higher? Possible explanations (i) I tried Strava briefly 2 years ago and gave up on it until 2 months ago (ii) I sometimes forget to use Strava and instead upload rides to Strava as .fit files from Garmin Edge and these are often split into a morning an afternoon ride, so the total for the day might be 75km, but this is made up from 2 or more shorter rides for the day - or (iii) (most likely) I simply don't understand how it works and where the number comes from! Thanks if you can help me...

by stone on 26 August 2015

I like the table view of previous years a lot. Right now, the last row is 2015 (the current year). It would be great to see the trailing 12 mos. as the last row.

Since we're in the middle of they year, my "2015 E" is 4 lower than "all time E", but if i look at rides "since this date last year", my E is only 1 less. I'm close to eclipsing my all time E when looking at the rolling year.

by Dave Warnock on 09 July 2015

Hi,

This is great! Thanks. I'm quite pleased with a score of 54 at age 50 :-)

I am curious. If a ride goes past midnight how does it count?

I wonder if it would be possible to see a list of the rides that make up the current cumulative Eddington Number?

by Kevin on 14 June 2015

I like what you've done here. Am I missing something?

I have an E number of 46 and, according to swinny.net, I need 2 more rides of at least 50 miles to get it up to 50. If the latter statement is true, I must already have 48 rides of at least 50 miles. If that's the case then my E number must be at least 48.

by Dafydd on 06 June 2015

great work. Be interest to know how the distribution of E/age pans out. I'm 46 with a same value E. The challenge will be to maintain the same ration as I grow older...

by JDub on 14 May 2015

I'd love to be able to see this per year. I'm trying to improve my number this year, and it would be great to see the number of rides for just this year's activities.

Nice work.

by Alex Brown on 20 April 2015

Cool! Would be nice to see the Number calculated using miles too!