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Heart Rate bar chart not as helpful as old HR pie chart

  • March 11, 2026
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to the developers of Strava: I have been using strava daily for 7 years. I have never been inspired to complain, but after the change to display heart rate data as a bar chart as “percentage time in zone” rather than a pie chart with actual time spent in zone, I need to speak up. It is not helpful to know I spent “20% of a given ride at Z2” --what would be helpful is the TIME spent in Zone 2. I often do work outs of different lengths, and for example, “10 minutes” is a lot easier to think about than “20%”.  Bar charts are not an intuitive way of summarizing data that relate to a “whole”, aka like a pie chart is. PLEASE PLEASE go back to displaying heart rate data as a pie chart with actual time spent in zone. I don’t use any other workout soft ware (not training peaks, etc) and I don’t want to have to start now. 

Best answer by Jana_S

Hi ​@swayman524, this hub has shifted to a dev/API discussion forum, it's no longer a platform to discuss/request features. You’ll need to use Strava's contact form: 

 

( ​@Emily_A maybe it would be worth pinning that announcement to the top of the page...)

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Jana_S
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  • March 11, 2026

Hi ​@swayman524, this hub has shifted to a dev/API discussion forum, it's no longer a platform to discuss/request features. You’ll need to use Strava's contact form: 

 

( ​@Emily_A maybe it would be worth pinning that announcement to the top of the page...)


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  • March 11, 2026

Thanks for the form -- apologies for being in the wrong place. 


Jan_Mantau
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  • March 11, 2026

@swayman524 You can tap on the bars, then the time appears. At least on IOS.


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  • March 11, 2026

I didn’t know about the tapping, ​@Jan_Mantau --thank you!!!!! (feeling dim now)  (I still miss that pie chart though.)