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RACES are showing moving time rather than elapsed!

  • December 1, 2025
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I noticed this a few weeks ago and wasn’t sure if it was just me, but here it is: Strava is showing the moving time as the “headline” time for a RACE. The elapsed time is tiny and only visible if you look for it. 

As one of the people who desperately wants the “let us choose elapsed time as our default” feature, this is disturbing, because the “workaround” was to set runs and trail runs as races to force the display to elapsed time, but not even that isn’t working!

Here’s a screen shot from a pro athlete who just won a race, setting a course record, and their moving time is what shows prominently on the activity overview page: https://www.strava.com/activities/16603682047/overview

Not cool, Strava! 

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  • misstenacity
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  • December 1, 2025

A few more notes: when I look at my own races’ “overview” page, I do see Elapsed Time at the top, so that’s interesting. And yes, the example I used above is set as a race. 

When I look at my activities LIST, however, the moving time is what is displayed, even for races. That’s another ‘bug” to fix, regardless - show Elapsed Time in the activity list for races. 

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  • Jana_S
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  • December 1, 2025

It might be worth explaining how you're setting the Race tag, and how are you displaying the activities (i.e. steps to reproduce the issue). 

I’m using the iOS app for uploading, editing & viewing my activities and haven't seen such a problem. My yesterday's race as well as all older ones correctly show the elapsed time. 

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