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Better automatic detection of impossible efforts, but still showing in leaderboards


anchskier
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First off, I am happy to see the big improvement in the automatic detection of impossible efforts across more activities.  Specifically, I am seeing it a lot more for running where people who are posting activities with sub 4 min/mile paces are frequently being marked as having a problem.  This is good and a great step forward from where things were. 

However, there is still an issue.  These activities that have been marked as auto-detected are still being listed in the challenge leaderboards.  The top 20 of the 5k running challenge for example is almost all activities that have been marked with “We detected an issue with this activity”.  Some of them are a week old and still showing on the leaderboard.  Why aren’t those activities removed from the leaderboard immediately when they are detected?  If the person ends up clearing up the issue, then the activity can be re-indexed onto the leaderboard, but in the meantime, they should be removed as soon as the system sees there is an obvious problem.  

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anchskier
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  • April 15, 2025

@Jane ​@Scout - Has anyone taken a look or can explain why tons of activities that have been auto-flagged are still being allowed to remain in the challenge leaderboards?  The first two pages of the 5k running challenge are almost entirely made up of activities that have been auto-flagged, yet they are still there taking up the top leaderboard spots.  This is really disrespectful to those who legitimately post a time that would put them high on the leaderboard yet because all of these obviously false activities that have been identified but left in place are taking the spots, they are listed many pages back.


Marya
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  • April 15, 2025

Hi ​@anchskier, we appreciate the feedback! One of our product team's next steps in iterating on the upgraded auto-flagging system (which you can learn more about here) is to reprocess the top 100 activities on every global ride and run segment leaderboard with this updated system to help ensure they are as free from vehicles, incorrect sport types, and eBikes as possible.


anchskier
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  • April 16, 2025

@Marya - It isn’t that the rides/runs aren’t being detected.  They are, which is good.  The problem is that they aren’t being removed from the challenge leaderboards.  They sit there taking up pages of the top challenge leaderboard spots even days after they have been auto-flagged.  It isn’t the segment leaderboards where this is happening, it is the challenge leaderboards (like the 5k running challenge for example).


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