Originally Posted by
BlazingPedals
On tonight's ride, I did several breakaways, soft-pedaling to let the group catch back up. On one, I had to soft-pedal for almost 2 miles. My final breakaway was about 2 miles from the end, and I finished at least a quarter-mile ahead of everyone. And yet... Strava shows one of them floating in front of me the entire time we were moving, including finishing in front. Something's up. How do I tell if he's doctoring his .fit file?
Based on your description, I assume you are looking at the "flyby" on Strava, I don't totally trust the flyby data since it's an estimate of relative position at a given time. It could be as simple as the clock setting on his device is ahead of yours by a minute or two.
Did you check the key segments and the results for the day? You can only do this on the day of the ride. The segments would be a better way to ID data tampering.
And then there's this:
How to tell if someone used Digital Epo to cheat on Strava | ScarletFire Cycling