About Gravity Lab
Beyond the broadcast.
Gravity Lab is an experiment in race coverage for the UCI Mountain Bike World Series Downhill. It started as a side-project to make race weekends more interesting to follow, and turned into something a bit bigger along the way.
The idea is simple.
- Enhance the data provided during qualifying and the race to allow for instant analysis.
- Make up for the deficit of live television coverage of the qualifying by providing real-time or near real-time updates and commentary.
- Where possible go deeper into the post-race data analysis than is typically covered.
Live during race weekend. Pull-by-pull updates from the timing system through qualifying and finals, with sector splits, gap charts, podium predictions, and a perfect-ride benchmark.
Post-race archive. Where possible, the full eleven-split breakdown for every category, every rider. Compare riders, trace where time was won and lost, see which split each rider dominated.
Live data comes from the public timing API that serves the official UCI feed. Nothing here is private timing data; it's all post-race public record, just presented differently.
Built as a personal project. Not affiliated with the UCI or any team. Feedback, corrections, and bug reports very welcome; drop a note below.
Spotted something wrong? Got an idea? Send a note.